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C-dub wrote:

karatedad wrote:

C-dub wrote:Are there many options for either type? I would think there are more for lever action, but not sure if there are many there either. Henry's are tough to beat and there are several calibers to choose from, but none of the common rifle calibers.

Henry has a new model called the Long Ranger in .308.

That's cool. I see they also have that model in .223 and .243.

It departs from most popular lever actions by having a detachable magazine. Not really anything new since the Win 1905 30-06 had a box magazine. The model 99 Savage, Win 88 and Sako Finnwolf have box magazines also. The Savage Win and the Sako came in popular calibers. Then there's the Ruger Model 96. I'm sure I missing some other models. Traditional tube fed lever action rifles are limited to flat or round nosed bullets loaded in 30-30 and .35 Rem but there are some fine calibers in tube fed lever guns. I have a Model 88 and several lever action Marlins along with a couple of pump action rifles and I really can't say one is better than the other at least in my shooting experience shooting high power cartridges. After recovering from recoil it really didn't make that much diferrence in regaining a sight picture. Recoil is a non-issue with my pump and lever .22' so there's really no difference. One of my .22 lr pumps will slam fire (model 62 Win) and I could hit a target while actuating the slide to do that. I used to shoot skeet with a pump action Winchester 1200 back when my reflexes were much better and I could still pump and still come back on the second bird at the double stations.