To begin with, this is your president. This ought to be one of the most shameful things ever said by a sitting president.
"Do you have any words to the victims of the hurricane?"
BIDEN: "We've given everything that we have."
"Are there any more resources the federal government could be giving them?"
BIDEN: "No." pic.twitter.com/jDMNGhpjOz
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 30, 2024
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I like it that S&W is in the lever gun market now. Frankly I just don’t like the polymer furniture. But they do sell a walnut gun that is beautiful.
One commenter observes that it would be nice for S&W to come out with more calibers, and specifically, the 460 S&W mag and 500 S&W mag. After all, they are S&W cartridges.
That would provide some nice competition with the 45-70.
I was just looking at lever action rifle optics tonight. Scopes are just expensive, almost no matter what type, brand or power. For lever action guns I’m looking towards the low power end of things (1X4, 1X9, etc.).
However, I confess I had never heard of the 7-30 Waters before. I’ll be darned if you can find them anywhere (the guns, that is). I’d certainly be interested given the ballistics of the cartridge.
He has a nice lever action rifle collection. He’s obviously spent some time and money on that collection.
They didn’t really get to the main question. Lever actions, why you need one. Well, they’re cool. We all learned on them. They can take cartridges that you can’t really put into an AR without an awful lot of weight. The recoil of a .30-30 is highly manageable and tame, and the recoil of a .45-70 isn’t much worse than a 12-gauge shotgun, which isn’t that bad. It’s something I operate rather than a machine.
This is for starters. Besides, lever actions are cool. Additionally, lever actions are cool. Finally, to my last point, lever actions are cool.
I thought the line in the middle of the video was amusing. Park ranger to dude – if you’re in the middle of the bush and a grizzly turns on you and you have a .357 magnum, use the gun on yourself.
Lever guns have (thankfully) become increasingly popular of late. Don’t get me wrong – as readers know my favorite gun is the Stoner pattern rifle. But there’s just something about a lever action gun that makes me want to get it, from the aspect of fun, to the utility of having a carbine and a wheel gun in the same caliber, with the rifle putting that extra zip on it.
TFB published this video about ten months ago (that I embedded before), but it’s worth watching again.
Then this very recent video by Chris Baker at Lucky Gunner (“Are Lever Action Rifles Reliable?), the latest in his series on lever guns, explains a lot of reasons why it can be a temperamental gun to own and operate. So be aware of what you’re purchasing.
