Want a quick-handling, hard-hitting lever-action hunting rifle? Here's an in-depth look at the three primary types, with notes on cartridges and configurations. 

Traditional lever actions:

• Winchester and Marlin models for vintage cartridges
• Cartridges: .44 Magnum, .30-30, .45-70, and so forth
• Characteristics: Classic, historic, best at close range

Advanced traditional lever actions: 

• Savage 99, Winchester 95
• Cartridges: .300 Savage, .30-06, .405 Win, and so forth
• Characteristics: More powerful, still historic, best at close to medium range

Modern lever actions: 

• Browning BLR, Henry Long Ranger
• Cartridges: .243, 6.5 Creedmoor, .308, .30-06, .300 Win Mag and more
• Characteristics: Most powerful, most effective at extended range

Here's a look at the historic developement of each type, the uses each is best suited for, and how to pick one that fits a shooters desire for his or her individual desire for lever-action performance combined with historic lever-gun panache. ENJOY!

 

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