LSR .38 Lever Action

[coburn]

Got signed off at my local club two weeks ago to shoot the .38 Rossi's and Winchesters we've got as club guns.

All I can say I've never had so much fun with a firearm since shooting a 1911 years ago, I must have fired over 100 rounds of .38 in just two visits.

Anyone else use one of these?

[harricook]

Yep !

Currently running :
Marlin 357" 24" Oct Barrel,
Marlin 44" 24" Oct Barrel,
Rossi .45 Colt Stainless 18 1/2" barrel

FUN FUN FUN

Roy
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[bullbarrel]

I have a rossi in the Man's calibre 45 Colt

Sadly my club's range doesn't support fullbore, so I only get to shoot it every other month at 100 yards.

I love the thwack of 250 grains hitting the butts.

[joffy]

i try to use one the clubs ones are a little to short for me ... i keep trying to earn my spot but i always leave one out of the rings

[Korium]

I enjoy them, but it would have to be an Uberti, such as this to own one.
Not keen on Marlins, or new Winchesters. Rossi sound promising, but I haven't shot one. Henry apparently make a decent product too.

Uberti are perhaps delicate, but they feel as good as they look; Marlin always struck me as cheap, or overpriced rather, since they cost a fortune now. I have shot Marlins in most usual calibres, and from various manufacturing years, etc.

[Imperfection]

Lever actions are great fun and if you get into reloading the ammo is cheap as chips! I have a Winchester 94 in 357 and can rattle off loads of rounds in very little time.

[coburn]

Bullbarrel

One of the members at the club let me try his .45 Winchester, those rounds certainly rattle the backstop more than the .38.

I like the look of the .22 Henry as well. Also the stainless Rossi's we have are great rifles.

[goblin357]

Time to get yourself into Gallery Rifle shooting.
All the old pistol events shot with underlevers..
The most fun you can have with an underlever with your clothes on :-)

www.galleryrifle.com

[harricook]

i try to use one the clubs ones are a little to short for me ... i keep trying to earn my spot but i always leave one out of the rings

Not keen on Marlins, or new Winchesters. Rossi sound promising, but I haven't shot one. Henry apparently make a decent product too.

Uberti are perhaps delicate, but they feel as good as they look; Marlin always struck me as cheap, or overpriced rather, since they cost a fortune now. I have shot Marlins in most usual calibres, and from various manufacturing years, etc.

The Rossis are notoriously short & to make matters worse - they put a curved steel butt plate on them - so you cant lengthen the stock without major surgery - DOH !

I enjoy my Rossi - but can't shoot it in any speed disciplines as it comes up to the shoulder about 1 1/2" short !

If you are venturing into gallery - please please please try a number of rifles before you buy !

Cheers

Roy
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[Roodles]

Having owned the following makes of rifle, I will rate them for you (personal experience).

Marlin.



Rossi.

















































































Winchester.

HTH,

Roodles

[goblin357]

They've all got their foibles.

My brand new super slick Marlin fell apart at the international match at Bisley in the summer so they're not perfect by any means. You can slick them up to be really nice though..

Winchesters in .357 are prone to break ejectors, you can do a little trick with them to stop this though.

I have the suspicion that my Winchester is more accurate than the Marlin.

The Rossi is nice, a copy of the Winchester 92 which is designed to shoot the smaller cartridges, as opposed the the 94s that were designed for the 30-30 and show it with the longer stroke and compromised bits to get it to fit the .357 rim. The .44 Winchesters are much more reliable though as the rims are the correct size for the design.
I also have an original Winchester 92 from the 1800s in 32 WCF and it's still going strong.

All are capable of getting you medals if you are good enough behind the gun.

[harricook]

They've all got their foibles.

My brand new super slick Marlin fell apart at the international match at Bisley in the summer so they're not perfect by any means. You can slick them up to be really nice though..

Winchesters in .357 are prone to break ejectors, you can do a little trick with them to stop this though.

I have the suspicion that my Winchester is more accurate than the Marlin.

The Rossi is nice, a copy of the Winchester 92 which is designed to shoot the smaller cartridges, as opposed the the 94s that were designed for the 30-30 and show it with the longer stroke and compromised bits to get it to fit the .357 rim. The .44 Winchesters are much more reliable though as the rims are the correct size for the design.
I also have an original Winchester 92 from the 1800s in 32 WCF and it's still going strong.

All are capable of getting you medals if you are good enough behind the gun.

What happened - What happened - What happened -

Roy
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[goblin357]

The little plunger that's in the lifter fell out and jammed the whole thing solid :-(

I'd only had the damn thing 3 months!

What happened - What happened - What happened -

Roy
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[Roodles]

That may be so, but Marlins still get rated at #1 out of the three companies I mentioned.

For these reasons:
1) Easy to strip and re-assemble
2) Parts are easy to source
3) Parts are not made from crappy metal.
4) They rarely break in the 1st place
5) The design lends itself well to constant high volume shooting..

I could go on

[harricook]

The little plunger that's in the lifter fell out and jammed the whole thing solid :-(

I'd only had the damn thing 3 months!

Thats an unusual one . usually it's a loose screw that causes a hiccup - or if you haven't done the 'fix' on the carrier & get a jam on fast work

wE have had many MArlins in the family & never had the plunger go on a carrier

Were you able to sort it quickly (spare carrier) & get on with the comp ??

I assume the supplier sorted it in the end for you

Cheers

Roy