Best Lever Actions for Big Game
Backcountry Hunting Podcast
Joseph von Benedikt
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2024
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
This episode showcases three terrific lever-action big game rifles. All are classic historic designs that were carried by frontiersmen; all are also still being produced!
These three are big-bore versions suitable for hunting anything from deer to grizzlies. We'll follow up soon with an episode on top-notch .30-30 models ideal for deer and hog hunting.
In order of appearance, here are links to the specific rifle models showcased here:
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the backcountry hunting podcast Top 3 and 5. |
| 0:06.0 | Today's rapid-fire episode will showcase three of my favorite lever action rifles. |
| 0:13.1 | Let's dive right in. |
| 0:14.7 | Here I've got several proven lever guns. |
| 0:17.9 | And this go around, they're chambered in cartridges |
| 0:20.4 | big enough to get the job done on game from deer to grizzlies. We'll do an |
| 0:26.0 | episode on lighter 30-30 caliber lover action options soon. All these |
| 0:32.4 | rifles are classics. All feature proven reliability and each |
| 0:37.3 | has a history with the American frontier. All are currently manufactured and are reasonably available. |
| 0:45.0 | So now that we have our criteria established, let's take a look starting with the earliest of these historic shooting irons and that's going to be with |
| 0:54.3 | Winchester model 1886 a light rifle in 4590 now this one's in 4590 but |
| 1:01.6 | mostly they're chambered in 4570. I like the 4590 |
| 1:05.8 | because you can shoot either in it. Just like you can shoot 38 specials in a 357 Magnum, you can shoot |
| 1:12.0 | 4570 animal in a 4590. 3.57 Magnum, you can shoot 4,500 |
| 1:13.0 | amel in a 4590 chamber. |
| 1:16.6 | The weight of this specific rifle is 8 pounds 6 ounces. |
| 1:20.3 | This is the rifle that Winchester is currently selling as their light rifle. |
| 1:25.0 | It's got an eight round capacity in a full length tubular magazine underneath the barrel. |
| 1:30.0 | Accuracy is good. It's generally just fired with iron barrel sites. |
| 1:36.0 | And so sometimes your accuracy is depending on how good your eyes are right folks. |
| 1:42.0 | It can be loaded. This is another thing I like about the |
| 1:45.1 | 4590 it can be loaded to 450 marlin levels so you can push those heavy 45 caliber bullets quite a bit faster, about 200 feet per second |
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