Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 https://www.shootingillustrated.com/content/review-smith-wesson-model-1854-rifle/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
July Smith Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 Obviously not SASS legal, but I do like the look of the tactical lever gun. A lever action is an almost ideal platform for a suppressor. Combined with an optic and light this would be a really slick pig rifle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 I must confess that these crossbreeds have changed my mind once I got past the shock. They are butt ugly except for the functional beauty of being a great pig gun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 Well, the article that resulted from the Hyper-Link was an exercise in meaningless Verbosity. Pretty much all it says, It's a nice looking rifle. Diddley Squat about anything else. Looking at the magazine loading gate and the ejection port, I'm going to guess it is intended to be Expanded to much longer cartridges. Looking at the ejection port, without being able to take the thing apart, it looks an awful lot like a Henry Big Boy, with the fully captive enclosed round bolt, which is actually a kinda copy of a Marlin action. Obviously not intended for the CAS crowd (good thing) but does appear to be quite suitable for close up Pig Shooting. Can't say I like it at all, but my Opine is just that, My Opine. PASS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 We just got one in the LGS. Really well built, operates smoothly. I am an admitted S&W snob but it is a viable hunting/general purpose gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grass Range Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Ugly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 I can NOT see , where it will do anything better than a better looking lever gun CB too cheap to get a stamp for a can 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawnee Hills Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 44 minutes ago, Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 said: I can NOT see , where it will do anything better than a better looking lever gun It certainly won't rust as well as a blued gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Uh, this isn’t new “news”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawhorse Kid Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 Tom Horn would have been proud to own one of those. 😜 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still hand Bill Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 They offer it blued and wood stock as well. Was at a shop yesterday and they had both options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 They also priced them like The Silliness was in full swing. Looking forward to the price drops when powder is scarce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
July Smith Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 2 hours ago, Pat Riot said: They also priced them like The Silliness was in full swing. Looking forward to the price drops when powder is scarce. I seriously doubt they will drop the price. More likely they will simply discontinue them with a brief statement about there being no market for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 (edited) I am so not interested. Lessons have been learned by Marlin and Ruger, over many years of lever gun design and manufacture. It seems to me, that S&W has not yet put in the mileage to learn those lessons. All they offer is a high price. I look at S&W same as a Chevy pickup. By far the most handsome of competitors, but I won't own one. I don't give a damn what it looks like... for me, function beats form every time. Edited August 1 by bgavin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 12 hours ago, Sawhorse Kid said: Tom Horn would have been proud to own one of those. 😜 Please don't insult Tom Horn like that. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 2 hours ago, July Smith said: I seriously doubt they will drop the price. More likely they will simply discontinue them with a brief statement about there being no market for it. We’ll see. You may be right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 4 hours ago, bgavin said: I look at S&W same as a Chevy pickup. By far the most handsome of competitors, but I won't own one. I don't give a damn what it looks like... for me, function beats form every time. Maybe like the Silverado. As for a plain ol' C10, that's why I have a bunch of Taurus revolvers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOLFY Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 wow... that's a premium price / is it patterned after the Marlin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 5 hours ago, WOLFY said: wow... that's a premium price / is it patterned after the Marlin? Yeah, it really does look like a Marlin pattern gun. With many states now offering Straightwall cartridge seasons, I think we will see a resurgence in levergun popularity. In this area of Arkansas it is rare for a hunter to have a shot at even 200 yards. So the ranges are very accommodating to the blunt nose bullets for cartridges that these guns are built around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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