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Mark Beatty
April 22, 2010, 04:47 AM
Greetings :-),

Can anyone out there tell me when good quality lever action carbines began to become availible in the United States chambered for .357 Mag?

Thanks :-),

Mark Beatty

Armchair Commando...but at least I know it ;-)

Dino.
April 22, 2010, 09:47 AM
I'm not sure I understand your question, but I love my Cimarron 1892! :)
It's made by Chiappa (made in Italy).
I bought it from a dealer here in the U.S. about two months ago and was immediately impressed with the quality. :)


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TSR80
April 22, 2010, 09:56 AM
I would assume some time in the late 1930s but I could be wrong.

mikejonestkd
April 22, 2010, 09:56 AM
marlin has been making .357 mag lever rifles for many years. Winchester had a .357 model 94 too.

44 AMP
April 22, 2010, 09:13 PM
Factory made .357 lever guns? I think the Marlin came out in the 1970s, or maybe in the late 60s. And it was one of the first "common" ones.

Custom gunsmiths had been converting Winchester 92s (mostly) and some other suitable lever guns for .357 years before, but it wasn't till the 50s and the .44 mag that began a real popular desire for pistol caliber lever guns in modern calibers. .32-20s and .44-40s had been around a long time, and many got converted to more modern calibers starting around then. But these were done by gunsmiths, and while they became fairly popular, weren't really popular in the sense of a mass market factory made rifle.

But they were popular enought for the gun makers to (eventually) see a niche to fill.

gak
April 23, 2010, 02:01 PM
Rossi 92 (and in recent decades, various Rossi distributors using "1892" nomenclature) since the late '70s...And yes, to the detractors, I do consider them quality; any rough ones can be made much less so pretty easily and cheaply, and you just can't beat the strong and slick Win '92 action. Mine have been running strong for three decades with very little TLC needed.