Does a 223/5.56 NATO lever rifle make any sense?

[Mike]

(Something like 5.5 lbs with the scope)

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WOW!

Very, very, nice.

Took you long enough, lol, but thank you.

Completely unstrategic use of resources given the current political climate, but hey.

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After reading the info provided for my initial post I am kind of in the same boat with you. I want to make a somewhat non-stratigic buy of a lever gun. Not in 223/5.56 but in 30-30 or 45-70. (I just hope we don't have a tragic 'boating accident' and end up losing our guns in the Bay.)

After considering it, I think I'm better off with a larger caliber rifle not another one in 5.56. I think one AR-15 platform is enough at this time and I just want the lever rifle. I had a Marlin I bought 1972 and sold to my brother. I guess I just want one again for the fun factor.

 

[fidelity]

I'm with you, brother badger. If we adopt too much of a "strategic" mindset, we sometimes will buy things that we discover we never really wanted but made a buying decision based on a possible future desire. It's terrible that we have to operate under the notion that some firearms may be banned from future purchase in MD or the US. While there might be some planning in anticipation, sometimes you got to have fun now. Go buy what you want.

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[lazarus]

I'm with you, brother badger. If we adopt too much of a "strategic" mindset, we sometimes will buy things that we discover we never really wanted but made a buying decision based on a possible future desire. It's terrible that we have to operate under the notion that some firearms may be banned from future purchase in MD or the US. While there might be some planning in anticipation, sometimes you got to have fun now. Go buy what you want.

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Ugh, yeah. My AR-15 was put together for that reason. I kind of want an AR-10 for that reason (I feel like MD assembly just forgot about them).

So sure I want lots and lots of stuff, but my basic rounding out of my collection is a bolt gun in 5.56/.223 to complement my AR-15, a semi-auto in .308 to complement my .308 bolt gun, a .30-30 lever rifle and a .22lr bolt gun to complement my 10/22.

I am leaning towards a Mossberg Predator, AR-10, Marlin 336 in .30-30 and a Ruger American rimfire. There are other guns I want, like a Garand, but I feel like those 3 would cover me pretty well and anything else are just cherries. Of course I also worry that Garland price and availability are just going to keep going in opposite and not good directions.

I don't think I am going to have the money to buy anything else for quite awhile, though if I am lucky I might be able to stash away an AR-10 lower some month soon. I certainly will if they might be banned.

 

[wowmattsays]

Looks magazine fed. Pointy .223 in a tube mag is a disaster waiting to happen.

Hey that's what I thought, then in my boredom one day I watched this PRETTY impressive video...definitely worth the time! Lays to rest the old myth that pointy bullets in a tube mag is dangerous! It could all be fake, but again, worth the view!

https://youtu.be/NeJmOxIklDc

 

[DaemonAssassin]

It's like tacti-cool in reverse.

They chambered a lever in .223, blasphemous, but left it as a shiny blue and wood firearm.

Tell me how you really feel.