Somebody help me understand why lever actions have become so highly priced. A couple of years ago you could not give them away, now they are 12-1800 . I know everything is worth a bit more these days but dang. What am I missing?

Are you looking at JM stamped Marlins?

I think it’s supply and demand right now

Most all of them seem high. The JM are Collectable now ? Like old Winchesters ?

Dont go looking at revolver prices.

I dont know if I would call them "collectable" as a whole, but they are dang sure more sought after just due to the overall quality. This same thing happend to the Model 94 when Winchester closed its doors. Then when people realized that there were more than enough 94's out there to go around the prices came back down to earth. I remember $299 birch wood 94's bringing a grand for a short while. It was silly and I think we are seeing that to an extent with JM Marlins.

Agreed.

Couple that with the overall gun market for the last year, and prices are higher than ever.

Unless you just have to have it I would wait

I have a few but they were always used for backups or a beater truck gun... not nearly as good as a bolt action. Revolvers are nutz as well

I'm just waiting for ruger to start producing Marlins.

Have you priced ammo lately?

I don’t know about the common lever guns, but the one I want starts at $2895 and after I get finished specing it out it’s north of $3500

No, been stockpiling since barry took office. Just amazed at what asking prices are... buckle up

Big, that must be a hell of a rifle

My bet is, Ruger will not let us down.

Out of all that Ruger has produced, the ONLY negative I've got is some of their M77 triggers. Dang good American gun company.

it's nostalgia

If I were to give up all my rifles

The falling blocks single shots and all my lever will stay with me

Ruger No. 1

1885
1895

22LR, .357, 44 mag, PPC, 45-70

All Winchesters lever from .22LR/M - 30-30, 30-06, and everything in between

yes, for some of us, the mechanical contraptions of levers and falling/rolling blocks
just feels like good old underwear

They had to design their own action to hold up to the 65,000 psi of that round.

https://www.bighornarmory.com/product/model-90-460-sw/

The reason is because many hold more rounds than a removable magazine on most rifles and do not fall under magazine restrictions lots of people are afraid are coming.

That sounds reasonable

I never even thought about this. I just like them. If I’m hunting less than 100 yards I’m using a lever.

In truth they are harder and more costly to build than a bolt action. Cost of building them has risen a lot in the last 20 years.

Everything is high now.

Makes sense. In 1993, Biden (then a Delaware senator) working on the Brady Bill and Kamala in 2010, as California's Attorney General seemed to overlook lever guns with tubular magazines when it came to their "naughty guns" lists.

If you can wait to buy you should

The M77 triggers were atrocious. There lates design is pretty good and a huge improvement. Ruger is a pretty amazing gun company with some very legendary designs in both handguns and rifles.