Haha. I bet the .30-30 didn’t work. When I was a kid my family bought 2 BRAND NEW Winchesters that tried to cycle all their bullets at once, a new in box .444 Marlin who’s lever wouldn’t close, and a .357 Henry that wouldn’t feed rounds. My mother said “no more lever action trash in my house” and that was it. I refuse to buy lever guns. 4 out of 4 factory new guns didn’t work. I much prefer my scoped AK. At least I know it will cycle and fire
Buy an IO or Century RAS47 and the AK might not always cycle. I build and repair AKs so I’ve seen a few stinkers.
I have 3 lever action rifles, .22, .30-30, and .45-70, and they’ve been no problem.
Sorry to hear about your problems with lever action weapons. Not only did it work, but it was given to a cousin in California and it still works well. It was one of the Browning models designed in 1894. Model 94. I haven’t seen it for a few years, but as I understand it, parts are still available, but can be hard to find.
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