r/canadaguns • u/Jazzlike_Dingo_9960 • May 20 '26
Buy recommendations Help me with lever action Rifles
Hey everybody, im kinda new to owning guns, been around them all my life, but im in a pickle. Im looking for a decent lever rifle mainly for target practice, im looking for something bigger than a .22 but dont know if I need to go up to a 30-06 or 308 just yet. Any recommendations what to get in canada. Have a few shotguns and a .22 already. Thanks
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u/Short-Beginning-5753 May 20 '26
I just picked up an old Waffle Top Marlin 336 in 30-30 that was pretty reasonably priced ($1k~) but centre fire ammo in general is not. I’ve already gone through 2 boxes (20rd/box, $60-$70 a box) in a week, if you’re doing regular target practice, it’s gonna hurt.
That being said, if you really want a lever action that isn’t chambered in .22; 30-30 is a reasonably economical compared to something like .45-70 Gov, or .44 Rem Mag, and it’s available everywhere. You can also go the funkier route of something like a .410 lever action
Getting yourself a Lever action in 30-06 or .308 I suspect would be deeply expensive since they have to be them fancy Mag Fed Lever actions. And that would be some pricy munitions to run through on a regular basis.