r/canadaguns • u/HappyCan7250 • 1d ago
Misc Kodiak lever actions?
Was just browsing Kodiaks site out of curiosity and saw theyre selling lever actions now? Not sure if this is a new thing for them or not. The wood on them actually looks beautiful. Anyone ever seen or handled one in person?
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u/Lumindan 1d ago
Given that price, you'd be better putting money towards a marlin or a Henry or S&W
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u/HappyCan7250 1d ago
I agree, I was just curious. Wondering if it's Canadian made or rebranded Turkish. To my knowledge, no Turkish company has made a 94 based rifle yet, only 92s and 95s.
The rifle itself looks beautiful and if it runs good, a good deal, but im not necessarily gonna be the guinea pig. I was actually looking at their alcor handguards when I stumbled across it. Wasn't sure if it was a new product or if they've been making them for a while. I have heard of the WK issues
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u/Iokua_CDN 1d ago
Canuck actually has a side eject that I assume is a marlin 336 design! Rossi also makes the r95, which is marlin 336 but made in Brazil
Edit reread your comment and realized you meant the 1894 marlin, also don't think anyone has a 1894 marlin clone
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u/HappyCan7250 4h ago
I do have an R95 in 357 and a Henry in 3030, but I've been toying with replacing the rossi as its had issues with jamming and accuracy, and just awful quality screws on it.
I've been going back and forth between a canuck wrangler (the 92 clone), or a Henry in 357 to replace the R95, so this kind of caught my eye.
The Canucks actually feel quite well made after handling one in person, and I honestly expect canuck has better QC than Rossi. I've had to deal with Rossi support before when my old R92 broke, and they kinda suck to deal with and use the cheapest metal possible. Of course though I ordered the R95 right before my R92 broke.
Super happy with my Henry in 3030, but I'd be willing to take a chance on canuck with what I've heard about Odell and after handling a few in person this weekend. Pretty rifles. I do wish they had a side eject though in 357.
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u/Iokua_CDN 3h ago
You might be right, I've only heard good things about the Canuck Wranglers so far, and good things about Canuck warranty. I've also only heard bad things about Rossi Warranty. The only good side is that there is lots of info on Rossi forums and such for fixing things yourself.
Honestly though, glancing at Canucks cataloge and future coming guns... it looks like a year of Canuck for me. The side eject Wrangler, their folding Semi auto 12ga Flex, 357 revolver rifles, their c22 22lr rifle.... like a lot has me interested from them
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u/Agonizing-Stroke1812 1d ago
No reason to roll the dice on this with the amount of well tested, quality lever options out there. They couldn't get a AR180 right I wouldn't trust them with a lever either
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u/Sirtornado 🔫 1d ago
I’ve actually got to handle one and shoot one. It’s very nice and very smooth. It took a little bit to break in though and it’s believe it or not very comparable to the Marlin feel wise and it seems to be very nice quality.
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u/Juice1984 on CSSA menber 1d ago
I say this story any time kodiac is mentioned. I got a tour of their factory about 6 years ago just before covid. What I saw was 3 guys working in a dirty garage with mill machines and parts everywhere. Its literally a guy and his friends mill shop and looks closer to a hobby shop than anything else. I would literally never buy a product from them that they are making.
Nice guys and they are trying but fucking hell it was embarrassing.
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u/coffeeofwar 1d ago
Funny thing is if this Canuck or Morrison or levtac I would trust it alot more
My gen 1 wk180 was beans Gen 2 was better but still beans lol
Idk Kodiak there customer service back then was honestly okay better then so others. So yea personaly I wouldn't it's an expensive Gamble onna company with a meh track record
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u/PanfriedAgain 1d ago
A lot of people who bought wk180’s years ago felt burned by them when the rifle took extra work and parts to get running properly despite being new. They slowly got better by 3rd gen but by then they had lost partnership with Wolverine and many fans. This may be based on the Marlin 1894 but the wk180 was also based on a reliable pre-existing rifle design.
If you buy this, you’re paying them to be their Guinea Pig.