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Re: BBS > Side Gate

Post by Ernie » Sat Aug 01, 2020 5:06 pm

I would be very interested in looking at a side gate.
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Re: BBS > Side Gate

Post by Jerrysea » Sat Aug 01, 2020 5:31 pm

I am new to lever guns. I bought the x model because it has a side gate. If I did not want a side gate I would have bought a different model that would have been easier to find.
I do like the x,357.
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Re: BBS > Side Gate

Post by GFK » Sat Aug 01, 2020 6:09 pm

Jerrysea wrote:
Sat Aug 01, 2020 5:31 pm
I am new to lever guns. I bought the x model because it has a side gate. If I did not want a side gate I would have bought a different model that would have been easier to find.
I do like the x,357.
Lever guns are like Lay's potato chips. It hard just to have one. A second comes along just as a backup or just because (because I did not have this one ;) ).
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Re: BBS > Side Gate

Post by KrzHorse » Sat Aug 01, 2020 7:27 pm

Myself- I'd love to see the side loading gate. The X's don't appeal to me a whole lot. Love to have a BBS with a side gate on the 357's, 44's & 45 colts
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Re: BBS > Side Gate

Post by Scottso67 » Sat Aug 01, 2020 10:44 pm

I really like the side gate. No need to reload the tube. Quick and easy. Smooth
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Re: BBS > Side Gate

Post by JEBar » Sun Aug 02, 2020 10:35 am

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Re: BBS > Side Gate

Post by markiver54 » Sun Aug 02, 2020 11:07 am

If all I'm going to do anymore is target shooting, then I have no need for a side gate. Heck, even if I was hunting, if I haven't gotten my quarry after a full tube, then I might as well go home. JMO
I think the side gate is just traditional...again, JMO.
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Re: BBS > Side Gate

Post by leverjc » Sun Aug 02, 2020 11:57 am

I don't think I have ever had more than 5 rounds in any of my center fire levers but I like the idea of a side gate. I think Henry side gates are the best of both worlds.
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Re: BBS > Side Gate

Post by markiver54 » Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:15 pm

leverjc wrote:
Sun Aug 02, 2020 11:57 am
I don't think I have ever had more than 5 rounds in any of my center fire levers but I like the idea of a side gate. I think Henry side gates are the best of both worlds.
Yea, don't get me wrong, I have nothing against them. I just don't yearn to own one enough to spend the money.
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Re: BBS > Side Gate

Post by Team Roper » Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:27 pm

In a practical sense, since we here in Ohio are only allowed three cartridges in our rifles for deer hunting which prove to be more then enough in any given hunting scenario then either the tube fed or the side gate is of no great concern and both are liked at the shooting bench. Pros and cons to each.
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