It's a lot easier to tube load a 5lb 22LR rifle, user free standing than tube loading a 12lb 30-30 with scope.BigAl52 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 9:30 pm...
The loading part is used as an excuse. What they are really having issues with is authenticity. Leverguns need a sidegate to be a real authentic levergun. What they dont realize is the tube feed has been around for a long time. I might be mistaken but Im not remembering a 22LR levergun with a sidegate.
Annie Oakley used an Lewis L. Hepburn-designed Marlin 1891 .22LR sidegate.
Pictures of a 22LR sidegate.
https://www.gunsinternational.com/guns- ... =100966678