

Posted: 8/4/2017 8:31:13 PM EDT
Just poking around on the interwebs and looking at suppressed guns. I started to wonder if anyone has ever taken on the challenge to make an integrally suppressed lever gun that would allow a full length magazine tube?
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![]() Dr. Strangelove, 1964, one world's fair a picnic and a rodeo j/k!! I'm having fun with you because you won my KRaZiEst question of the day award. I've been to gunshows in the MidWest to the California since the mid-80's. Been to out-of-the-way gunshops in small towns. Seen rack fulls of lever actions in rural pawnshops. In all that time, I've never even hear anyone talk about silencers and lever action rifles in the same sentence. I've never seen anyone even thread the barrel of a lever action for a compensator. If you want to ask around on your own, I'd say that if there was any group of guys that would know about unusual lever guns, it would be the group over at Paco Kelly's Leverguns Their motto: Can you trust a man that calls himself a rifleman but does not own at least one levergun? |
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![]() j/k!! I'm having fun with you because you won my KRaZiEst question of the day award. I've been to gunshows in the MidWest to the California since the mid-80's. Been to out-of-the-way gunshops in small towns. Seen rack fulls of lever actions in rural pawnshops. In all that time, I've never even hear anyone talk about silencers and lever action rifles in the same sentence. I've never seen anyone even thread the barrel of a lever action for a compensator. If you want to ask around on your own, I'd say that if there was any group of guys that would know about unusual lever guns, it would be the group over at Paco Kelly's Leverguns Their motto: Can you trust a man that calls himself a rifleman but does not own at least one levergun? View Quote ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Integrally suppressed would be neat.
Imagine a Silencer Co. Osprey that essentially starts at the lever guns receiver and continues to the full length of the barrel. Again, it would be neat! ![]() |
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Let me enlighten you some then. ![]() http://www.marlinforum.com/images/8/8/3/336-marlin-in-35-rem-with-a-suppressor-139.jpg http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.nz/attachments/f15/60465d1481247801-what-would-your-ultimate-bush-pig-rifle-build-what-nz-gunsmith-would-you-use-1894-suppressed-sbr_zps0vwk5ptg.jpg https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.j1_fRCrtl94GXfr2ODcQOgEsCo&pid=15.1&P=0&w=324&h=183 View Quote ![]() |
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I have a 1 year old form 1 for a 15 inch silencer and a rossi92 to build it on, haven't had time to do it yet.
I'm torn between putting the mag tube inside a 2 inch OD silencer or making the silencer around 1.5in with the mag tube outside. I made a bent mag tube that feeds fine and will hang underneath a 2inch OD silencer. I wanted the full capacity otherwise a bolt action would be easier if you only want 3-5 round capacity. A 16 inch mag tube will get you around 9 rounds of 38/44 special ammo, 18inch will hold 10-11 rounds. |
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Nope, mag tube gets in the way... But you can suppress a lever gun, no problem there, as seen in the above pics.
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Nope, mag tube gets in the way... But you can suppress a lever gun, no problem there, as seen in the above pics. View Quote All it would require is a little imagination and someone handy with metal working tools. I have the imagination, I just don't have the equipment. ![]() |
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The only way I see to do it would be to use an 1895 winchester. I could see a fun little package using a strait walled cartridge shooting a 500-600 grain bullet at subsonic speeds suppressed.
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I know almost nothing of sound suppressor design but is there a reason it can't be D shaped?
The osprey has the barrel mounted off center with slab sides. |
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At slow fire, it wouldn't be any where near temp to cook off. Were not talking a semi-auto with 30 rounds, it's a 9 round lever gun that would at best fire 9 rounds in 30 seconds. View Quote A .223 is too hot to touch in two or three shots. A 30-30 has more powder and would get hot just as fast, a .357 has less and might go longer. If you're making it for yourself and can be sure that you'll only ever shoot subsonic .38s out of it, that's one thing. If you're a manufacture, a gun that wears itself out when people abuse it by shooting too fast is cool because you can sell them another one. If it explodes and takes off their arm, that's really not cool. |
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A box magazine lever gun would work too, if someone wanted to cut up a Winchester 88 or a Browning BLR. Or a Sako Finnwolf, although I've never actually seen a Finnwolf in person.
Ever since I heard of and finally saw Roosevelt's suppressed 94, I've wanted to replicate it. |
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The problem with box magazine lever guns is they only generally hold 3-5 rounds. You can get that with a bolt action and have a more reliable gun.
The whole point of the lever action for me is to get the 10ish round capacity of straight wall large caliber ammo. A higher capacity magazine for 77/44 would sell well I think. |
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The take down Model 99 with a suppressed barrel/handguard is a neat idea. Would make for a nifty set if you made up a case for the receiver, regular barrel and suppressed barrel.
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Just integrally suppress a Savage 99 or Winchester 1895. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Nope, mag tube gets in the way... But you can suppress a lever gun, no problem there, as seen in the above pics. ![]() eta I see somebody already thought of the same idea. Oh well, great minds and all that. |
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