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I don't think that is the "real" one and only reason. You are right it's hard to fire them from the prone position, but I'm not convinced that it would be effective to put the effort into making lever action strong enough to fire more powerful rounds. Far easier to just run with bolt action. They were phased out for a multitude of reasons I'm sure, including the ones we mentioned.

babyFish7000 3 years ago

Actually Spitzer rounds can't be fired in lever guns because the bullet tip could set off the primer of the round ahead of it in the tube magazine, either by recoil or dropping or knocking the gun around hard. In other words DO NOT reload .30-30 rounds with Spitzer bullets for .308 or .30-06, you could turn your gun into a BOMB if you use them. But Hornady has sort of solved that with their flextip LEVERevolution line of ammo.

DanJ30 3 years ago 14

that concern has been disproven. Alot of people underestimate how much strength is actually required to start the primer.

magnum9987 3 years ago

I forgot what rifle it was, but they used a spiral in the magazine tube to prevent spitzers from touching the primer of the round in front of them. But the LEVERevolution stuff's good if you're going to play it safe.

AreThereNoMoreNames 2 years ago

@DanJ30 There are such things as lever rifles designed to fire spitzers. They have box magazines (like the Browning BLR).

Also you can fire spitzers even out of a tube mag rifle; but you'll be firing it like a single shot rifle.

Cephas 8 months ago

@Cephas Hornady now has boat-tailed spitzers with soft flexible tips designed for tubular magazine lever action rifles, and has also brought out a line of ammunition call "Leverevolution" . The 160 gr 30-30 Leverevoluton ammo will shoot flat enough for deer hunting to 300 yards and is MOA accurate out of our family Marlin 336.

I have hand loaded 30-30's with the 150 gr Hornady SST boat-tailed spitzer for incredible performance. But, it is a "one in the mag" one in the chamber" round ONLY!

glnelson1956 7 months ago

Pointy tips and tube magazines don't do well together. Winchester's M1895 and the Savage 99 got around that with box magazines though.

(And the French Lebel was a bolt action rifle with a tubular magazine!)

DEP717 3 years ago 6

@DEP717 I've got a Winchester Model 600 Cooey(Canadian Made), 12 shot, Bolt Action, Tube Mag(Though it is just a .22!). There's a few odd guns around. I've seen pics of a Bolt Action Double Rifle!

Cheers,

Sean.

KiwiBowhunter 6 months ago

@DEP717 A French rifle! HA!

Treblaine 1 week ago

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everthing already stated, plus bolt actions are the most acurate of all the actions

chickenz666 3 years ago

Also the most mind numbingly boring guns. Sold my last bolt action after it sat in a safe for 10 years.

1873Winchester 2 years ago

Not true there are many factors that go into a guns accuracy, bolt-actions tend to be quite consistent but things like ammo, barrel quality, and even weather factor into to a guns ability to group well.

50calfrag 2 years ago