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[mrarroyo]

I would like to get a lever action chambered in 44 magnum, any suggestions? Thanks.

[KYTGuy]

Henry Big Boy is pretty...But I don't have anything by them...

I would get the Marlin - looks like the one a few up^, but in .44 Mag.

[Samgotit]

I was able to fondle a friends HK USP Compact .40. It fit my hand like a latex glove, something most guns just don't do, due to my small hands.

I have a Ruger P85. It's huge. After holding the HK, it's getting traded in. Any other options on a similarly sized .40 caliber.

I've been looking at CZ's .40 compacts, but I can't find them local.

[marvin]

Originally Posted by Samgotit

I was able to fondle a friends HK USP Compact .40. It fit my hand like a latex glove, something most guns just don't do, due to my small hands.

I have a Ruger P85. It's huge. After holding the HK, it's getting traded in. Any other options on a similarly sized .40 caliber.

I've been looking at CZ's .40 compacts, but I can't find them local.

HK P2000, S&W M&P, and the Browning Hi-Power come to mind.

[D1g1talV3n0m]

Originally Posted by Samgotit

I was able to fondle a friends HK USP Compact .40. It fit my hand like a latex glove, something most guns just don't do, due to my small hands.

I have a Ruger P85. It's huge. After holding the HK, it's getting traded in. Any other options on a similarly sized .40 caliber.

I've been looking at CZ's .40 compacts, but I can't find them local.

I wouldn't go with a HK. Are they good guns? Of course. Is the price warranted? Not if you ask me.

Here are the choices I would suggest (If you have to buy the gun from somewhere like gunbroker or online gun sales and do a FFL transfer).

CZ
Tanfoglio (Sold under the name EAA Witness)
Taurus 24/7 OSS (Coming out sometime in "fall" is what I was told.)

It all depends on what you want to pay and what you are looking for.

[marvin]

Originally Posted by D1g1talV3n0m

I wouldn't go with a HK. Are they good guns? Of course. Is the price warranted? Not if you ask me.

True, the additional money for an HK doesn't get you much but the name. (Unless it's a P7 of course. )

But, as a member of the "small hands, fat fingers" club, if it fits, it fits. I've spent a lot of money cycling through wondernines to find one that fits right and shoots well, and I'd be kicking myself if I passed over the right one just to save a few hundred bucks.

[D1g1talV3n0m]

Originally Posted by marvin

True, the additional money for an HK doesn't get you much but the name. (Unless it's a P7 of course. )

But, as a member of the "small hands, fat fingers" club, if it fits, it fits. I've spent a lot of money cycling through wondernines to find one that fits right and shoots well, and I'd be kicking myself if I passed over the right one just to save a few hundred bucks.

Another gun he could try is FN Herstal or Walther. Those MIGHT be a better choice for him and save him money also.

To the OP...

I am not a big fan of the 40. I stick with the 9mm and 10mm personally. One thing is go to a range and try out the guns you think you might like. Once you find the one you can shoot well, feels good, and is reliably buy that one.

[trains are bad]

Look long and hard at the M&Ps. I do consider them a gun that needs trigger work, but since I can do my own that's not a big deal. I love my 9mm compact to death.

[Old Pa]

Originally Posted by mrarroyo

I would like to get a lever action chambered in 44 magnum, any suggestions? Thanks.

I showed you my Winchester Model 94 Trapper, and to my mind that's the pick of the litter. I've also owned the Rossi copy of the Winchester Model 92 in .44Rem Mag and a Marlin Guide Gun in the same caliber, but they were not as accurate as the Trapper for me and I needed room in the safe. For a Trapper in .44Rem Mag, you are going to have to hit gun shows (where I found mine), Shotgun News, or the guns classified in print or on line.

[phergus_25]

Im on the way to get my first rifle in my name,
Im 18 and have grown up around guns my entire life,
but dont have a rifle in my name yet.

Im getting a Marlin 17 hmr