SOMEONE knows what a levergun should look like:
Rossi is returning to the territory of a wood-stocked .30-30 caliber lever action brush gun with the new model R95 in both 16.5-inch carbine and 20-inch rifle variants for 2023.
www.guns.com
If I needed a 30/30 levergun, I'd try this one. I'm sure it won't make every one of us completely happy, but I don't see a thing on it that rubs me the wrong way.
We all know what their pistol-caliber levers look like.
Funny thing about what WE think THEY think with regard to marketing. Smith seems to pander to what I perceive to be a larger sector of the market than what more traditional-minded buyers might like, BUT both Marlin and Rossi made SOME pistol-caliber levers (Marlin Dark, Rossi Triple Black), but Ruger chose the more traditional variant to run first and I've not seen one of those somewhat tactical Rossis in some time. Maybe they're out there, but there are a lot more of the "normal-looking" Rossis up for sale than the ones with black stocks, rails and threaded muzzles. They don't seem to last long on the sites offering them either.
I'm not really sure how any of them decide what's going to sell the best. I'm not sure I could predict that either. Roll the dice?