S&W 1854 lever action

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nchunter78

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I was able to handle the new S&W 1854 lever action and the trigger just bounces around....just kinda "floppy"

Does anyone know what the thoughts are behind this design?
 
nchunter78 said:
I was able to handle the new S&W 1854 lever action and the trigger just bounces around....just kinda "floppy"

Does anyone know what the thoughts are behind this design?
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Does it bounce once the lever has been cycled and cocked ?
 
If this is your rifle I would call S&W
I haven’t handled one yet , but that doesn’t seem right
 
BrettB said:
If this is your rifle I would call S&W
I haven’t handled one yet , but that doesn’t seem right
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I didn't buy it, I just looked at it. I have looked at online videos and at least one major reviewer pointed it out also. I think all of them are like this. I just haven't found anything that points to "why"
 
I got to handle one last week. I was not impressed at all. The price is ridiculous for the quality level.

It should be a $700 gun.
 
I don't know about bouncing around. It wasn't particularly crisp though. The action was not very smooth. It just didn't seem like a very nice gun.

I compared it to a Henry and a rossi. The Henry was WAY better. I don't think the rossi was worse.

Not sure what smith was thinking with this thing. At it's price it needs to be a premium gun. At it's quality it should be a cheap one. I feel like they dropped the ball. I also only saw the one gun so who knows.
 
C-doodle said:
I don't know about bouncing around. It wasn't particularly crisp though. The action was not very smooth. It just didn't seem like a very nice gun.

I compared it to a Henry and a rossi. The Henry was WAY better. I don't think the rossi was worse.

Not sure what smith was thinking with this thing. At it's price it needs to be a premium gun. At it's quality it should be a cheap one. I feel like they dropped the ball. I also only saw the one gun so who knows.
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The trigger pull was fine but you could move the gun back and forth the trigger would dance around. Once you put pretty on the trigger, you could feel a wall and then you had to push past it. It was nothing that I have ever been used to.
 
nchunter78 said:
The trigger pull was fine but you could move the gun back and forth the trigger would dance around. Once you put pretty on the trigger, you could feel a wall and then you had to push past it. It was nothing that I have ever been used to.
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Do you own any other lever actions ? Not trying to be a jerk with the question
 
MacEntyre said:
Winchesters and some Marlins used to be like that. John Browning designed it that way. It's a safety feature to prevent accidental discharge during the cycling of the action.
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Thanks. I assumed it might be something related to an original design but was not sure why.

Also, please forgive the “uninformed” for trying to become “informed” by asking others.
 
You must have read it before I edited it. I wanted to make certain I was right, so I looked up an answer in some other forum. I didn't attribute the post I copied but I deleted the snarky comment about the uninformed. I figure I can write my own snark. ;)
 
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I got to handle one at my LGS a few days ago. It was pretty decent I think. I look forward to S&W making a 357mag version - I'd probably get that. I just don't need to be investing in another caliber, and I prefer 357mag when I'm shooting a handgun, over 44mag.
 
I bought a Win 1894 around 1999 for about 250$. Ridiculous.
 
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Gnash.Hyena said:
I got to handle one at my LGS a few days ago. It was pretty decent I think. I look forward to S&W making a 357mag version - I'd probably get that. I just don't need to be investing in another caliber, and I prefer 357mag when I'm shooting a handgun, over 44mag.
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I liked just about everything about it except the price. I agree with you about the caliber.
 
Between ruger, henry and now S&W it'll sure make one appreciate a Rossi R92's Bang for the Buck for 95% of us!
 
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