458 Win Mag lever gun ?

[hemiford]

I know this is Long Range Hunting, but there's a lot of brain power on here.

Is there such a thing as a lever action 458 Win ? Anyone ever make one ?

 

[Dean2]

Outside of the Ruger 1, which is a lever and falling block and came in 458 Win Mag, no one ever made one that I know of. However the 450 Marlin is pretty darn close to a 458. It is actually the 458 Win Mag case shortened to 2" and retains the belt. There have been lots of levers made in that cartridge. If you used a Winchester 1886 as the base, they came as the 50-110, and 45-90 WCF, you could probably chamber it to 458 Win. (They are still made and sold by Winchester in 45-90 WCF, which as a 2.4" case versus the 458 Win mag at 2.5") If you can find one, a modern 50-110, which was offered in the Browning 1886, 71 and Winchester 1886 made in Japan, until just a few years ago, with a smokeless barrel, is actually significantly more powerful than the 458 Win Mag.

450 Marlin vs 458 Win Mag

The Browning BLR came out in 450 Marlin but I don't know if it has enough throw and mag to accept the full length 458 Win Mag.

 

[crashlanding]

I know very little on this subject, but throwing it out there, high pressure 45.70 load in a Ruger guide gun?

 

[MagnumManiac]

Not exactly what you're asking, but I have a custom Ruger No.1 running smokeless jacketed 45-120. I have run cast and black powder for fun, but this thing gets up and boogies running smokeless.
My steel targets, not AR 500, get hammered by this thing at 200 metres. Far outweighs 45-70 rounds…

The 450 Marlin is probably the longest cartridge you can house in a regular lever action.
The Ruger No.1 or falling block made by the old Remington bought company which I forget their name, owned originally by Art Alpin do a nice falling block, Ron Spomer has one in 7x57.

Cheers.