/k/ - Weapons and Militaria

Lever guns in .45 ACP seem to be an obvious choice, because you can rechamber a .45 Colt revolver simply by replacing the cylinder (or using moonclips if the design permits them), and turn a whole lot of rifle casing into .45 ACP brass simply by cutting them to size, so in theory a lever gat in that calibre would be a great companion gun. And yet, it looks like only a few small shops in the US make them by modifying .45 Colt guns.

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>>1274
I had to check because I was under the impression that Rossi a Huezillian company made a 45acp lever action but turns out I was wrong, sadly. Maybe they used to and discontinued it? I mean such a rifle wouldn't be to hard to sell, just market it to people who already own thousands of dollars worth of Nighthawk 1911's and perhaps go as far as to have it be able to use 1911 magazines loaded by the side like a STEN gun too... Though at that point semi auto PCC's that use fuddy five mags would probably sell better now that I think about it so maybe skip the magazine compatibility for that in particular since that would ruin it's ability to be able to fit in a scabbard easily which is one of the appeals to lever gats.
Those are my thoughts on the matter.

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>>1287
>maybe skip the magazine compatibility for that in particular since that would ruin it's ability to be able to fit in a scabbard easily which is one of the appeals to lever gats.
That is a bit new to me, but what you could try is to make the tube magazine (together with whatever mechanism this theoretical design in question uses to lift the cartridges) and insert a magazine well in its place. And then you could have a magazine well for 1911 magazines, and other one for grease gun magazines, and if you want to be really funny you should have a well that can take Thompson magazines. Including the drums.

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>>1345
What about a rotating tube mag thing? Works for this shitpost gun.

>>1350
I mean, if you can make it thin enough so that it is about the size of a tube magazine then it can work. You could also try something like the P90 or its inspiration:
https://inv.tux.pizza/watch?v=tAZs7GdLreI
A lever gun with a .45 ACP magazine of that type would be pretty tacticool.

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>6000-7000J out of such a tiny barrel
Holy fucking shit, imagine firing it from a lever gun with a barrel that is twice as long.  I guess a  Winchester Model 1895 made with modern steel could reliably deal with. The whole thing is 75mm long, which is about the same ballpark as most of the cartridges that gun was chambeed for.

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>>1258 (OP) 
I think a lever action gets more benefits from the scout rifle concept than a bolt action does. The long eye relief scope and both eyes open shooting takes some practice and loses it's advantages at longer ranges so it makes more sense for the effective range of common lever action cartridges. Comparing the the scout Browning and the Marlin with a can in OP's first and second images shows a couple more reasons. The scope on the Marlin needs a goofy hammer extension to clear it and is enchanted with a curse that drinks the blood of your eyebrow when you shoot high power 45-70 loads. The scout scope on the Browning can't bite you and also leaves plenty of room for a back up sight at the rear of the receiver. 
I was disappointed with low light performance of my Marlin Guide Gun with the Williams Fool-proof receiver sight so I tried putting lever-scout mount and a 2-7x32 long eye relief scope on it. Now it's my favorite rifle for creeping through the bushes. Pic related is similar.