Originally Posted By: Dave Erickson
For that kind of money one might as well get the real deal, a M71 .348 Win.


Provided one has plenty of brass and appropriate bullets the only M71 I would take is .50 conversion that some Alaska "Sourdough" used to do many years ago. The M71 is basically nicely finished crowbar. If one wants lever action .358 Win the best option is the modern BLR.