good group size marlin 1894 .357mag
- Thread starter TheBear
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That's hard to answer. The Marlin 1894 is a lever rifle that doesn't lend itself to bench use. Bone stock, out of the box, the little rifle has sights that are best suited to plinking. Adding a receiver sight adds precious inches to the sight radius and makes fine accuracy easier to attain, but the rifle is best used off the bench.
However, my 1894 is generally a 3" rifle at 100 yards. It might be better, but is limited by the nut behind the stock. It will easily shoot into the area covered by the front sight.
The Marlin 1894 in .357 magnum is a wonderfully light, easily carried woods rifle. It makes an amazing companion to a .357 magnum revolver. Lots of deer and hogs have fallen to the little rifle. The big thing that most people don't understand is that the .357 magnum become a whole 'nuther cartridge when shot out of a carbine barrel. We normally see an extra 300-400 fps from the carbine barrel due simply to the longer length of the barrel. My favorite 180 grain load leaves the barrel of my revolver at 1200 fps, but jumps to 1600 fps out of my Marlin.
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However, my 1894 is generally a 3" rifle at 100 yards. It might be better, but is limited by the nut behind the stock. It will easily shoot into the area covered by the front sight.
The Marlin 1894 in .357 magnum is a wonderfully light, easily carried woods rifle. It makes an amazing companion to a .357 magnum revolver. Lots of deer and hogs have fallen to the little rifle. The big thing that most people don't understand is that the .357 magnum become a whole 'nuther cartridge when shot out of a carbine barrel. We normally see an extra 300-400 fps from the carbine barrel due simply to the longer length of the barrel. My favorite 180 grain load leaves the barrel of my revolver at 1200 fps, but jumps to 1600 fps out of my Marlin.
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MarkDozier
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3x9x40 scope. 1- 2 inch at 100 yards. Magtech 158 gr SJSP.
Recoiljunky
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i almost bought one in 357 but got the 44 mag instead i was really suprized when i got 3/4 inch groups at 100yards with winchester white box 240grn jsp with a 3-9 vx2 on top. these rifles are insanely accurate for a levergun. its a shame they put the buckhorn sights on it rather than a apature. alot of potential in these rifles.
youngoilguy
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Mine loves the magtech 158 grain sjsps. The gun will out shoot me.
My standard for acceptability for iron sights at 100 yards is 5 on a standard sized Post-It note. My Marlin has a Lyman peep and will consistently meet this requirement from the bench with Nosler 158's or Sierra 125's (although with different settings). Cast is not so good. I put a scope on it once and it would shoot a little tighter but the scope did not look right on the little carbine.