Marlin Levers (again)

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mehavey

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FWIW, I looked at another `94 Marlin, this time in 44Mag.
The other `94 is 45 Colt.
(Don't ask.)

Barrel was straight
Sights were straight.
Wood was good
Metal fit was good
Forearm was a thick club (which is why God made sanding blocks)
Trigger was a superb/crisp 4 lbs

I picked it up, and ordered another Williams peep sight (as now req'd for any precision at my age) otherwise it's stock bead & buckhorn for young eyes.

Since the Williams was back ordered; I hadn't cast anything up for this one yet; and I'm impatient, I dug out a default box of American Eagle 240gr JHP's and headed to the range anyway. Fuzzy front sight be darned.

The first shot at 50yds was 8" right and level w/ the top of the 10-ring. I tapped the sight left a scoch and fired a three-shot group. Tapped a tad again and fired two shots:
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For all the grief Marlin has taken (and brought on itself),
they still make accurate weapons.
 
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I think Remington is getting it figured out. I think if we're all honest, not everything coming out of the Connecticut plant was always perfect either.
 
I know absolutely nothing about lever actions. This weekend, at the Texas International Gun Festival, I shot a lever action for the first time. Maybe it was a novelty, or maybe it was because lever actions are awesome; whatever the case, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

I am going to buy one.

Surely, this lever action thing is going to make a come back like leg warmers, tennis skirts, and 80s music.
 
I still shoot them some. I retired them for several years when an 1895 .45-10 blew open when I fired it. It hurt my fingers and knuckles pretty good. Still have not figured out how I avoided getting hit in the face. The crazy thing is the Marlin gun smith (this is before everything took the ride in the mail) could not find anything wrong with it. He replaced every moving part in it, but never found a faulty part.
 
Just recently got my third lever gun, a nice little Henry Golden Boy. Shoots very nice, even out to 100 yards. The second was a Marlin 336 from 1957 in 32 Winchester Special. That one was for my wife. The stock had to be shortened and the butt pad trimmed. Somehow she managed to break the firing pin :eek: so now it has a rebuilt bolt. I put a set of Skinner sights on it as well. The first one is a Winchester 92 replica in 45 Colt. I had a fellow I know do a little work on the action to smooth it up and it is about my favourite of the three. Of course, this is like a disease. Now I have this itch to get a 1860 Henry in 44-40.

Once bitten you can't stop.
 
I have a new Marlin 1894 in 44mag
and the receiver isn't tapped for a Williams
peep site.I had to buy a skinner.
 
I assume you are saying that the left side is not tapped for the William's?

ADDING:

I just looked over at MarlinOwners, and it seems the left side factory D&T for the Williams/Lyman sights stopped in 2001...

I had no idea...
 
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peep site is way too close to the hammer...
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I don't have any problems on the `94 45 Colt. But if anyone does (or if anyone
uses a scope), Marlin provides a hammer spur as part of the package.
 
My problem was the peep sight rides longer on top of the receiver,
because of the "mounting flange" so I mounted it using the forward
set of holes.
 
Marlin Rifles

I have 3 lever actions including an 1895 CB in 45-70.A Puma 357 and an old Sears Ted Williams 30-30.I just like working a lever much more than working a bolt.I think if anyone were to pick one up and try it they would become addicted to them.
 
My first deer rifle was a marlin Glenfield model 30A 30-30 and it was love at first sight it is still my favorite rifle in the gun cabinet.
 
Howdy

I bought this old Model 1894 sometime back in the 1970s. Don't remember exactly when. Not a bit of blue left on it, it is all gun metal gray. It is chambered for 44-40. I had never even heard of 44-40 back then. The shop scrounged up one box of ammo when I bought it.


I took it with me to the first Cowboy Action match I ever attended, about ten years ago. I looked up the serial number at the time, turns out it was made in 1895. The bore is rough, but the rifling is still strong and it still shoots fine. I have put some factory Smokeless ammo through it, but I usually only shoot it with Black Powder.

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Interesting front sight, with an ivory bead inlayed. I believe it is an old Lyman sight.

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Mehavey - Gettum both, join a Cowboy Action Shooting group and enjoy :)
You won't ever regret having multiple calibers of Marlin in a home...I know I don't!!

The .44Mag is GREAT for Hog or Whitetail under 100 yards. :D

The .45LC is AWESOME for cowboy shoots, as you can tailor your loads to your own personal satisfaction,
AND the Marlin 1894 can handle hot loads if you feel like hunting as well.

My trick was to run pistols in the same caliber so I'd only have to fool with one ammo.
Makes your life easier at an SASS meet ;) Less thinking about reloading, more shooting faster!!


Driftwood Johnson- That is an AWESOME '94!! Good luck at the meets!!

Maybe one day you might get a wild hair and Case Color that rascal :D
 
Right now the 44's eating two loads:

44-STOMP:
RCBS 44-240 SWC(GC) (Lyman#2) / H110 /23.8gr / as-cast 0.432/sized/lubed in Lyman 450 at 0.432"
Chrono'd at 1,810fps / No leading at all

44-pipsqueak:
RCBS 44-200 RNFP(PB) (1:30) / 700X / 4.4gr / as cast 0.431/sized/lubed in Lyman 450 at 0.432"
Chrono'd at 799fps / No leading at all

Both are superbly accurate (~2-3 MOA) and the Stomp load is incredibly flat out to 100.
Marlin done good this time out.
 
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I have the Remlin in 1894, Yes I also think they are getting it correct now. Mine is a great gun. I have the Skinner rail sights on mine very nice out fit. The only thing about they Remlins is the do not have the holes in the side of the receiver like the old JM Marlins did. So you can not mount a Lyman or a Williams peep sight on them. Out of my 4 Marlins I like the 44 Mag Remlin 1894 the best.
Here she is.



 
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