1895 marlin 45-70

[12DMAX]

Have a possible trade for one of these. Anything bad about this gun?

[Jim]

Yeah, it still belongs to somebody else!

[12DMAX]

Yeah, it still belongs to somebody else!

Maybe not for long:bigsmyl2:

[Jim]

What are you doin', son? Git off ya' fanny an' GO GIT IT! :bigsmyl2:

[12DMAX]

here's a pic

[izzyjoe]

i've been after a marlin, but the prices are crazy. i'm looking at the Rossi Rio Grande right now. i hope you get the marlin.

[bearcove]

Just throw away those see through rings put on a peep sight and enjoy

[12DMAX]

Just throw away those see through rings put on a peep sight and enjoy

No Doubt, scope has to go.

[12DMAX]

The gentleman is asking $500/ OBO or trade for another caliber. Says its in great condition. I have not seen it yet.

[6pt-sika]

Thats one of the 1972-1979 rifles . It didn't leave the factory with the recoil pad !

If the seriel number starts with "BO" it might be one of the first ones without the Micro Groove barrel .

[12DMAX]

Thats one of the 1972-1979 rifles . It didn't leave the factory with the recoil pad !

If the seriel number starts with "BO" it might be one of the first ones without the Micro Groove barrel .

I am trying to get the first two of the serial # from him. He is not sure of the rifiling, I asked him to look on the barrel for "micro-groove" figured that would make things easy, did marlin NOT ever stamp this on a micro-groove?

[bearcove]

I don't think the micro groove issue is important. We know they shoot good too!

[Haggway]

Spend the money on a good peep site. I love mine.

[12DMAX]

I don't think the micro groove issue is important. We know they shoot good too!

Would'nt be a deal breaker.


Spend the money on a good peep site. I love mine.

I do enjoy a peep sight. My 336 wears one.

[6pt-sika]

I am trying to get the first two of the serial # from him. He is not sure of the rifiling, I asked him to look on the barrel for "micro-groove" figured that would make things easy, did marlin NOT ever stamp this on a micro-groove?

The first one of these I had was a circa 1978 that was Micro Groove and it shot the Ranch Dog 460-350GC very well . I did however have slight issues getting the Ranch Dog 460-425GC to shoot , but once I hardend the bullets a bit with water quenching they did fine .

At the moment I have another thats one of the 1972 rifles and so far it's done well with bullets from 300 grains all the way up to 550 grains .

[n3gov]

I just got this yesterday. traded a .270 Ruger M77 Mark II for it. The gun is not Microgroove. and the serial# begins with B007xxx. The butt stock has not been cut he just added the recoil pad to the end without cutting. I just need to find the correct butt plate and she is all original. The butt stock is actually longer than any of the other 3 45-70 Marlins I have.

Wood is 98% and the metal is 100%........Matt was a nice guy to deal with. Sorry you didn't get it!



Steve

[longbow]

I had one back in the '70's and it liked the Lyman 457124 385 gr. PB just fine. Mine was microgroove but that didn't seem to be a problem.

Oddly, back then I wasn't smart enough to slug the bore but I never got any leading so the fit must have been good. Either Lyman was cutting moulds larger then or Marlin was rifling to smaller dimensions... or both but whatever, it worked.

It was a casualty of my need for money to go to college and never replaced. Maybe one day. I still miss it.

I am betting you will get lots of enjoyment from your new toy!

Longbow

[n3gov]

It came with two boxes of Leverevolution 325 gr. I shot it 3 times last nite and hit steels with it at 50 Yds. Off handed. 4 inches square.

[Elkins45]

I had one that I bought new in 1991 and added a Williams peep sight. It had the microgroove barrel but it shot the Lee 405 grain boolet smeared with liquid alox like nothing you've ever seen. I'm talking full jacketed load velocities with fantastic accuracy and no leading!

It was stolen out of a house I was renting out in the boonies by two guys who threw all my guns into the back of their pickup. They got caught by a stroke of good fortune: the father of one of my students was driving by and saw them leaving the house so he called it in and an officer was sitting behind them at a traffic light when the vehicle description went out over the radio. By the time I got it back it had been beaten up to the point that I just did't want it anymore so I traded it for something I don't even remember now.

I wish I had it back.

[MT Chambers]

Looks like another nice 45/70, but it has some thing black growing up from the receiver!!

[n3gov]

The black tuma growing from the receiver was identified as a tuma and removed 5 min after I got home........

Question:

Did Marlin ever make a late model 1895 (1972 to 1979) with a flat butt plate?
I got looking at it the other nite and I think the stock has been cut even though the butt stock is longer than my 1895SS or my 2 1894's. I want to put the correct butt plate on the gun. I don't care how much recoil it has..... I don't like recoil pads and don't have any on my 450 Alaskan M71. It really rocks!

Steve

[Bullshop]

Early 1895s on the 336 receiver had a cresent but with a plastic but plate.

[6pt-sika]

Question:

Did Marlin ever make a late model 1895 (1972 to 1979) with a flat butt plate?
I got looking at it the other nite and I think the stock has been cut even though the butt stock is longer than my 1895SS or my 2 1894's. I want to put the correct butt plate on the gun. I don't care how much recoil it has..... I don't like recoil pads and don't have any on my 450 Alaskan M71. It really rocks!

Steve

None of the 72-79 guns had flat plates . Now thats not to say someone might have swapped the stock to a straight stock from a 336 or model 1894 even and then added the recoil pad .

I had an extra stock for my circa 1972 rifle that had been cracked so I glued it and cut to length and added a KickEez for bench work . That way I have the original if I ever decide to sell and the recoil pad fitted stock for benchwork etc .

[n3gov]

None of the 72-79 guns had flat plates .

That is what I thought! :killingpc I guess I didn't get a deal. I want to make this gun right. Guess I need to find a butt stock.....Damn!

It's an early "B" prefix too!

[6pt-sika]

That is what I thought! :killingpc I guess I didn't get a deal. I want to make this gun right. Guess I need to find a butt stock.....Damn!

It's an early "B" prefix too!

If I were you I'd shoot it a good bit first with jacketed and or cast and make sure I was totally satisfied with the gun in the accuracy department before I worried about getting the correct stock . If it doesn't shoot to suit you , you can always send it down the road and not have to worry with the expense of the correct stock .

You'll also find "if" you shoot heavy bullets in the rifle and have them going pretty well that the recoil from that curved hard rubber buttplate gets a little painfull after awhile . I never woulda cut the original stock on the 72 rifle I have , but since I had another of he stocks with a slight crack i saw no harm in glueing that one back and installing the KickEez recoil pad . Works great from the bench !

[Bullshop]

If it is an original early gun the barrel will have the front sight dove tailed into the barrel. Later guns have a ramp front. I like the earlier lower front sight because I use a side mounted receiver rear sight and that is at a lower position than would be with a ramp front sight. The lower position of the rear makes it far less susseptable to breaking if dropped. Also make for a better chiek weld with the stock when aiming. Makes quite a difference when shooting hot loads with heavy boolits.

[n3gov]

It's the early version, which I already knew. I have another. Guess I should have known..... I am a complete Big Bore nut......and love the recoil....the harder the better. My buddy has a 50 Alaskan and I have a 450 Alaskan with a steel butt plate. Try 68 grs of 3031 0r 4064 under a 400 gr. Speer or Remington at 2200fps. We load these thing up, set them off and act like litte kids.......Then laugh about how bad it hurts , then go do it again.....from a bench....I'll shoot anything..........Notice I said "Set them off" instead of shoot a couple rounds. The only thing missing is a detonating plunger. Craig Boddington calls his 450 AK, "the hardest recoiling rifle he ever shot". I got a hunch he's shot quite a few! I have four 45/70's, all leverguns, all run balls to the wall and one soon to be two 450AK's! Did you ever shoot lengthwise through a whitetail.........a Bear......Amazing!

I got this thing about setting things straight, restoring to original glory, the way it was meant to be, but that's just me.

Reloading everything for 40 years and casting bullets now! I guess you could call me a "sucker for punishment", but that's why I got married...It hurts sometimes too......Lets you know you're alive...Hehehe. I'll post some pics sometime....

[6pt-sika]

It's a shame you aren't in Virginia I'd be more then happy to let you shoot some of my 550 grain 45-70 loads . And if that's not enough for you we can always step up to my 416 REM MAG or my friends 505 Gibbs !:drinks:

[n3gov]

Cumberland Md. You sound like someone I could be friends with...Hhehehe! Can't be worse than the 450.....Enlighten me on the 550's....Cast Performance or Montana Bullet Works? Just guessing?

[n3gov]

I had an extra stock for my circa 1972 rifle that had been cracked so I glued it and cut to length and added a KickEez for bench work . That way I have the original if I ever decide to sell and the recoil pad fitted stock for benchwork etc .

I just have to do that in reverse...

[6pt-sika]

Cumberland Md. You sound like someone I could be friends with...Hhehehe! Can't be worse than the 450.....Enlighten me on the 550's....Cast Performance or Montana Bullet Works? Just guessing?

BalistiCast makes a mold for the 462-550GC bullet that'll feed in the Marlin 1895 and with a decent charge of H322 it does nicely at 100 yards !

I also have a BRP 462-465GC mold that is outstanding . To say nothing of the Ranch Dog 460-425GC and Ranch Dog 460-350GC .

To be totally honest the RD 425 grainer with a near max load of H322 will thump you more then the BRP 465 grainer with a near max load . The 550 grainer is more of a big push and of course the same can be said for the 505 gibbs with my handloads of 130 grains of RL22 and the Barnes 525 TSX bullet .

My friend with the 505 Gibbs has it on a CZ550 , he also has the same configuration in 375 H&H MAG as well as 416 Rigby . I myself only have a pair of Ruger #1H's in 375 H&H MAG and 416 REM MAG . Had one in 458 WIN MAG but that one with the Hornady 500 grain SNand a stout load of RL22 was a bit fierce .

[n3gov]

BalistiCast makes a mold for the 462-550GC bullet that'll feed in the Marlin 1895 and with a decent charge of H322 it does nicely at 100 yards !

I also have a BRP 462-465GC mold that is outstanding . To say nothing of the Ranch Dog 460-425GC and Ranch Dog 460-350GC .



I have both of the Ranchdog moulds you mention. The Ballisticast 550 I will want to look into!:cbpour:

[WyrTwister]

I don't think the micro groove issue is important. We know they shoot good too!

They shoot good if you feed them BIG bullets .

I have 2 1895's , one Micro-Groove and one Ballard .

God bless
Wyr

[TXGunNut]

Only good thing about see-thru rings is that they make folks think a rifle kicks too hard and they sell it to someone who understands cheek weld. Anybody need a few sets?

[Olevern]

Look at the Skinner peeps, they'd look mighty fine on that rifle and perform as well as they look. Check out the combination site with blued base and brass slide.

[Rich Cronk]

here's a pic
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That looks just like mine!

[detox]

They shoot good if you feed them BIG bullets .

I have 2 1895's , one Micro-Groove and one Ballard .

God bless
Wyr

I have both versions also. The 1895 Guide gun has Ballard rifling and ported barrel, the standard 1895 has longer barrel and Micro Groove rifling. Both shoot verywell.

[TheCelt]

Got one about 8 years ago, love it.

[Gtek]

Man, I thought the purist were over on the other sight. The guy that sold it had it how he wanted it, the guy that bought it- bought it. Danged Marlinitis! I will now take my silvering hair, my Leupolds, and go back under my rock. Gtek