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Hickory
12-07-2016, 01:43 PM
I went to Angola, IN last night to do a little shopping.
I stopped at Rural King and looked over their firearms and spied a Marlin lever gun and ask to fondle it and turned out to be a 1894 Marlin in 44 magnum.
The metal finish was very good and the wood to metal fit was better then any of the 1970's Marlins I own. The wood finish was a little dull, but still nice looking.
I did not work the action, as it was wrapped with a zip tie. The price seemed reasonable at 639.00 dollars, at least cheaper than a 357 in the same model. If I had not just made a gun purchase I would have gave it a lot of serious thought.
missionary5155
12-07-2016, 02:15 PM
Rural King is a good place to stop by but will sink the budget ship.
Ya like to think the rem-lins would finally be a good buy. Last I looked at Marlin Owners the running was about 50-50.
msmyth01
12-07-2016, 05:58 PM
Do the new Marlins have the litlle box engraved on the left side of the receiver as on the 336W?
Jeff Michel
12-07-2016, 06:31 PM
Start budgeting, I really like mine. Much better all the way around when I compare it to the older model '94 I had. Used it to great effect at 125 yards last week:)
Hickory
12-07-2016, 07:23 PM
Do the new Marlins have the litlle box engraved on the left side of the receiver as on the 336W?
Yea,it sure does.
msmyth01
12-07-2016, 09:04 PM
Darn, I was hoping they would skip the box on the side.
FergusonTO35
12-08-2016, 01:17 AM
$639.00 is very high, especially from a chain store. My local guy gets $549.00 for them.
dragon813gt
12-08-2016, 03:08 AM
$639.00 is very high, especially from a chain store. My local guy gets $549.00 for them.

Not around here. They are all around $725 for one. It depends on where you live.
FergusonTO35
12-08-2016, 09:09 AM
Wow, did not know that. For that price I would go for a Henry or Italy/Japan made 92 replica.
44man
12-12-2016, 03:02 PM
Stupid crazy for the wrong twist.
Hickory
12-12-2016, 04:46 PM
Stupid crazy for the wrong twist.

That is the reason I've never bought one, you'd almost have to shoot round balls to get it to shoot good.
dragon813gt
12-12-2016, 05:10 PM
Stupid crazy for the wrong twist.

Main reason I don't have one. Have everything to load 44 Mag. Don't have any desire to shoot it out of a handgun. And I'm not a fan of any other pistol caliber levers. Oh well, I will hold on to all the components and tooling in hopes that maybe one day they will fix it.