Finally! A marlin 62!

[WinchesterM1]

I finally found a Marlin model 62 in 30 carbine! I’ve been looking for years and I finally found on at a very decent price. For you that don’t know it is a lever gun on basically a 22 mag frame the throw is only about 1 1/2” and it shoots extremely fast!! I shot around 200 rounds through it yesterday (NOE 310-121 Rn over 2400) and I was able to connect with some pop fans off hand at 100 yards easy! A nice little light gun I am looking for the 257 next
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[smkummer]

Dang it! I like my Marlins and have been eyeing these. I didn’t know it was a short throw as well. Was this at the Louisville Show? I could have gone. I load 30 carbine already. Shame on you.

[gewehrfreund]

I had one long ago and it was a lot of fun. Wish I had held onto it.

[WinchesterM1]

Close!! This was sitting on the rack next to a Spanish destroyer at centerfiresystems. Both of them came home with me

[Markopolo]

wow.... these were also offered in 22 Jet.... talk about a fun plinker.. my dad had one when I was just a sprout. I used to think I was John Macain from the rifleman with that gun....

would love to find one in 357!!!!!

[GARD72977]

The 257 is extremely rare........

:kidding:

I have never heard of it until now.....

[725]

Markopolo,

Was John Lucas' brother? :)

I've got one of the .22 mags. Wonderful for wood chucks.

[Markopolo]

lol..... nope.... not brother... I was HIM.... lol

Actually, WinchesterM1 was talking about the awesome 256....

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[Tripplebeards]

Maybe you should order the 336 chambered in 30-06 here...

https://www.classicfirearms.com/marlin-70505-336c-51-20-w-3-9x32-scp/?turntoflow=answerview&ttdat=eyJjIjo0ODMyNSwicyI6IjE2ODY1NCJ9&tttok=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJUdXJuVG8iLCJ leHAiOjE1ODM3NjU5MTgsImNpIjo0ODMyNSwicSI6NDY4NDUxM ywic2siOiIxNjg2NTQiLCJzIjoiUkVESVJFQ1RfVE9fQU5TV0V SIiwidSI6MTEyODM1NjV9.eBSFyDlYoEFjZQo3iEv5ywPmnw9W FcqYLAXeL3i92ig&turntosku=168654

Lol..I’m sure it’s a 30....“30” and not an “06”

[smkummer]

Looks like 22 mag. ( maybe a different model number) 256 Winchester magnum and 30 carbine were the only calibers. 22 jet and 357 never materialized?

[Texas by God]

According to Numrich, Marlin paid Kessler a royalty for the lever accelerator design. Kessler had a short lived lever shotgun with this feature. I'd love one of the LeverMatics in any of the chamberings.

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[Jedman]

I have one in a M 57 M which is the 22 magnum. I also have wanted a M 62 if I ever found one priced good.
There is a gun store near me now that has a M 57 in 22 LR at a good price and I am trying my best not to go get it.

Jedman

[MrWolf]

My 57M is waiting at my FFL for pickup. Also looking at same ones as you folks are. Great minds think alike :drinks:

[cuzinbruce]

Nice gun. I have one in .256 Winchester. Also the .22 Magnum. Wish I used them more.

[Markopolo]

well cuzinbruce.. lets see that gun in .256..... i would love to see some winchester eye candy... do you have ammo for it? did you make the brass from 357?

[FredBuddy]

Winchester:

I left my M62 30 Carbine with a friend in Perry County, KY.

He lives on a mini rock farm, and needs some critter
protection for his herd of Jacks.

He's supposed to let me know if he doesn't
want it any more.

That rifle has one solid, heavy walnut stock!

Enjoy.

[cuzinbruce]

Hi Markopolo,
I don't mean to hijack the thread but here goes. Model 62 on the bottom with little brother 57M above. I have ammo for it and have fired it a bit. Came with some new factory 256 empties that I had problems loading. The shoulders would collapse when I tried to seat the bullet. I made a bunch from Starline .357 Mag and they have worked fine. I cast 25/20 bullets for it or use Hornady J-words. I use RCBS loading dies and a set of case forming dies. Forget where I got them but they weren't new ones for mega $. Funny how the whiteline spacers on Marlins rot away. See last picture.
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[Markopolo]

wow.. what a pair!!! I want one!!!!!!!!

[TCLouis]

How accurate is the 30 Carbine and 256 or are they more plinkers?

[WinchesterM1]

How accurate is the 30 Carbine and 256 or are they more plinkers?

So far my 30 carbine has had close to 1k rounds through it, using the NOE 310.120rn GC PCed over 12 grn 2400 it is holding around 3” at 100

[MI2600]

I have had mine since 1964, when they cost about $65, new at KMart.
I haven't shot mine in recent years, but it's a perky little cartridge. Here is the Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.256_Winchester_Magnum

[RJM52]

Congratulations on your great find...

They were available in all the above listed calibers but the .22 Jet and .357 are the hardest to find...

Back in the 1960s I was at the Lyman Blue Trail Range in Connecticut and met a guy who had one of each... .22 Jet, .357 Magnum and .256 Winchester. He said he had three sons and each would get one...

Saw only a couple of articles in gun magazines on the .22 Jet version. I bought one of the S&W 53s back in about 1974 and looked for either one of the Marlin lever guns or a H&R Topper which was also made in .22 Jet. In all these years of looking I have only seen two H&Rs and one Marlin for sale... The Marlin was only a couple of years ago...can't remember what it went for but I had lost my interest in Jets so I passed...

Had one of the 57Ms in .22 Magnum and with the standard original Winchester 40 grain HPs would shoot 1/2" groups at 50 yards...but in the modern 30-33 grain ammo and it would open up to 2"...

Great guns from the past....

Bob