Marlin's in .357 and .44

[pietro]

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Yeah - That's definitely a keeper !

[FergusonTO35]

I don't care about manual safeties as long as they work properly and don't engage by themselves.

[bisleyfan41]

JMO, $5000 and it would be gone. $10k would get it hand delivered. Last gun from the factory or first, there will be some point in the future (10 years, 50 years, whatever) the the "specialness" and provenance won't matter one bit.

Or one of your descendants will see it as just an old-fashioned lever gun in an obsolete caliber that they can't find ammo for or somebody that's not into guns and it'll be pawned for $500.

Nevermind getting into whether it does more harm than good than to burden our bereaved loved ones with the responsibility of keeping "your treasures" or be forever haunted by your ghost. I've seen too many times the guilt folks carry over "stuff" they have to keep because it belonged to.....

All the above is only my personal opinion, that's all. Your mileage obviously varies. It is a beautiful gun.

[Airborne Falcon]

Yeaaaahhhhhhh I dunno there bisleyfan41. My particular offspring would be pissed if I sold that Marlin, or any of them for that matter. Besides, they're like gold right now ... they're not going-down in value. If the 336 everyone is talking about just went for $10k legit ... then I figure mine is worth a lot more than $5k. And I've also got a sweet 1975 336 in 35 Rem ... and a bunch of others. I've been a Marlin guy for a long time.

They may get sold, who knows, we'll see.

Ammo-wise they've all got a bunch of ammo that is assigned to them. The 338 MX has 500+ factory loaded rounds, plus I have about 9 pds of Leverevolution and a few hundred FTX reloads and a couple hundred more empty new pieces of brass. I have the proper dies ... even had them make me a custom factory crimp die and neck sizing die ... it all goes with the rifle if it goes, dead or alive.

I wouldn't take $10k for it now. If my Son decides to sell it for $50k when I am dead then sobeit ... my energy-force-soul will be cruising this universe at light speed checking-out other life forms and occasionally occupying them just to get a feel for what it's like.

Good Lord willing.

Amen

Unless I decide to be buried with my guns ... and my sword ... and a shovel ... you know, just in case.

[FergusonTO35]

None of my guns are for sale unless it was to avoid foreclosure or something like that. Money comes and goes, but rifles you love are really hard to replace.

[Jack Stanley]

It's just me but I don't like the crossbolt at all , it seems like an insult to the people who used them safely with a half cock for years .

But after watching recruits come through the department for years ...... I can understand why it's there . Still don't like it .

Jack

[IHuntDragons]

Finally got some time to grab a few pics. This is the .357, not terrible by any means, but definitely a shooter and not in 98% condition.

[IHuntDragons]

And here’s the .44…this one has more condition issues than the .357. Some wood issues, stud in the bullseye, and a very noticeable surface scratch. Again not anywhere NEAR 98% as claimed.

[fm2]

AF, that a beauty!!

[sukivel]

None of my guns are for sale unless it was to avoid foreclosure or something like that. Money comes and goes, but rifles you love are really hard to replace.

Truer words have never been spoken...

[sukivel]

Those are definitely nice as shooters, and they are hard to come by in these necks of the woods!

[rockrat]

At our gun show this past weekend, I don't know how many people came in asking if anyone had a 357 levergun for sale. Not a one in the show as far as I saw. Don't think there were any 1894's anywhere

[T-Bird]

I bought a Remlin 94C 357 in 2018 and I love it. Guess I got a good one, it's as good- both shooting and looking at, as any of my JMs.

[FergusonTO35]

That .357 is still easily a $1000.00+ rifle on GB.

[Jim22]

I have an 1894C in .357 from the seventies or eighties. No safety. I was not happy with it ubtil I sent it off for some TLC. It had a couple issues: It didn't like to feed SWC boolits. They kept hanging up on the side of the barrel where it has a sharp edge for the extractor. Also didn't like the trigger. While it was at the doctor's he fixed the trigger and the feeding. Now it is one of my favorites. I've been loading it with Lee's 158 grain plain base boolit, unsized and PC's with Smoke's powder. It's very accurate now with that. It has a Williams Fool Proof peep. Handy, light, accurate, and a nice walking around rifle. You'll like yours.

Jim