Wife bought me a Marlin 1895 ABL as a gift and I was pleasantly surprised. In case you're wondering, the ABL is an 18-1/2" blued guide gun with big loop and black laminate stock. A very handsome rifle. Acusport commissioned these from Marlin. It is definitely a looker and the fit and finish is every bit as good as my JM marked 1895GS. Range report and pictures to come. If it's as accurate as my GS, I'll be ecstatic. Now the question is to put on an aftermarket site or a low powered scope......
Last edited by osteodoc08; 05-19-2015 at 07:58 PM.
I looked at one of these last week and was very impressed. Remington seems to be getting their act together finally. Fit and finish were very good. You will have to let us know how she shoots.
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Very nice, looking forward to the range report.
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Looks great!
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l also have an ABL and love it. I can control it a lot better than a GG with heavy loads. Good looking, great shooter, You will love it.
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Got her out and shot some of the RL7 loads. From the bench, the mid level loads gave me the best accuracy and was cutting 1" groups at 50 yards with the iron sights. After about 30 rounds from the bench, my shoulder had enough and I much prefer shooting off hand as my body can absorb the recoil as opposed to just my shoulder.
Everything functioned as designed and I was quite impressed with the ABL. Very satisfied with it.
I cast and coated some of the NOE 186 CB boolits and cant wait to get a gallery load for it to plink.
Last edited by osteodoc08; 06-01-2015 at 10:42 AM.
Very nice! I have never seen that version before. I picked up a GBL and have been really enjoying it.
Last week I was about to get out and try my NOE 350 RD and the NOE 186 CB moulds in it. The 350's shot real well with both a heavy load of H322 and a milder load of Unique.
I was also very happy with the CB's. They seemed to shoot well and their were not too far off the settings for the heavier more powerful loads. I lubedsized some of them but it was a PITA so I plan on coating the rest of them. I tried them with UNQ and found the 10 gr. load shot well and was right around the 1,000 fps mark I was looking for.
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Nice looking rifles there Intel.
Thanks, I am enjoying them.
I have been messing with the HI-TEK coat and just coated some CB's with Bronze 500. I will try and get some pics.
Last edited by Intel6; 06-19-2015 at 01:14 PM.
I like those levers!
I hope Rem brings back the 39 Mounty, finest little .22 ever.
Now the question is to put on an aftermarket site or a low powered scope......
or, perhaps, a Red Dot? Personal recommendation would be the UltraDot.
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I bought a Nikon 1-4.5 power "African" Model scope a couple of years back. It's got the german crosshair which is three heavy bars (2 horizontal/1 verticle) that terminate abruptly into a fine crosshair at the center. The three heavy bars draw your eye to the center. It's reall fast. I use is on my CAR for coyote hunting and have actually managed a close in running shot. The 4.5 power is still enough to use for longer (100yds) shots. It has a long eye relief would also be handy on a 45-70.
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A Red dot to me, while functional, just seems kinda unorthodox on a lever gun.
Ill probably go with a leupold low power scope.
Nice rifle looks great let us know how it shoots.For me I like old all steel lymans but you got to look around for them.
Lyman or Williams aperture sight. Old Lyman all steel or perhaps even a Redfield if you can find one.Originally Posted by rush1886
Remove the disc and use as a ghost ring. It will give you alll the sight you can use at the ranges where your rifle is useful and won't make the gun awkward to handle.
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I just bought a Remlin (made since Remington takeover) 1894 in 44 Mag this spring and the wood to metal fit still isn't quite up to what the old JM Marlins used to be.
Not bad though.
Slick & smooth & shoots like a dream and that's what counts.
The Remlins have improved tremendously from the junk that first rolled off the new Ilion, NY factory production lines right after the move from CT.
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Finally got a pic of the NOE CB's that I coated in Hi-Tek Bronze 500. I also did my NOE 350 RD mould for the 45-70 also.
In the pic below L to R:
NOE .40 cal 200 gr. TC - loaded long in a .40 case for my STI's
Lee 500 gr. coated and gas checked - loaded in a .458 SOCOM round for subsonic shooting
NOE 186 Collar Button for 45-70 - same loaded in a 45-70 case
NOE 350 RD for 45-70 coated and gas checked - same loaded in 45-70
Those are purty. What load are you using for the collar buttons?
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