Just picked up this Marlin 1894 CS, .357/.38 yesterday. This carbine was made in March of 2019 and was one of the last of the Remington Marlins. It only had about 10 rounds through it according to the dealer. I just bought one of the new Ruger/Marlin 1894 .44Mag carbines and when I first looked at it I thought it was one of the long awaited .357/38 models from them.

Even though it was one of the infamous “RemLins”, I bought it anyway and took it home. The action was very smooth and when I got it home, I found that A-Zoom snap caps fed very smoothly also. This gun came with the original box and papers and looks almost unfired.






I may not keep this one since I already have 4 .357/.38 lever action carbines ( Marline 1894 CS, Chiappa trapper SRC, Winchester/Miroku model 73, and a Rossi model 92).

Trooper Joe

I have a couple of Remlins in addition to a few older JM guns, and the most accurate one of the bunch is my Remlin in .45 Colt. Don't discount it because of the name alone. Give it a fair chance...some of them are great guns!

Just came back from the range. This one is a keeper (I can now boast 5 .357/.38 lever guns). One ragged hole with .357 or .38 at 30 feet. The trigger really is smoothing out (especially after about 100 dry fires this morning). Showed this to my local dealer today. He says these are about a $1,200 gun. I got it for $1,150.

My last three “JM” Marlins all had issues. This one seems flawless.

Trooper Joe

You need you one of those skinners sights.

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Originally posted by MikeinNC:
You need you one of those skinners sights.

If I change the sights I will probably use the “XO” sights like on my other Marlin 1894 “JM” .357/.38.





Trooper Joe

Glad to hear this is a keeper for you. Only Marlin I have is a JM 30-30 that I purposely bought with crappy wood and swapped one of those synthetic stock sets on that were available a few years ago. I went with those XS sights as well and really like them.

Of course this was before Henry decided to come out with the X-Model in 30-30 otherwise....

That era lever guns are just neat. Most have bank vault lock-up, so you can shoot just about any calibre your heart desires, including some real shoulder thumpers.

Me, I'm too old to beat myself up with those huge bores. I have levers in ..38 Spl, .357 Mag, .30-30, and a couple in .45-70.I have an 1895 in .30-'06 and that's about as nasty as I want to shoot these days. Still have some solids for my Remiongton 700 Safari in .375 H&H.

I got into levers via SASS and never looked back. Love those old beauties! A take-down Winchester is just a thing of beauty!

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Originally posted by Devereaux:
I got into levers via SASS and never looked back. Love those old beauties! A take-down Winchester is just a thing of beauty!

I posted this about a year ago in another forum:

In 1966 (before the Cowboy action interest in leverguns) I had a friend convert a 32-20 SRC into a .357/.38 carbine for me. I carried this gun on patrol as a Michigan Trooper at the Flint Post. The gun was perfect as a patrol rifle since we could use our .38 Special rounds if we had to as well as the .357 rounds.

In the mid 90’s after I retired, I got back into lever guns and discovered that the Cowboy action shooting sport was responsible for the creation of many fantastic lever guns and renewed interest in them.

I am now the proud owner of the following samples:

Browning .22 LR
Browning B53, 32-20
Chiappa Model 92, 44-40 SRC
Henry Brass Big Boy, .44 Mag, Michigan State Police 100th Anniversary model
Marlin 1894 CS, 38/.357
Marlin 1894-P, .44 Mag., trapper length barrel
Marlin 336Y,, 30-30
Rossi, M92, 16” barrel, .357 Mag
Rossi, M92, 16” barrel, .45 Colt
Winchester 1894 (XRT), 30-30 (Mfg 1987/ pre cross bolt safety)
Winchester 1894, 30-30, Mfg 1952
Winchester 1894, .32 Special, Mfg pre-1964
Winchester/Miroku 1892, 32-20
Winchester 1894 SRC, “Trapper”, .45 Colt Mfg 1990 (year before cross bolt safety)
Winchester 9422M, .22 Magnum
Winchester/Miroku model 1873, .357 Magnum
Winchester/Miroku 1894, SRC 20” barrel, 38-55

Looking for an 1894 Marlin in .32 H&R Magnum so that I can convert it into a .327 Magnum. I had a Henry model of .327 Magnum but sold it. I should have kept that one.

I love lever guns (if a rifle doesn’t have a lever, it is not really a gun