My early 1980s Marlin 1894C .357 Magnum with a custom cut down barrel to 16".

I removed the white spacer between the stock and the buttplate, refinished the wood with a satin oil finish, slicked up the action, and installed a Skinner rear peep sight and the tallest .571 gold bead front sight that Marble Arms makes. Slick little shooter!

^^^ That is a beauty! Can't beat vintage. Not that early 80's is that old, but damn, that rifle has the look! Very nice!

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Originally posted by 6guns:
^^^ That is a beauty! Can't beat vintage. Not that early 80's is that old, but damn, that rifle has the look! Very nice!

Very nice- I have 4 shorty Marlin 1894’s (3 44’s, 1 .357); two are chopped, and two are factory. I can’t bring myself to chop my pre-CBS 1894C though.

Old thread, but Has anyone picked up one of the recent Marlins in .357?

thinking seriously about getting one....

They don't make what I really want.

I want a CSBL that holds 10 rounds of .38, and has a "regular" lever. I don't care for the oversized one.

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Originally posted by radioman:
Old thread, but Has anyone picked up one of the recent Marlins in .357?

thinking seriously about getting one....

If four months is old.

I really like mine! Fit and finish is great and shoots as well as I do.

Which one did you get, 6guns?
I looked at one - the stainless, with the threaded barrel - at my LGS, and it felt like it had sand in the action. It was HORRIBLY stiff, too. Talking with the gun counter guys, We postulated over the probability of that smoothing out with shooting and racking, but it was just a bit of a disappointment.

The cheapest, base model, though, was pretty smooth. made us wonder about the differences of coatings and finishes.

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Originally posted by PorterN:
Which one did you get, 6guns?
I looked at one - the stainless, with the threaded barrel - at my LGS, and it felt like it had sand in the action. It was HORRIBLY stiff, too. Talking with the gun counter guys, We postulated over the probability of that smoothing out with shooting and racking, but it was just a bit of a disappointment.

The cheapest, base model, though, was pretty smooth. made us wonder about the differences of coatings and finishes.

Remington is not expending any time to take the necessary steps to ensure a smoothly cycling and functioning firearm. They may have new, state of the art CNC machines producing their lever guns, but they are skipping several important steps to finish them prior to shipping.

It would take a craftsman several minutes to go over a new lever gun and detail it for stock figment burrs, tolerances, and sharp edges, etc. but that costs money in the opinion of Remington.

I have an 1895G that was a travesty when it left Ilion NY. A canted, out of radius front sight (front and rear were not in alignment) extremely proud stock and forearm wood, gritty action, and every machined area with a 90 degree or less edge as sharp as a razor blade (not joking- the leading edge of the loading gate will nip the tip of your thumb off if you are loading too rapidly).

Most of these issues could be dealt with fairly rapidly (except perhaps the stocks; would take a bit more time at the belt sander- the barrel should NEVER made it onto the receiver). But despite turning out a higher percentage of more acceptable guns, Remington is betting on the fact that the average consumer doesn’t really realize what they’re getting for their money as long as it goes “bang”.

There are plenty of true, pre-2009 JM stamped Marlins still in the wild that are comparably priced to new Remingtons. As long as they can still be had, I will never again plunk money down on another Remlin.

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Originally posted by PorterN:
Which one did you get, 6guns?
I looked at one - the stainless, with the threaded barrel - at my LGS, and it felt like it had sand in the action. It was HORRIBLY stiff, too. Talking with the gun counter guys, We postulated over the probability of that smoothing out with shooting and racking, but it was just a bit of a disappointment.

The cheapest, base model, though, was pretty smooth. made us wonder about the differences of coatings and finishes.

Click the link in the original post. That's the one I got. Maybe I got lucky, but I'm very pleased with it! Many of the posters here aren't very trusting, but I got a good one.

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Originally posted by sigarmsp226:
Just saw in my new Shooting Times magazine that they now offer this rifle in this and several other calibers now with a threaded barrel.....

https://www.marlinfirearms.com...-1894/model-1894-cst

Gonna have to get me one to go with my suppressors.....Mark

Can you elaborate for me on what other calibers are being offered with factory threading? I have a can in jail right now that might use something like this....

ETA: found this: https://www.thefirearmblog.com...w-marlin-lever-guns/

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Originally posted by PorterN:
Which one did you get, 6guns?
I looked at one - the stainless, with the threaded barrel - at my LGS, and it felt like it had sand in the action. It was HORRIBLY stiff, too. Talking with the gun counter guys, We postulated over the probability of that smoothing out with shooting and racking, but it was just a bit of a disappointment.

The cheapest, base model, though, was pretty smooth. made us wonder about the differences of coatings and finishes.

And that is why there is a "cottage industry" of Gunsmiths who slick up Marlin rifles. Especially for Cowboy Action.

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Originally posted by Rolan_Kraps:

And that is why there is a "cottage industry" of Gunsmiths who slick up Marlin rifles. Especially for Cowboy Action.

I don't think Widowmaker Hill is even trying on the new Marlins...but he can make the pre-Remington models run like a scalded hog!...




Link to original video: https://youtu.be/aDr0R-0Xj1A