Lets get a some lever action #### going

Not a great picture but this is my lever family to date.
Left to right:
Uberti Henry 1860 rifle 44-40
Uberti 1866 short rifle 44-40
Navy Arms 1873 trapper 44-40
Rossi 92 45 Colt
Win 1894 SRC 30-30
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Did a display of Marlins at the Fredericton Gun Show a couple of weeks ago. Generated a lot of interest.
The guns look shinny in the photos because they had just been wiped down with Old West Snake Oil.
The theme of the display was the Marlin Lever action guns from 1860 to 1897

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Well here is one you don't see to often, the Stevens Model 425. This lever action rifle was introduced in 1911 as a solid top side ejecting lever action rifle. They came chambered in the Remington Cartridge .25, .30, .32, and .35 (same chambering as the Remington Model 8 and 81). Because of Marlin's and Winchester's solid position in the lever action market this gun did not fare well and only about 1000 of these rifles were produced. This rifle in my collection is in the .30 cal chambering. These guns are often confused with being made by Marlin but were developed and manufactured by J. Stevens Arms and Tool Company, Chicopee Falls, Mass.

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Road King said:
Well here is one you don't see often.... These guns are often confused with being made by Marlin but were developed and manufactured by J. Stevens Arms and Tool Company, Chicopee Falls, Mass.
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Nice.....That's right, you don't see them often and they really look like Marlins!
I wonder why the rollmark on the barrel says ''soft point''.

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Just when you think you've seen everything.....

A friend of mine has one from his grandpappy. When he explained it before I saw it, I thought we were speaking different languages, what he explained didn't jive with what little I knew. Anyhow, after seeing it, we still had to take it around to a couple folks to get ourselves 'into the know'. We both learned something. My friend learned more about the 425 and I learned I want one.... :D
 
okcorral1881 said:
Nice.....That's right, you don't see them often and they really look like Marlins!
I wonder why the rollmark on the barrel says ''soft point''.

OK:)
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I figure the "soft point" note on the barrel was to help make sure that
folks didn't put hard point FMJ ammo,(Either factory or handloads) into
the rifle. This would pose a hazard should a cartridge discharge in
the magazine tube under recoil. :eek:
 
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