Marlin in 357

They are so popular that they are rare to see them come up for sale.

For myself I'm very happy with my Rossi Win '92 clone. It was reliable but a little stiff out of the box. I slicked it up using the information available online along with a couple of hints from our local cowboy gunsmith and it's really very nice now. One peculiarity is that it only works well with round nose ammo. Semi wadcutter ammo or truncated cone ammo makes it jam up badly. It's also not crazy about some of the fat 158gn round nose flat point where the end is very bulkey. It really wants that ogive shaped nose to chamber slick like.
 
Epps had some, but they are all sold out now. Hopefully they will get some new ones on their next shipment. Hopefully my new rifle will be with that shipment. :D I was told my new rifle might come with the next shipment which, if I understood the guy on the phone correctly, was to be around the first of May. So far no guns at all, by the looks of the website.

I know you mentioned lever, but have you also checked out the Ruger 77/357? It looks kind of interesting too.
 
The older 1894C marlin rifles are the ones people are looking for mostly since the newly manufactured 1894C rifles don't seem to be as good of quality.
Last week I saw one of the new ones for sale at P&D's. Wild West Shooting in West Edmonton Mall has three flavors of Marlins for sale if your still interested in a Marlin.
The 1894C, 1894CSS and 1894CB in .357 and .45cal should be in stock and they will price match with WholeSale Sports as well.
 
I honestly don't know, I want a lever in 357 thats not fussy with ammo, and is fairly smooth. I was going to get a rossi but its a crapshoot with regards to quality. Give me some feedback, its why I started this thread.
 
I've seen 3 or 4 the pre-Remington Marlin 1894c's for sale over the last half year, but they get snapped up immediately. I don't participate in CAS, but one shortcoming of the 1894c is the 9 rd capacity (in 357) --- you have to do a bit of work on the magazine to fit 10 rds. The 1894 Cowboys (20" and 24") have sufficient capacity, but are likely even harder to find than the 1894c's.

While I have an older 1894c, which I like very much, if your budget allows, I would look at the new Winchester 1892s. They're quite a few more dollars than the Marlin, but from all accounts, they're an extremely well-made rifle.
 
I have one of the 1894C 357 from Marlin, not Marlington! If I were you I would search for one of the original Marlin produced guns as the quality is far superior ,and they are awsome shooters with 110 and 125 Winchester holow points loaded with bulleye powder! I would also recomend a peep sight made by XS sights , good luck, DZ!
 
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