Marlins new line of 1894
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what kind of bullet velocities do you get in one of these with .38 Special and .357 Mag?
enough energy to drop game?
enough energy to drop game?
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5.75 grains of Unique and Campro 158grain TCFP bullet from my Marlin gives around 1200fps in a 38special casing. It's a bit over the 5.5 grains that Campro puts as the maximum load, but there's no pressure signs at all. It shoots damn high with the factory sights, 4 inches at 15 yards. I've recently purchased a set of ghost ring sights, so I'm going to install those and try them out. I believe the 357magnum will produce about 1800fps+, I purchased some leverevolution 140grain cartridges, they advertise 1400fps out of a revolver. Some of the literature I read online states that the 357 carbines shooting this ammunition can produce results similar to the 7.62x39 cartridge.
I purchased a Rossi 92 recently, it doesn't feed 38spl at all, short or long OAL with the campro bullet. I tried factory rounds, doesn't work either.
I have a 1894C and my child wanted to try it one year for deer. We never got one so couldn't test in the field, but my research before we went made me very confident that it would perform well within the range he can shoot the rifle accurately.
Here is some videos I found the most helpful. As it used ammo that was common to find in Canada and gave you an idea of what the bullet may do at the two extremes of its possible use.
The MV of the carbine was 1840fps and from the 4"revolver it was 1182fps. When you do the ballistic calculations you find that when fired from a carbine it would reach that MV from the 4" revolver at about the 200 yards. I don't think a deer would do well if shot by a 4" revolver at point blank range.
I gave my son a range limit of 100yards with his ability and I found I am ok out to about 150yards, those bullets drop quickly I guess anything with the aerodynamics of a brick will. I do have a long eye relief scope on mine. With those factory sights and my ability I would only feel confident out to about 50-75 yards for me.
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So I just picked up my new Marlin, and I've owned many over the years , the most recent was a first "Remington" model 336 in 35 Remington, which was plain awful, fit and finish was terrible and front sight was off centre badly, lever racked like it was full of steel filings, so I sold it and said Ill never buy a new Marlin again, well my buddy told me about the new manf processes at Marlin and the new CNC machinery, so I bought one of these 1894 357's...........yipes!!!! Its a beauty!!! , racks and fires amazing, sold my chiappa and rossi.........feast your eyes on this
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Yes, I'm a newb but am trying to decide between that or a 9mm carbine.
Been hearing about a lot of QC issues which makes me hesitant to drop the money on one myself.. Very conflicted.
Sorry to burst your bubble but real Winchester’s were built by Yanks, not Japs
However, the current clones made in Japan are excellent, except for the rebounding hammer and tang safety
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