NEW! Marlin Model 336 & 1895 'Dark' Series

[Runt]

I can. No sharp edges, straight sights although the elevation adjustable blade type sights are horrible in my opinion, stock fitment was perfect. Forearm tenon on straight. Action was smooth.

Basically my ABL was a lot nicer rifle then my GSBL which had all those 'F'ed up and crooked incorrectly machined hand-guard to boot. Only thing I could not fix or replace was the hand-guard....can't buy a green one that matches the stock. Marlin's / Gravel warranty department is helpful but the cost and annoyance of shipping makes using the service a pain. You can likely fix most of the issues yourself. Nice thing about the "Black Knight" series is they are given the once over in the build process where it seems like the general assembly line rifles are not...sure a lot of crooked front sights out there.

Dante Sports were really good to deal with.....they did check over the rifle before it was sent by request.

In Picture below, - no my finger is not in the trigger guard. Just supporting rifle on the lever. I agree though that it looks almost like it. Scope was installed just for fun and was taken off after one trip to the range.

 

[Can-down]

What's the point of hardwood if it's painted?

Why not synthetic?

Looks like they had a ton of blemished/####ty wood and decided to paint it and sell it at a premium.

Exactly.
For the price point they should make a quality synthetic stock, with over molded rubber in the "grip" zones.

 

[Can-down]

It's possible that they had wood that was fine physically, but not pretty. It's also possible that getting molds made for synthetic and setting up a new QA process for injection molding was more investment than they think is necessary. Much cheaper to just use their usual wood production lines and craftsmen and paint with a durable coating. For limited "gimmick" type run, it makes more sense. Maybe if they sell a few thousand of these they'll come out with some plastic components. Or maybe they're waiting for Magpul to approach them and say they've designed a new lever action furniture line, would Marlin be interested?

It's definitely profit driven... a magpul option would be nice but as you also point out it's probably not a huge market.

 

[Ashtray Jimmy]

Those are goddamn gorgeous, I would love to own a 30-30 Dark Marlin. One day, hopefully.

 

[jw8]

those 45-70 look sweet as raisin pie. I'm going to start squirreling away some funds, I have to get one of these.

 

[1ABNDT]

Will these be at TACCOM?

 

[1ABNDT]

I can. No sharp edges, straight sights although the elevation adjustable blade type sights are horrible in my opinion, stock fitment was perfect. Forearm tenon on straight. Action was smooth.

Basically my ABL was a lot nicer rifle then my GSBL which had all those 'F'ed up and crooked incorrectly machined hand-guard to boot. Only thing I could not fix or replace was the hand-guard....can't buy a green one that matches the stock. Marlin's / Gravel warranty department is helpful but the cost and annoyance of shipping makes using the service a pain. You can likely fix most of the issues yourself. Nice thing about the "Black Knight" series is they are given the once over in the build process where it seems like the general assembly line rifles are not...sure a lot of crooked front sights out there.

Dante Sports were really good to deal with.....they did check over the rifle before it was sent by request.

In Picture below, - no my finger is not in the trigger guard. Just supporting rifle on the lever. I agree though that it looks almost like it. Scope was installed just for fun and was taken off after one trip to the range.

Ty for the post. What category would this rifle fall under NR/R.

 

[RobMcKay]

Nice gun, Ugh on the 30-30.
Why not .450 Bushmaster, how about Win .350 Legend, or 7.62X39? Henry makes theirs in 6.5 Creedmore, .308 too!
When will the Marlin guys smarten up?

Uh, duh?

Lets put a nice pointy 7.62X39, 6.5 Creedmore or .308 round in a tube mag with they're points on each-others primmer, yup, sounds good to me

 

[1ABNDT]

Uh, duh?

Lets put a nice pointy 7.62X39, 6.5 Creedmore or .308 round in a tube mag with they're points on each-others primmer, yup, sounds good to me

No kidding, sounds like somebody's need to revist the CFSC book.

 

[Foxer2373]

Asked today, no reply yet on delivery date for the 45/70... can’t come soon enough

 

[Dante Sports]

Asked today, no reply yet on delivery date for the 45/70... can’t come soon enough

ETA has been moved to mid-late September. Very limited quantities on the first shipment is what we were told. Thank you all for your patience, we're also very eager to receive them!

 

[Arm&Gun]

Can we still get in on the 45/70 pre order for this ‘mid sept’ batch?

Thanks!

 

[Dante Sports]

Can we still get in on the 45/70 pre order for this ‘mid sept’ batch?

Thanks!

We weren't told exactly how many rifles we'd be receiving so we can't guarantee that a pre-order now would secure you one. As soon as we get more info I'll update the thread. Thanks!

 

[hamermill]

It looks like the sight can only be used with the lever rail. We'd have to confirm with the supplier.



We might have some in stock now (would have to confirm on Monday), if not we can definitely get our hands on some!

Any muzzle brakes for the 45-70?

 

[Dante Sports]

Any muzzle brakes for the 45-70?

We don't have any that will fit the 45-70 (11/16" X 24 thread). However we do have a shipment of muzzle brakes that are suppose to be heading our way soon. We'll look into it next week if there are any 11/16" included (price & design not confirmed yet).

As for the 30-30 (5/8" X 24 thread) we have some in stock at $69.95 that look like this:

 

[jw8]

status check. have these shown up, or do you have a hammered down eta.
seriously interested in one of these badboys.

 

[Foxer2373]

Still waiting,,,, pissed actually cause mine won’t be here for hunting season now. ETA wasn’t even kinda close... but I fell for the usual Gun nutz preorder.

 

[Dante Sports]

We received the Model 336 and there are 2 left after full-filling our pre-orders. Unfortunately no 45-70s on this batch. We're trying to get a more concrete ETA but no news yet... hoping to get more info next week. Thank you all for your patience.

 

[Jakkusch]

Any news on the pre orders of the 1895?
They are showing up in stock at some stores.

 

[rdavidson]

are the 45/70 in stock?