Quality of Marlin Lever Actions

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Evan Zinn

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Hello folks

I was currently looking at a Marling Lever Action, 45. 70 govt. calibre and wondered about the quality of these guns. What information is out there. Can you put a scope on, even though with that calibre you may not need one. And what are people asking/paying for these guns.

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Awsome guns, however if you are not a reloader, then you should look at the 450 marlin, which is loaded hot from the factory (40,000psi chamber pressure). The factory ammo for the 45-70 is low pressure stuff designed for all 45-70's some being older guns designed for lower pressures. If you are a reloader then there is not much difference that i can see in the reloading manuals. If someone out there has found an advantage to loading the new 450 (velocity advantage) I would love to hear from them.
 
I shoot a .444 Marlin amongst a range of others. It is likely to be a keeper for life. I also have a 336XLR in 30-30. Both are high quality, functionable guns that will stay with me for a very long time. Lever guns, either you like them or not, but if you're going to develop a love affair, it will likely be a Marlin.
 
In the past I owned a Marlin Model 1894 in .44 Magnum and a Marlin Model 39 M .22.Both rifles were of good quality and worked well.
 
marlins are great guns. they are much easier to mount a scope to than the win '94 and have a smoother action than the win '94 because of fewer moving parts.no problem with quality at all. this is no knock against the win '94 tho.
 
I have a model 1893 Marlin 38-55 made in 1904, smoother action than either one of my Win.94's. Crescent butplate kinda hurts a bit though.
 
I have had many Marlin levers the actions are great never had a issue with any of them easy to take apart and clean very smooth. I can't say enough good things about them. I currently only own a 1895 GS in 45/70.
 
The factory iron sights installed on the Marlin lever rifles (Centrefire)......
- are those Marbles sights?
- how conducive are those in terms of snap shooting?
- are XS Ghost Rings superior to those?

Thanks,
 
ghost ring sites are THE best sites IMO for snap shooting.

Buy the gun and don't look back. Best lever action out there imo.
 
How well do the action's cycle the larger calibre's such as 45. 70 and do these guns come chamber in the 450.?
 
Evan Zinn said:
How well do the action's cycle the larger calibre's such as 45. 70 and do these guns come chamber in the 450.?
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No, Marlin does not chamber the propriotery .450 Marlin caliber in their Marlin lever guns. You're just kiddin'...right, 'cause I am. :D

Dude, Marlin rifles feed their cartridges like slick #### on butter
:)
 
I have owned many Marlins over the years. All mine are and were great as far as quality goes but I have seen three stainless Marlin lever guns in recent years in 45/70 that were very poor in the quality department. Two of those were replaced with blued rifles in the same cartridge by the dealer, the other was fixed by a local gunsmith.

IMO the tooling on the stainless Marlin lever rifles internals are horrible. Pull one apart and compare it side by side with a blued Marlin action and make your own opinions, I just know what I have seen.
 
I like my Guide Gun, they really should provide better factory sights with them. I recently installed a Williams Peep and front Fire sight, still need to get out and shoot with it but I like what I see so far.
 
The problem with stainless I assume is similar to going to high nickel steels with shotguns. The metal is harder to work (machine, file, polish, engrave) and on a cheap gun, quality is going to suffer if you are holding a price point.
 
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