Got my marlin 1894c .357

[Harrylee]

Went to the LGS the other day to pick up some 22s about all you can find around here anymore gives me something to shoot. So the guy said anything else I can get you, that’s when things got interesting not seeing the glock 30s I’ve been looking for I said I have been looking for a 1894 in .357 low and behold he said I got one right here on consignment. Dame had to put it in my hands, been wanting one of these for over twenty years now ever since I got my ruger 357 blackhawk. Now I did see one of these at a gun show last year and it was going for $550 but didn’t have the money then. The gun felt SO !!! good in my hands. I know the new ones are not that good I thought this was a older one then I saw the guy wanted $650 for it, too much but he gave me the ser. number got home and looked it up it was a 1979, that got me thinking so I called the store back talked to the same guy and asked if we had any room on the price he said yes but he had to get a OK from the owner, I said I would go $575 he said he would call and see if he will take it. In about ten minutes he called back and said it’s yours if you want it and he would tag it, tag it just put your hands on it I’ll be there in 15 minutes, alittle more than I wanted to spend but think it was a fair price. Now I got me a six shooter and a lever action HOWDY PARTNER this thing is so sweet to shoot made me feel twenty years younger. That’s it end of story

[MW surveyor]

Anytime you can get something that you've wanted after waiting so long is good!

Doesn't look like it has been roughly treated.

Don't shoot any of those wimpy 38's in it! :)

[Tilos]

I have one and anything loaded for a pistol shoots hotter in the closed action/longer barreled lever gun.
I'm not a big fan of the micro groove rifling though as it tends to lead up some but I'm sure you could develop a load that would work well.
If it's for cowboy shoots, they use puff loads anyway, and it would/could probably handle anything/load already used in your revolver.

I once lived in the area of Marlin, and have/had a friend who operated the stock profiling machine at their plant.
He hand picked me some "nice" wood and made me a custom set that I believe are worth more than the gun:madgrin:


Oh, wait I don't have that gun, or any others anymore, after my boating accident:D

[Bawanna]

I also have one, had one, gave it to my youngest son. We need to get it out and shoot it like everything else.

Tilos, you got any photos from before the accident? I hope I'm not dredging up terrible memories for ya. I know it was an awful period for ya.

[kwh]

Quick, light, handy, look how fast the cowboy SASS shooters can empty a tubular magazine. May be slow to reload but an awful lot of firepower and completely off the assault/ hi-cap magazine radar. I have one. OK to reload lead. The cowboy versions have normal lands and grooves.

[DeaconKC]

Great looking rifle! Congrats

[mr surveyor]

I'd be very interested to know if it will handle lswc's.

[HappyCamper]

Anytime you can get something that you've wanted after waiting so long is good! :)
Exactly! Congratulations.

[JustinN]

I was really hoping you'd bought a new Marlin, and were going to tell us about the rumors of bad quality seems to have disappeared, so I can quit being sheepish about getting a lever gun....but alas, I will continue to wait and see.

Very Nice Gun, and congrats on it! I should probably get one in .357 too one of thee to go with my S&W revolver in .357.....oh, to have unlimited money....

[Tilos]

B:
I'll take a look:D
It'll be a really old image though:blushing:
Might even be an image of an old camera picture:p

[JFootin]

Justin, the Henry lever guns have a good reputation and I have seen lots of praise of the super smooth lever action. Available in a bunch of calibers. I am looking very seriously at getting a standard 22lr one. The advantage being that it can feed and shoot any kind of 22 ammo, even shorts, which cannot be done with a semi-auto such as the 10-22. They seem to be in good supply even now, and the one I'm looking at can still be had for under $300. The higher caliber ones are a lot more expensive, but not unreasonable.

[ltxi]

Congrats on getting a nice gun you've long wanted. I have lever action carbines in all my SA revolver calibers plus 30-30. Marlin and Winchester....bought none of them new. Something about a well used and cared for lever gun that I find more attractive than otb new.

[mr surveyor]

as for my above question about the use of lead semi wad cutters in the .357 Marlin, I found my answer a couple of days ago. I have a buddy that owns a pre-Remlin that we tested a few lswc's in. They don't chamber nicely. I knew that the Rossi .357 rifles were finicky on bullet profiles, but so far I've been mildly satisfied with my M92 .44 mag handling the lswc's I love so much. So, if I ever score an older Marlin .357 I will most likely have to go back to cast round nose flat points.

[Tilos]

as for my above question about the use of lead semi wad cutters in the .357 Marlin, I found my answer a couple of days ago. I have a buddy that owns a pre-Remlin that we tested a few lswc's in. They don't chamber nicely. I knew that the Rossi .357 rifles were finicky on bullet profiles, but so far I've been mildly satisfied with my M92 .44 mag handling the lswc's I love so much. So, if I ever score an older Marlin .357 I will most likely have to go back to cast round nose flat points.

You can SLIGHTLY bevel/chamfer the chamber, just in the 12 o'clock position, maybe from the 11:00 o'clock to 1:00 o'clock:o to allow better feeding of swc.
I caution you NOT to remove too much material, as factory 357 loads shoot HOT in these guns (flattened primers, etc), and the brass will bulge in the web area if too much of it is unsupported.

[Armybrat]

Nice find! I wouldn't mind one of those to go with my Blackhawk.

Love my old 1968 Model 336 in .30-30.