Capt. Morgan Rum, SASS #6859 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 I'm starting to see some new Marlin rifles showing up on Gunbroker! Strangely enough they are non-cateloged models 41MAG and 32-20's with 20 inch octagon barrels that will work nicely for CAS. Some even have rosewood and pistol grip stocks! (one with a crescent butt plate) None of this stuff appears on the website though. Take a look. Maybe the drought is over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Stevens SASS#55996 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 While those may be NIB guns they are not recently produced. There is a buzz going around that Marlins lever gun production is gonna be slim to none. The best you are probably gonna see out of them is the carbine configuration in .357,.45colt,and .44mag. And they will be available at big box stores like Cabelas, Bass Pro, etc. As a result the price of Marlins will continue to go up as they have the last couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Pony Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 If you start shooting 32-20 folks are going to mistake you for Crackshot Bev. Hmm, a 41Mag lever carbine might be about perfect for bambi in the woods up here, plus I keep finding brass for it and other calibers I dont have anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Morgan Rum, SASS #6859 Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 I just noticed that their all coming out of the same shop in Kentucky, He has some 24 inch barreled 45s too. I'm kind of partial to the rosewood pistol gripped 41mag with 20 inch barrel and crescent butt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart Solo Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 not to hijack a thread but I have been asked for the names of gunsmiths who do a good job tuning a Marlin. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Neeley Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 I just got the first 2 357 Marlins in a year from my distributor so a few might be showing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shenny Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Rusty Marlin Spur Long Hunter Widowmaker Hill (not sure) and probably many others Shenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 At a recent local gunshow there was a table that had 5 NIB's Marlin .357's. Not the Cowboy model, but a good price at $519.99 each! I wish I had seen that table. A buddy bought one from him and told me about it after the show. Oh well, I'd rather have a new 1866, but at that price... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoot Hamilton Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 not to hijack a thread but I have been asked for the names of gunsmiths who do a good job tuning a Marlin. Any suggestions? this thread ran a week ago....or so http://sassnet.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=165884 KQ tuned my .38 and is working on my .45 as we speak. hOOt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Trampas, SASS # 55781 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 There was a thread over at Marlins owners forum, don't think I want a new marlin from the new owners, Remlin, very poor condition, cross threaded screws, scratches, etc etc, their quailty control must be nix, can't believe they let something like that out the door. Now I can see why the prices of marlins has sky rocketed so much for the older ones that were built by Marlin. Marlin should have never sold and from what I have heard none of the old help went with the relocation, have heard they hired a bunch of young people to build them, now this is just what I have heard. But personally I will stay with the older versions until Marlin gets there act together. As for this guy that got a new one, he hasn't posted what he did, everyone said to send it back, as of today he hasn't posted what he has did. All for now JD Trampas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Canyon Kid #43974 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Will wait to pass judgment for a while instead of third hand reports from a guy that knew someone that had a friend who's brotherinlaw bought a new Marlin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Stevens SASS#55996 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Just looked at a brand new 1894c that a new shooter got on sale at Cabelas. Terrible fit and finish. Buttstock had a divot in the wrist right from the factory. Was not impressed and dissapointed to see that a gun like that past muster to leave the factory. And the action was pretty much unshootable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80637 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Based upon the comments so far it seems the guns mentioned on Gunbroker are actually new old stock. Someone probably found them in a warehouse somewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Saint Eagle, SASS # 64903 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 I worked on one of the new ones, it looked like they dropped it on the butt plate at the factory then used some kind of epoxy to cover it up. The finish looked horrible, the dealer I was helping refinished the stock and put a recoil pad on it just so he wouldn't be ashamed to sell it. Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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