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    Marlin 1894 .357 Magnum

    Well, much to my surprise I just walked into an offer of a pre-cross bolt safety Marlin 1894.357 Magnum carbine not thirty minutes ago. I’ve been looking for one of these in .357 and .44 Magnum for a few years now and this happens. I guess it’s about a 94-95% finish appearance level with a good clean bore and $194.00 OTD. It happened too fast for me to really think about the deal so I’m not too sure how I did on this one.

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    Down in these parts, that's a good deal.

    Seems that most of the Marlins and Winchesters I see in pistol calibers are going in the $400+ range.
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    Wow! That sounds like a really good deal.

    I bought my wife the 1894CS model in like new, never fired condition for $400 from a private owner early this year and I thought I did well. Gunshops around here were asking $600ish for the 44mag version and I couldn't even find one in 357. They are in the $600 range on gunbroker as well.

    The only issue I have with hers is that it keyholes with lead bullets, even with really lightly loaded 38 Specials. It must have something to do with the micro-groove rifling. I found a good deal on jacketed bullets from Rocky Mountain Reloading in Idaho that I am going to try.
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    You did OUTSTANDING. If you change your mind, "Let's Make a Deal!!!"

    My brother has one with a Williams Foolproof rear aperture but XS front sight and it's pretty slick.
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    That is a smoking deal for around here. As mentioned, both the .44s and .357s are easy $450.00 guns.

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    Thanks for the feedback fellows, I’d thought it was a decent price and trusted the store but was caught a bit off guard. The link for the jacketed bullets is much appreciated; IIRC someone tried some really hard cast bullets through either the .357 or .44 Magnum Marlins some time back. I’ll have to do some backtracking to find the information but remember some loads worked pretty decent. I’m kind of ticked to have this Marlin because I have an old Marlin in 38-40 that’s been in the family for well over 100 years.

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    You suck, and I hate you.

    I have been trying to find one of those for years, at a regular price, and you find one for under two bills.

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    You suck, and I hate you.
    You never mentioned that you work for H&K.

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    Yup, you stole that thing. Great find, enjoy it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by TNWNGR View Post
    Thanks for the feedback fellows, I’d thought it was a decent price and trusted the store but was caught a bit off guard. The link for the jacketed bullets is much appreciated; IIRC someone tried some really hard cast bullets through either the .357 or .44 Magnum Marlins some time back. I’ll have to do some backtracking to find the information but remember some loads worked pretty decent. I’m kind of ticked to have this Marlin because I have an old Marlin in 38-40 that’s been in the family for well over 100 years.
    I read a post a few weeks ago talking about cast loads for Marlin's with the microgroove barrels. I wish I could find it again but it seems that I racall that hard cast was the way to go.
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