Marlin 1894c Identification

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Hello experts! I need your help. I have an 1894c posted for sale in the trading post. But, some questions have come up regarding the "Bullseye," on the stock and the location of the swivel stud.

I purchased this rifle new and have confirmed it (phone call to Marlin) to have been manufactured in 2008 at the North Haven, CT plant.

While it is up for sale, I'm asking potential buyers to wait for better information before making offers - unless they really don't care - because if there is something wrong w/ this rifle, I need the buyer to know exactly what that is.

Can any of you offer some assistance? Is there any way for me to trace the rifle's history from the factory? Serial number is 92036630.

Pics are available here: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=619754
 
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I was told that when remington bought marlin they got approval from somebody (ATF?) to keep stamping barrels New Haven, even if they weren't. Also, around that time, remington was still assembling new guns out of parts that had been made before the buyout. So you can get a gun stamped JM on the barrel (a pre-buyout barrel) that is still considered a remington gun because it was assembled post-buyout. maybe on a post buyout reveiver etc.

what they really want to know is if it has a REP in an oval on the ejection port side of the barrel, back by where the receiver meets the barrel. Generally, but not always, that means that remington assembled it, and their technicians suck and there is no quality control. The post buyout guns are decidedly inferior to the pre-buyout guns. THe fit and finish is sub-standard, the actions rough, screws stripped, sights on crooked etc.

about the bullseye, yes, the sling swivel is located where the bullseye typically is. I don't know if it is factory of not, but it is not what people are used to seeing.
 
A phone call to Marlin confirmed that it was made in North Haven. There is no, REP stamp on the ejection port side of the barrel. My concern is the swivel stud. And, looking at pics of other rifles, I have to admit that the stud appears to be where the bullseye should be.

What are the possibilities here? Could GM have sold me a used gun and represented it as new? Could the factory have put the stud in the wrong place? Or, were there any of these made w/o the bullseye and I ended up with one?
 
can't help you there. But you could always buy a new bullseye, install it and move the sling swivel forward an inch. I had to replace a bullseye on my 1894c. it just fell out one day and vanished in the leaves. all that to say, sling swivel in the bullseye location shouldn't be a deal killer.
 
My 1894C is a REP gun and does indeed have the REP stamp. The rear swivel stud is drilled pretty much exactly where yours is pictured, and the Marlin Bullseye is inlaid about 1.25" forward of that.
 
Hey guys,

Thanks for the input so far!

I've received a couple offers since I started this discussion thread. That was not my intention. I have locked the Trading Post thread and would appreciate it if you held off on sending any more PMs or emails with offers until the Trading Post thread is re-opened. No, I will not post notification of when / if that happens in this thread. I don't believe that would be fair to the other potential buyers and sellers in this forum. Nor do I believe that's THR thing to do. Those that have already sent messages I will respond to individually.

To those experts out there - You know who you are - Please help me figure this out! If you need more / better pics, lemme know. I'll do my best (my camera shooting skills are worse than my shooting skills - ok they both stink).

Thanks!
1894.
 
Since you got it at Gander, I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's a birch stock. I have never personally seen one, but I've been told Marlin used do do runs for big box retailers at lowered costs.......and one of the ways they did this was using birch instead of walnut.

Just a guess, but that's where my money's at. Plus, to me, it looks like a birch stock in the pics.
 
Can any one else confirm that the stock is birch?

Not knocking your claim wow6599, it's just that there is a lot in question right now and I hope to find verifiable evidence. If others are willing to confirm, then I've learned something.

Thanks for your help!
 
I'm not saying it is or it isn't. All I'm saying is what's on the box.

The Marlin Historian should be getting back to me within 48 hrs.

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Looks right to me. My 2008 Marlin 1895 GS has A walnut stock and no Bullseye.
Looks like walnut in the pics. Sell it! or better yet keep it.
 
What I know so far:

The rifle was definitely new when I purchased it on 12-6-2008. I traced it to the manufacturer.

The stock is walnut - confirmed by Roy Christensen - who is Gander Mountain's head gunsmith. Not a store, but all of GM. From the same pics as offered in the for sale thread.

Still waiting on the Marlin Historian...
 
1894.... I don't know why you are so worried. You are selling A nice gun, You have good pics up. someone wants to buy it. What's the problem.
 
Not sure why I'm so worried either. People have asked questions. I want to be able to answer them. I love the gun. I hate to sell it. But, I don't want a potential buyer to believe they're getting something they're not.
 
From Remington (Marlin):

"Thank you for contacting Remington Country. Your Model 1894C was produced in 2008 in the old North Haven, CT plant. At the time that this model was produced they were not installing the bullseye. ..."
 
I stand corrected... I saw some new Marlins (Remlins?) with a "RM" prefix to the serial number at my dealer the other day. They did have a new 336 in .30-30 with a "91" prefix that came home with me though.
 
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