Kentucky Rifle
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Well, as most of you know, my wife just gave me a brand new Marlin 1894C, .357 Magnum lever action carbine. Although I haven't taken it out to the range yet due to my wife's upcoming surgery, I can just *feel that it's going to be a great rifle. 1894C's have an 18.5 inch barrel, I like the sights as they came from the factory, so the only addition this one gets is a sling.
However, yesterday I stopped by my gun shop "just to look". It turns out that the owner had been to an estate sale and had picked up several guns. One being a blue 1894 with a 20 inch barrel, chambered for .44 special/magnum with a Redfield scope on top. It looks great! Hardly a mark on it and the off-set hammer spur already attached, PLUS a nice sling. I tried the action a couple times to clear the rifle and see how it felt. Nice! It's what I expect my .357 will feel like after some Militec and working the action a couple hundred times.
This one is hard to resist. Does anyone (I KNOW you do!) have one and are you satisfied? Plus, regarding the Redfield scope~pretty good?? When I held it up to my eye, it seemed great. Very clear. Quickly, I gave it back. Being somewhat weak when it comes to nice firearms, I knew that if I held it any longer~I couldn't have let it go.
Opinions on the rifle and the scope please???
Thanks,
KR
However, yesterday I stopped by my gun shop "just to look". It turns out that the owner had been to an estate sale and had picked up several guns. One being a blue 1894 with a 20 inch barrel, chambered for .44 special/magnum with a Redfield scope on top. It looks great! Hardly a mark on it and the off-set hammer spur already attached, PLUS a nice sling. I tried the action a couple times to clear the rifle and see how it felt. Nice! It's what I expect my .357 will feel like after some Militec and working the action a couple hundred times.
This one is hard to resist. Does anyone (I KNOW you do!) have one and are you satisfied? Plus, regarding the Redfield scope~pretty good?? When I held it up to my eye, it seemed great. Very clear. Quickly, I gave it back. Being somewhat weak when it comes to nice firearms, I knew that if I held it any longer~I couldn't have let it go.
Opinions on the rifle and the scope please???
Thanks,
KR