Finally ... got me a Marlin 1894CSS (.357 Magnum)!!

[Smaug]

Make sue it'll cycle before you bring it home. I just got an 1894 from the CT plant, and some corners were cut. Or NOT cut, in my case. The edge of the breech face was razor sharp. I'd have a local Remington/Marlin smith look it over if I were you.


"Well begun is half done."
-Aristotle

 

[firearmnut]

Wow your a lucky one still trying to find mine.

 

[wombat13]

That's what I figured! Now if only Marlin would come to their senses and bring out a stainless '94 in .45 Colt, "upgrade" the twist rate in the .44 Mag (stainless at least) to something sensible like 1:20 and start producing a stainless '94/'95 chambered in .454 Casull and life would be PERFECT!! Is that too much to ask?!

What's wrong with the twist in the .44mag?

 

[MCMXI]

What's wrong with the twist in the .44mag?

Good question. Why did Marlin select the twist rates of the .357 Mag (1:16), .44 mag (1:38) and .45 Colt rifles (1:38). When I made that comment, Marlin's website was still showing the twist rate of the .45 Colt to be 1:16 but they finally changed it to the actual twist rate of 1:38. When you consider the industry standard twist rates for those cartridges such as those used by Ruger (shown below), it's really odd to me.

GP100 (.357 Mag) 1:18.75
Redhawk (.44 Mag) 1:20
Redhawk (.45 Colt) 1:16
Super Redhawk (.454 Casull) 1:24

 

[wombat13]

I know the twist rate determines what weight range of bullets will stabilize in a given caliber. So for .44mag, does a 1:38 twist mean that you can only use light or heavy bullets?

 

[MCMXI]

I don't have a .44 Mag so I have no idea as to how accurate they are and how well they shoot with a wide range of bullet weights, but Winchester took a different approach with the 1892 Carbine with a 20" barrel.

1892 (.357 Mag) 1:26
1892 (.44 Mag) 1:26
1892 (.44-40 Win) 1:36
1892 (.45 Colt) 1:26

Interestingly, in the Trapper version with the 16" barrel, only the .357 Mag twist rate was changed from 1:26 to 1:18.75, the other twist rates are the same.

 

[ms6852]

I have a couple of lever actions, both in 30-30 and in 35 remington. Looking at the beautiful pictures of your rifle makes me want to buy one just like yours. You wanna sell it?

 

[chieftain]

Now those 16" .357 variants that were made on a limited run years back - Those are pretty daggone mythical, from what I understand. Real hard to come across.

Not Mythical, my friend. I got one. 1894CP 16" barrel and a factory Comp , similar to the comp in the 45-70 guide gun. Frankly would like a straight barrel, but I am not whining or complaining. I would buy another one in a minute.

Got it back in 2002 IIRC and they only made them for two years I believe. My "MOST FUN" rifle to shoot. I put XS ghost ring sights on it.

I also have the stainless, 16" 336 too. A lot like the old Marlin Marauder of old. I really like that gun too.

One of my shooting buddies got a 1894C within a month of shooting my 357.

Good luck on finding one, I have yet to see another 16" 357.

Fred

 

[Smokey in PHX]

These revolver cartridges are fun to shoot out of these rifles. With the big demand for these rifles I never could understand why more are not available unless individual orders are taking most of what is produced.