I want a .357 lever action but...

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OWEN SPARKS: Your question made me wonder so I dug out of the safe 2 marlins, one in 357 mag and one 44 mag. And an old Rossie in 45 LC. They are all what I would consider carbines and IMO they weight about the same. The only reason we have the 357 marlin is for my granddaughters Cowboy Gun. You hear a lot of bad things about Rossies but the 45 LC is mine and I have had it for over 16 yrs. I cowboy shoot with it and hunt with it also, I have shot it a lot and never had a problem with the little rifle. The rifles we have don`t seem to like SWC bullets as well as RNFP bullets, But I think that is just Lever Actions. GOOD LUCK TO YOU: ken
 
Over the years, I have had Marlins in .357 & .44, and couldn't tell just by feel any real difference in weight...ther probably was a few ounces difference, but not significant.

Hey..if anyone has shot one of those revolver/carbine things like zoom6zoom has pictured, how do you keep your support arm from getting "roasted" by the cylinder/barrel gap blow-by, short of wearing a nomex & asbestos shooting jacket? ? ?
 
You might try a Winchester mod 94 in 357. I have not weighed mine but it feel's a heck of a lot lighter than the 44 Marlin.
 
Hey..if anyone has shot one of those revolver/carbine things like zoom6zoom has pictured, how do you keep your support arm from getting "roasted" by the cylinder/barrel gap blow-by, short of wearing a nomex & asbestos shooting jacket? ? ?
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There is a reason revolving cabines typcially don't have forend stocks.

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R.W.Dale said:
If light is your thing look at the uberti hunter carbines

rolling block replicas so light its a 357 rifle that actully has some bite on the bench

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I know it's not a repeater but the pure delight of manupilating a rolling block action makes up for this shortcoming
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I'm excited. What is that?
 
I'm kinda thinking a good .357 lever gun would make a good short range SHTF rifle for those who aren't into semi-autos. Pretty simple, quick, light and some models with decent capacity. And obviously, a complement to any .357 handgun.
 
This is my Puma/Rossi Legacy with a 16" round barrel in stainless and a walnut stock.

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The fit and finish is very nice and the action is smooth. Mine is an accurate rifle and it handles 45 lc as well as it handles .454
 
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I have this 1894C. It's a fun gun, but the action is jerky and stiff - even after several hundred rounds through it. The wood looked terrible, but Marlin sent new furniture, so i can't complain. BTW, this is a JM proofed gun (2008?)......I think one of the last "Marlin" made guns.

I wouldn't trade it for a rifle worth twice as much, but i have to get the action smoothed up.


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Thanks, I got it so I'd have a companion carbine to go with my Ruger Alaskan in .454 - they look great together.

Those hi-vis sights are excellent, I wish I had them on all my long guns.
 
Hey..if anyone has shot one of those revolver/carbine things like zoom6zoom has pictured, how do you keep your support arm from getting "roasted" by the cylinder/barrel gap blow-by, short of wearing a nomex & asbestos shooting jacket? ? ?
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That is one of the reasons they didn't catch on back in the 19th century. Your support arm would roast along with being forward of the cylinder. A cook off or burst chamber was catastrophic with those things. The newer Rossi Circuit Judge rifles have a kind of blast shield on the side of the frame that keeps the escaping cylinder gas from roasting you. YMMV.
 
Anyone got any opinions on the newer Marlins? The "not Marlin" Marlins?

Discussing levers on a non-gun forum elsewhere and a few of the "a Marlin is a Marlin is a Marlin" folks are trying to argue about them being 100% awesome but they all seem to have older Marlins. I've seen a large amount of folks talking about the new production guns having issues but no personal experience.
 
Another proposal for a Rolling Block, this is a Spanish replica in .44 Magnum.

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or the old Euroarms Winnie 73, in my typical poor quality photos:D.

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I have a couple of older marlins & a newer 30-30. This is what the primer looks like out of the newer Remlin.
 

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Interesting. My Win 94 will do that to a primer with a very light load only. What was the velocity of that round? I bet it was pretty low.
 
I have a Rossi in 45 Colt and it was real hard on the hands when I got it. Got the Steve's Gunz kit including the CD and followed it. It seems to eat anything I feed to it and is now smooth as silk. I also added his safety switch removal piece. I actaully shoot pyrodex loads for NCOWS through it as well as about every brand of factory loads out there and never had a problem.

http://www.stevesgunz.com/
 
picked up a rossi ranch hand in .357/.38 sp, great little pistol. unfortunately where im from we cannot own a sbr, but where your from if it permits i would sbr the damn thing, that would be a cool sbr
 
dammitboy, did you change the sights on your Rossi?

wow6599, an action job will transform that 1894. And they're not hard. Run a googlesearch for marlin 1894 tuneup or action job. Marlins are way oversprung. Cut the hammer spring down a bit, replace the plunger lever spring with part of one from a clicky pen, take some of the bend out of the ejector with some pliers and you'll be amazed at the difference. And that's the easy half of the action job. The other half involves the trigger and polishing contact surfaces.
 
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