The first batch of Rarlins ship today!

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I think the price is in line with most of the new lever rifles. I have my eye out for a new Winchester 92 which seems to be a rare bird these days. Some 73's out there for $1300 and change. Some Italian lever guns also can be found for $1300. Henry has some nice rifles in that price range also. It doesn't look all that out of line to me. Now about the quality. It's going to have to be very good to wiggle into that market because there are already some pretty good lever rifles for sale.

I might buy one if they ever get a 357 or 44 on the market before I find a Winchester. I'm not holding my breath. I've had the money for about 5 months as I sold two pistols and a rifle to finance a new lever rifle. The cold weather has me not shooting much the last few weeks. If it were summer the money would already be spent.
 
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Over on the Marlin forum the posters are excited and think the price is reasonable and within expectations. Rossi round barrel levers are right under $700 BIN on gunchoker. Nothing's cheap these daze.
 
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With a list price that high, I wonder if that will up the value of the used JM marked 1895s more than they already are.
 
Can you imagine if Ruger would just realease a walnut blue M77 or stainless synthetic M77 in common calibers again? What a rarity. Or maybe the world's first Forged M77 receiver?
 
Not something I would expect to purchase since I’m pretty much a walnut and blued type of guy but it appears to be very well made (I’ll reserve my final opinion once I’ve seen one in the flesh) and the price is not out of line with its competitors.
If they ever deign to produce a 39M to match the original I’ve had since 1967 I’ll purchase one regardless of the price.
 
mcb said:
If you guys are disappointed with the price on that 1895, wait for the sticker shock your going to have for what a Ruglin 39A will cost assuming Ruger even thinks it's worth the effort. :rofl:
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None of the guys pining for a new 39A will be happy if they ever return. They'll be to expensive or to cheap. A part will be made wrong, or forged, or not forged, or CNC'd, or the wrong wood, or bad checkering, or whatever. They will certainly be inferior to the 39A's of there youth because everything was better back then. Also, we all know that customers are the QC department for all gun companies.
I think that covers most of it.
 
Orion Jim said:
Not something I would expect to purchase since I’m pretty much a walnut and blued type of guy but it appears to be very well made (I’ll reserve my final opinion once I’ve seen one in the flesh) and the price is not out of line with its competitors.
If they ever deign to produce a 39M to match the original I’ve had since 1967 I’ll purchase one regardless of the price.
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I was mistaken, it’s a “Marlin Golden 39A Mountie”. It’s the first new rifle I’d ever had. It was a combined Christmas present and birthday present when I was 11 years old in 1967. I had to take it out of the safe to verify the stamping….it’s been a while.

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How many guide guns can one need? Wait till the tacticool crowd starts modifying these...
 
how about I add a few fun facts based on listening to a conversation on Sunday between Tom Gresham and The Ruger Exec (not sure his title):

- Ruger engineers analyzed every single part of the Marlin guns. This model was one of/the hardest models to make, so they started with the one they perceived to be the tough one and figure it will be easier for them to launch new models going forward.

- Gresham is a self proclaimed “Marlin Lever guy” and says this is the smoothest Marlin he’s used.

- Next models to get launched will be the 336 in 30-30 and 35 Remington

- Pistol caliber rifles will follow after the 336

Mods/upgrades/of note:

- Rifle will not say “Ruger”…will retain “Marlin” name on barrel
- Tons of CNC machined precision parts make this operate very smooth
- Chrome fluted bolt reduced drag
- Threaded barrel with barrel finish cap (blends in very nicely if you look)
- Barrel length extended to allow for suppressor while retaining 6 round mag tube.
- Picatinny rail
- Ghost rear and fiber optic front sight
- 6 round mag
- Rubber buttplate
- Laminated stock
- Barrels and chambers pressure tested (proofed?) to 40% over max pressures and carry the Ruger Proof mark vice the “JM” proof mark

They talked performance, and claimed this gun was shooting one hole groups at 50 yards and had excellent accuracy from full bore hunting loads to cowboy shooting lead powder puff loads.

Great discussion. A LOT of thought went into this gun that I suspect will follow in later models. Overall, this gun really looks to be a interesting choice if you are looking for a tough, all weather big bore gun.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gun-talk/id190516844?i=1000545454981
 
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Buzznrose said:
- Next models to get launched will be the 336 in 30-30 and 35 Remington
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The 35 Remington would get my attention. One of the models I missed was the 336 Guide Gun in .35 Remington and I have been on the lookout for a good 35 ever since.

I am always amazed by the folks that feel making a quality rifle cost too much and then lament the passing of another icon. We just recently saw this with the CZ 550/527 series of rifles. I hope there are enough of us out there to support Ruger's efforts and make their substantial investment in both time and money worthwhile.

I have said this a few times already, but it looks like Ruger is doing this the right way and I will support their efforts with my dollars.
 
ECVMatt said:
The 35 Remington would get my attention. One of the models I missed was the 336 Guide Gun in .35 Remington and I have been on the lookout for a good 35 ever since.

I am always amazed by the folks that feel making a quality rifle cost too much and then lament the passing of another icon. We just recently saw this with the CZ 550/527 series of rifles. I hope there are enough of us out there to support Ruger's efforts and make their substantial investment in both time and money worthwhile.

I have said this a few times already, but it looks like Ruger is doing this the right way and I will support their efforts with my dollars.
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I’d heard when Ruger bought the Marlin line, it took 100+ tractor trailer loads to move everything to the Ruger NC plant. The Sunday show mentioned almost 150 loads. It was a huge effort just to move all the machines, parts, stock, guns, etc. I thought one interesting mention was when Ruger Guy said he opened a NIB JM Marlin from the stuff they acquired that was not as smooth as their new Marlins.

I am not disparaging the JM or Remington Marlins in any way, but I really suspect these new Marlins under the Ruger company will probably be some of the best built guns of this design yet as Ruger is not just making them, they are legitimately trying to improve them.

I’ll be a buyer when I have a chance.
 
with no malice intended, i have no problem spending good money on a non plastic gun. in this day and age we spend 800 on a cell phone or more on a tablet for a kid and it is junk the following year. so all wood steel no plastic trigger guard etc. winner winner chicken dinner. just saying.
 
dieselchief said:
with no malice intended, i have no problem spending good money on a non plastic gun. in this day and age we spend 800 on a cell phone or more on a tablet for a kid and it is junk the following year. so all wood steel no plastic trigger guard etc. winner winner chicken dinner. just saying.
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I couldn't agree more!

EDIT To Add: If you head over to the Rifle section at Singleactions.com, John Taffin posted a real quick review. They are not my pictures so I won't repost them, but he is getting under an inch groupings at 100 yards with the 1895 they sent him. He is a Marlin guy and a pretty fair reviewer of firearms. More to follow for sure, but that is a good start.
 
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These look promising. I anxiously await a 94 in 327 Fed &/or (if they make both, I'll buy both) 454. Probably could talk me into a 41 too.
 
Hi...
I am in the market for one of the new Ruger Marlin lever actions, if it has wood furniture and blued steel. Not really a fan of laminate.
I will wait for a blued steel wood stocked lever action in .41Magnum and will happily hand over my money.
Threaded muzzles have limited interest for me as well.

A .45/70 in blued steel and wood furniture could probably interest me as well as my son. He has been expressing some interest in a .45/70 lever action here of late.
 
The accuracy doesn’t surprise me...

I have a Remlin M1895 in .45/70 that shoots one-hole at 50yds.
It is blue steel and wood, but got no love!

It’s the bottom one, of the two. It had slightly better fitting wood, better grain...
I bought them on clearance. After $50/each Marlin rebate, they cost me $243.00 each.

I sold the top one through FFL holder friend for 475.00. Now it would go for over $1,000 on GB.
I had just installed a Leupold VariX III on the one I kept. Two taped holes were fouling shot and reference shot before adjusting scope.
Load is a Lee 400gr RFN @ 0.460” of WW alloy, over 20.0gr of #2400 with a 1.0gr tuft of Dacron pillow fill.
Chrono’s about 1,300fps for factory duplication. Just a nice thump for recoil.
My hunting load is a RCBS 300gr FNGC over 29.5gr of #2400 for 1,750fps. (322gr as cast). I’ve never recovered one from game...

I also have a circa 2001 M1895G, Guide gun , no ports... It’s just as accurate and is the one that gets hunted most...
 

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