MachIVshooter
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I recently acquired the 10th Marlin lever action and felt like sharing!
It started 21 years ago with my 1895SS, second gun I ever bought, literally an hour after the first (700 BDL C/D .25-06) on my 18th birthday.
About a year later, a house-poor 19 year old spent money he shouldn't have on a 336W .30-30. It was just these two until I happened into the 1894 .44 mag and 39A at good prices in 2006, then another 12 years passed, when I got the bug real bad for something I'd put off for a long time; an 1894 in .25-20.
A bit over a year ago, I came into another 1894 .44 mag, which I traded to another THR member for his 1894 .357. More recently, the wife and I decided the family needed to grow, so we added a first year 1889 .32-20, a nicely redone 1897 .22, her 1894CB .45 Colt, the newest of the bunch being a 2016 REP gun, and finally the 1893 .25-35.
And yes, I like to suppress them! I haven't got around to the .30-30 or .44 mag yet, and don't feel the need for cans on the 24" barreled rimfires, but the rest we just find so much more useful and enjoyable that way!
Still need to add an 1881, 1888, 1890, 1891, 1892, original 1895, 36 and others, but making progress!
From top to bottom,
1903 mfr 1894 .25-20
1995 mfr 1894 .357 mag
1901 mfr 1893 .25-35
1889 mfr 1889 .32-20
1999 mfr 1895SS .45-70
2016 mfr 1894CB .45 Colt
2000 mfr 336W .30-30
2004 1894 .44 mag
~1908 mfr 1897 .22
1976 mfr 39A Golden .22
Perhaps surprisingly, we don't have any non-Marlin lever actions. I appreciate what the Winchester rifles are, but the 92 and 94 have always felt clunky to me, and the 1876, while smoother, doesn't do anything the Marlins can't do better IMO, except collect debris from the top. I do plan to add the beautiful Uberti 1886 sporting at some point, though, and certainly not opposed to Winchesters, Brownings, Henrys or even Savages if they come along at the right price. But Marlins are the ones I seek out. J.M. Marlin and L.L. Hepburn were design geniuses, ahead of their time.
It started 21 years ago with my 1895SS, second gun I ever bought, literally an hour after the first (700 BDL C/D .25-06) on my 18th birthday.
About a year later, a house-poor 19 year old spent money he shouldn't have on a 336W .30-30. It was just these two until I happened into the 1894 .44 mag and 39A at good prices in 2006, then another 12 years passed, when I got the bug real bad for something I'd put off for a long time; an 1894 in .25-20.
A bit over a year ago, I came into another 1894 .44 mag, which I traded to another THR member for his 1894 .357. More recently, the wife and I decided the family needed to grow, so we added a first year 1889 .32-20, a nicely redone 1897 .22, her 1894CB .45 Colt, the newest of the bunch being a 2016 REP gun, and finally the 1893 .25-35.
And yes, I like to suppress them! I haven't got around to the .30-30 or .44 mag yet, and don't feel the need for cans on the 24" barreled rimfires, but the rest we just find so much more useful and enjoyable that way!
Still need to add an 1881, 1888, 1890, 1891, 1892, original 1895, 36 and others, but making progress!
From top to bottom,
1903 mfr 1894 .25-20
1995 mfr 1894 .357 mag
1901 mfr 1893 .25-35
1889 mfr 1889 .32-20
1999 mfr 1895SS .45-70
2016 mfr 1894CB .45 Colt
2000 mfr 336W .30-30
2004 1894 .44 mag
~1908 mfr 1897 .22
1976 mfr 39A Golden .22
Perhaps surprisingly, we don't have any non-Marlin lever actions. I appreciate what the Winchester rifles are, but the 92 and 94 have always felt clunky to me, and the 1876, while smoother, doesn't do anything the Marlins can't do better IMO, except collect debris from the top. I do plan to add the beautiful Uberti 1886 sporting at some point, though, and certainly not opposed to Winchesters, Brownings, Henrys or even Savages if they come along at the right price. But Marlins are the ones I seek out. J.M. Marlin and L.L. Hepburn were design geniuses, ahead of their time.
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