My new Marlin/Ruger Classic .44 Mag

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My dealer got the first one in from his distributor. He showed it to me yesterday and I foolishly walked out without it. Quoted me a price of only $1,000 which I thought was great.

Did not sleep last night especially after seeing the crooks on GunBroker and other sites for prices from $1,250 to $1,500.

What really kept me awake was the vision of this unbelievable beautiful stock. I did not see even one photo on line featuring a stock this nice. Ruger probably did not dare put a photo of this stock on their ad page for fear that everybody would want one.

Just tried some A-Zoom snap caps which loaded and fed like silk. Was thinking of maybe not shooting this but I am sure that feeling will go away.








Let me know what you think.

Trooper Joe
 
Can't believe you left without it the first time! That is some super wood. I picked one up with really nice wood and a neat serial number. Does yours have a low serial number? They are really nice rifles, can't wait to shoot mine.
 
Sweet, AND a great price!! I only hope I can find one at that price point when/if 🫰they come out with a .45 Colt version. I *almost* picked up a used .45C Rossi R92 large loop carbine last week but didn’t have enough left in my gun fund after buying this pair of OM Bearcats.
 

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I misread this at first... thought you "foolishly walked out with it" when I first read this and was thinking how dumb that was, because the rifle is so gorgeous....it's even worse reading it correctly... :)
 
I have a first Gen Ruger .44 carbine but don’t want to shoot it too much.
I also have a Marlin 336C and like it a bunch and the OP has me thinking of a 1894 to satisfy my .44 mag carbine needs which would see more use. A lever action in .44 on my short list. I’ve never find one as pretty as the OP’s though. Marlin walnut grain on my C is straight and blah.
 
Wow! Those pics make me think on mid 1970s when JM came out with the little carbines in 44 Mag. and 367 Mag. at J. M. Fields stores. At that time I didn't have the
$67.88 to buy a toy. Some of the Engineers I worked with got to go to the back room and pick through the stock and got fantastic wood choises. How badly the economy has inflated. I did get my first No.1 soon after as a barreled action for $149.98. The distributer made a mistake and sent a No. 1 B 30-06 rifle with fiddle-back figured wood and I only had to pay the difference in shipping, about $20. Days long gone.

Ruel
 
Wyandot Jim said:
Very Very nice. I still have my 1894 Carbine in 357 that I bought in 1979 for $170.00
I'm curious as to which rifling they used Micro Groove or Ballard
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Jim,
From the 'Marlin' web page, "Barrel is made of alloy steel and is cold hammer-forged which results in ultra-precise rifling that provides exceptional accuracy and longevity". So I infer that its not Micro Groove and is Rugers normal rifling process.
Regards,
Jerry
https://www.marlinfirearms.com/s/model_1894Classic/
 
Thanks, The reason I asked was Marlin did NOT recommend shooting hard cast lead bullets in the Micro Groove barrels. The Cowboy Models had Ballard barrels. I shot 100s in my Carbine in SASS matches with no problem. Doesn't sound like any problems with the new ones. :)
 
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