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marlin 44
Looking at the bores of the lever guns in a local shop yesterday and saw a large hole so I picked it up and it was a blue Marlin 44mag round barrel (sling studs and NO safety) in very good shape (90% ish). Nice wood and appeared stock except for a hammer extension.
What is a good price for such a gun and what do I need to look for as far as other questions go?
Gun was priced at $400, but there is wiggle room there.
Thanks,
Joe
What is a good price for such a gun and what do I need to look for as far as other questions go?
Gun was priced at $400, but there is wiggle room there.
Thanks,
Joe
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Re: marlin 44
Good price in my neck of the woods.
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Re: marlin 44
Man, if you could get it down around $350 or at most $375, you will have a pretty good deal. Around here $400 is a good deal IF you could even find one. The past few years its been tough to find a .44 of any kind at my local gunshow or in the classifieds.
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Re: marlin 44
In this part of Arkansaw that would be a gone deal, we just don't see them here.
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Re: marlin 44
Around here it would have never made it to the shelf at that price; someone would have been a 'friend of the gunshop owner' and had dibs on it. Indiana just started 'pistol caliber rifle season for deer' a couple years ago, and the shotgun guys are finally realizing their fancy 'high-velocity saboted slugs' are the same bullets in expensive, high-recoil cartridges that fit their ungainly slug-guns - we can spit them out of a 1894 faster, more accurately, and ten times in a row (not that a levergunner would need that for deer hunting - but it could come in handy if the Indians attack...). The cheater-guys who were using .30-06's & 7mm Remington Magnums illegally here are finally realizing that their guns don't kill whitetails ANY deader or faster than our handy little 1894 Marlins, and shooting a whitetail safely in Indiana at more than 150 yards is rare (and finding it afterwards may be even more rare, from some I've watched do so).
As to what to 'look for' - unless the thing got run over by a truck and the receiver or the barrel is bent, there isn't much you couldn't find and fix yourself - it is a 100-year-old mechanism, and parts are easy to get, inexpensive, and can be put in by the home-gunsmith nearly always.
Mostly, just look over your shoulder to make sure that if you leave the store to 'think it over', nobody right behind you snaps it up!
As to what to 'look for' - unless the thing got run over by a truck and the receiver or the barrel is bent, there isn't much you couldn't find and fix yourself - it is a 100-year-old mechanism, and parts are easy to get, inexpensive, and can be put in by the home-gunsmith nearly always.
Mostly, just look over your shoulder to make sure that if you leave the store to 'think it over', nobody right behind you snaps it up!
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Re: marlin 44
Are you still sitting there reading this?
Better buy it before it is gone!
Better buy it before it is gone!
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Re: marlin 44
onegoodshot wrote:Looking at the bores of the lever guns in a local shop yesterday and saw a large hole so I picked it up and it was a blue Marlin 44mag round barrel (sling studs and NO safety) in very good shape (90% ish). Nice wood and appeared stock except for a hammer extension.
What is a good price for such a gun and what do I need to look for as far as other questions go?
Gun was priced at $400, but there is wiggle room there.
Thanks,
Joe
Joe,
That would be a good price here for a 1894 model. If it is a 336 model (only made for a couple of years), it would be an exceptional deal....is it a 1894 or 336?
Dan
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Re: marlin 44
Sounds like a pre-safety 1894 carbine. In the condition you state, it won't be there long!!!
Re: marlin 44
I paid more than that for a 1996 model w/crossbolt, here in Az.
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Re: marlin 44
I've really been searching for a 41 even though I know I'll have to pay alot more for it.
I'll see what kind of deal we can make this week and let you guys know what happens.
I appreciate the information AND everyone's willingness to help me spend my $.
Joe
I'll see what kind of deal we can make this week and let you guys know what happens.
I appreciate the information AND everyone's willingness to help me spend my $.
Joe
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Re: marlin 44
We are a bunch of enablers here!onegoodshot wrote:I've really been searching for a 41 even though I know I'll have to pay alot more for it.
I'll see what kind of deal we can make this week and let you guys know what happens.
I appreciate the information AND everyone's willingness to help me spend my $.
Joe
Consider this - that .44 will be fun to shoot, and will make potential trading fodder later for the .41 when it comes along. You may/will need to kick in more, but I doubt you'll have any problem finding a willing buyer for it.
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Re: marlin 44
Dear God!Ysabel Kid wrote:Consider this - that .44 will be fun to shoot, and will make potential trading fodder later for the .41 when it comes along.
I've used that line of reasoning for 35 years! BEAUTIFUL
Got most of those still in the safe that were to be 'trade fodder'...............
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Re: marlin 44
Buy it now and never look back !!
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2X22 wrote:Dear God!Ysabel Kid wrote:Consider this - that .44 will be fun to shoot, and will make potential trading fodder later for the .41 when it comes along.
I've used that line of reasoning for 35 years! BEAUTIFUL
Got most of those still in the safe that were to be 'trade fodder'...............
2x22
The operative word is "potential"...
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Re: marlin 44
Sounds good to me, they are a real hoot to shoot, I would never part with mine
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Re: marlin 44
I put one together for $150.00
Does that make me a bad person?
Does that make me a bad person?
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Re: marlin 44
Good morning
I agree... BUY ! BUY ! BUY !!!
Then you can sell it to me when a 41 shows up.
I watched Gunbroker and others for well over a year until MY 41 showed up at a price I could afford. NO I will not sell it. You cannot imaging what a 265 GC pushed by 1680 will do to unwarry critters.
BUT a 444 will do so much more !
I agree... BUY ! BUY ! BUY !!!
Then you can sell it to me when a 41 shows up.
I watched Gunbroker and others for well over a year until MY 41 showed up at a price I could afford. NO I will not sell it. You cannot imaging what a 265 GC pushed by 1680 will do to unwarry critters.
BUT a 444 will do so much more !
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Re: marlin 44
Ahhh yes. My new word! The wife may not like my new word......Ysabel Kid wrote:The operative word is "potential"...
2x22
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Re: marlin 44
onegoodshot,
So ... it's almost noon IL time, you got that Marlin .44 home yet?
Joe
So ... it's almost noon IL time, you got that Marlin .44 home yet?
Joe
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Re: marlin 44
missionary5155 wrote:Good morning
I agree... BUY ! BUY ! BUY !!!
Then you can sell it to me when a 41 shows up.
I watched Gunbroker and others for well over a year until MY 41 showed up at a price I could afford. NO I will not sell it. You cannot imaging what a 265 GC pushed by 1680 will do to unwarry critters.
BUT a 444 will do so much more !
Get's my vote!
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Re: marlin 44
I sure hope You buy the darn thing.I would.
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Re: marlin 44
Worked today.
I'll keep you all updated.
I'll keep you all updated.
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Re: marlin 44
Ysabel Kid wrote:Sounds like a pre-safety 1894 carbine. In the condition you state, it won't be there long!!!
YK,
I would guess that you're correct about it being a pre-safety 1894. I still wonder if he found a 336-44....they were pre-cross bolt safety as well.
Best,
Dan
Re: marlin 44
Far be it for me to dissuade you! I liked my old one and like the new one...
Sincerely,
Hobie
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Re: marlin 44
Hobie, I was checking out the link there (http://shootingwithhobie.blogspot.com/2 ... rbine.html) and noted your WINCHESTER jammed, so you replaced it with a MARLIN...Hobie wrote:Far be it for me to dissuade you! I liked my old one and like the new one...
You must have been a victim of the dreaded WINCHESTER-94 JAM...
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Re: marlin 44
JUST FOUND THIS THREAD.
AND ? AND ? WHAT ?
DID YOU BUY IT ???????????
this is killing me. i have a pre-64 winchester 30-30, but i'ed kill for a marlin .44
or better yet, marlin 94, no safety, .357 mag.
AND ? AND ? WHAT ?
DID YOU BUY IT ???????????
this is killing me. i have a pre-64 winchester 30-30, but i'ed kill for a marlin .44
or better yet, marlin 94, no safety, .357 mag.
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Re: marlin 44
No update. I went to the pawn shop after closing the pharmacy this evening and they had just closed as well. Will have to try again Thursday.
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Re: marlin 44
mine, brand new 2 yrs ago, on sale at BIG 5 sporting goods, 399.99. My son will be taking that one, as I am not a huge Marllin fan. But would in a heartbeat take the cowboy 45-70.
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Re: marlin 44
I was faced with the identical situation a couple of years ago. Tore the button off my back pocket reaching for my wallet.
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Re: marlin 44
I sneaked out of the pharmacy a little while ago. Looked at the gun and it is a 94. Wood was in good shape, but closer exam of the blueing revealed some scratches and blueing wear on the end of the barrel. Still an 85% gun though. Everything was tight and it seemed to have a decent trigger.
I offered him $350 out the door and he declined.
I'm working this store later in the month and I might try it again as they usually deal better the last few days of the month. I do get paid tomorrow and my wife would love to unknowingly get my Valentines Day present.
I really want a 41.
If someone wants the store info, PM me.
I offered him $350 out the door and he declined.
I'm working this store later in the month and I might try it again as they usually deal better the last few days of the month. I do get paid tomorrow and my wife would love to unknowingly get my Valentines Day present.
I really want a 41.
If someone wants the store info, PM me.