When will Marlin make some new .357's in lever action?

[brassboz]

I have been waitng months.  Months.  With Cowboy Action Shooting, it would seem there would be a demand for this kind of rifle.

What's with Marlin?  When will they get off their butts and make some of these?

[Buffalo Creek Law Dog]

I have a 1894C in .357 on backorder since Sept `07.  When I first ordered it, S.I.R. (which is owned by Cabelas and gets them direct from Marlin) said Marlin told them it would be end Dec or early Jan. 

Just yesterday I received a letter from S.I.R. stating that it would be another 31+ days.

[Missouri Marshal]

It may have something to do with them being bought by Remington.

http://www.conntact.com/article_page.lasso?id=41655

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[Wymore Wrangler]

I just went over to Gunbroker.com, there are 4 or 5 NIB 357's for sale right now, if you want one they are available...

[Reverend Sayer Prayers]

I ordered an 1894CB for a customer last month.  It came in 3 days from my distributor.  I guess it depends on where you live and who you order from.

[Leo Tanner]

308's have been tough to get a hold of lately as well.  Seems they've focused on the 30-30 for the time being.  I have one an it's great, I'd love to add a 357 to the collection--that's what my pistol is chambered for.


Leo

[Whiskey Johnson]

I can't tell where you are from, but Jay's in Clare, Mi.(Northern Lower Penninsula) has 1 on the rack, has been there for a couple months.

They are good guys, a med.-large size place. You can google them. They are great to deal with. I was there this Monday putting another wad of cash on my Uberti '73 WIN in  .44 WCF! It will be here in a week! WOOOOHOOO!

[Judge Roy Bean]

I read in a news paper that Remington has just bought out Marlin...?
A very small post in a London UK paper.

[Driftwood Johnson]

I read in a news paper that Remington has just bought out Marlin...?

Howdy

Yes, we heard this just about a month ago or so. Remington has announced they are buying Marlin and I think the deal is going through. None of us really knows how this will affect Cowboy gun production. Marlin was making their standard 336 30/30 lever guns for a long time before they resurrected the old 1894 design for Cowboy shooting. There is some speculation that Marlin may not be real interested in making a lot of Cowboy rifles anymore, there is speculation that their real bread an butter has always been hunters and most of them buy 30/30s or other more modern designs that the Cowboy guns. Completely unknown at this time what the future holds for Marlin and Cowboy rifles.

[Leo Tanner]

Here's another question--
     I understand the SASS rules regarding rifles chambered for pistol rounds but is 30/30 not period correct?  I was always made to understand that it was.  I know .308 is not even in the ball park, but any history on 30/30 would be preciated.  I'll start another topic if that seems more appropriate.


Leo

[Driftwood Johnson]

Howdy

The 30/30 round was the first commercial Smokeless rifle round manufactured in the US. The 30-40 Krag is a little bit older, but it was a military round. The 30/30 was first developed for the Winchester Model 1894, although I believe the round was not actually commercially available until 1895. So that does put in the correct era for Cowboy shooting, albeit it at the tail end. The 30/30 was originally developed as a high velocity smokeless rifle round to take the place of older, slower Black Powder rifle rounds with rainbow trajectories like the 45-70. Not that the 30/30 is as powerful as the 45-70, but it is much flatter shooting.

The reason the 30/30 is not acceptable for SASS as a Main Match rifle round is that it is not a 'pistol' round, it is a longer, bottle necked rifle round, no conventional revolver could chamber it, and it is generally too powerful and would damage targets.

[Leo Tanner]

Thanks D.J.
     I love my Marlin and I like to know as much about it and it's ammo as possible.  I'd love to get my hands on one of the .357s, not just so I could use it as a match rifle but also to compare it to the 30/30.  Never can have enough guns I guess.


Leo

[Tricky Trina]

Nope, ya can never have too many guns, as long as ya SHOOT them! 

I know getting a NIB Marlin .357 is hard over here on the east coast.  We went to a gun show back in November or December just hoping to find one and got real lucky.  It was a nice christmas present!

[Leo Tanner]

Nope, ya can never have too many guns, as long as ya SHOOT them! 

I know getting a NIB Marlin .357 is hard over here on the east coast.  We went to a gun show back in November or December just hoping to find one and got real lucky.  It was a nice christmas present!

Oh believe me, we SHOOT them.    So much I fear for the barrel sometimes.


Leo