Looks sharp man
Buy this. It was a new model before Remington went broke and may be hard to find. It seems like just what you want.
https://www.shootingillustrated.com/content/review-marlin-model-1894-dark/
https://www.shootingillustrated.com/content/review-marlin-model-1894-dark/
Awesome rifle!!
After having one in the Marines, AR platforms are nice and familiar, but pretty boring to me. For hunting it’s not as flexible as other calibers for what I do.
I agree. They also don’t have a slim balanced feel like a lever action.
So I took it out yesterday for the first time. I really like the XS ghost sights. The aperture feels a little big, but for quick shots on pigs and deer within 75 yards, it should do the trick. At 50 yards I was sitting at 2” groups using plain ol federal JSP 158gr factory ammo. I’m sure it will tighten up with some practice and getting a feel for the rifle. I’m tempted to shorten the length of pull down a bit, the sights and how the rifle runs feels better slightly closer to my center of my chest than in the pocket of my shoulder, kinda like how I shoot ARs and AKs. Took it out in the woods to see if I could score a deer, but sadly didn’t happen. It’s wonderful to carry and is fantastic stomping through tough brush though.
I had two things that I didn’t like about it though. My thumbs are too fat to load ammo into the side gate without getting my thumb or nail snagged in there, and despite putting in the ranger point precision trigger, the trigger pull is incredibly heavy. No slop or creep, just an incredibly heavy brick wall. Im willing to bet we’re sitting at 9lbs or better, it’s heavier than shooting my N frame in double action before I smoothed everything up.
any nifty tricks for loading the rifle, or anything I can do to make life easier? I already have a lightened gate on it.
anything else I can do to reduce trigger pull weight? The RPP trigger is supposed to have dropped the pull down considerably, but that hasn’t happened. I’m sending them an email about it, but if they don’t do anything, what else can I do?
I had two things that I didn’t like about it though. My thumbs are too fat to load ammo into the side gate without getting my thumb or nail snagged in there, and despite putting in the ranger point precision trigger, the trigger pull is incredibly heavy. No slop or creep, just an incredibly heavy brick wall. Im willing to bet we’re sitting at 9lbs or better, it’s heavier than shooting my N frame in double action before I smoothed everything up.
any nifty tricks for loading the rifle, or anything I can do to make life easier? I already have a lightened gate on it.
anything else I can do to reduce trigger pull weight? The RPP trigger is supposed to have dropped the pull down considerably, but that hasn’t happened. I’m sending them an email about it, but if they don’t do anything, what else can I do?
This thread really makes me want to get rid of my AR that I don’t shoot and get a lever gun.
With the cost of ammo, I really don’t shoot my ar or ak any. I got plenty of target practice with the platform back when I was in the Marines. I think it’s been 2 years since I’ve even shot my AR. This lever gun is similar in principle, it was the do it all trusty sidekick that the AR has become, but if you wanna shoot out much further than 100 yards then the AR is the answer. You certainly won’t be shooting coyotes (or much of anything other than maybe the broad side of a barn) with a lever gun at 300-400 yards, that’s for sure. But I would trust a 357mag rifle to take down anything in Oklahoma short of a black bear or an elk before I would a 556 AR.
however, if there was a serious emergency where I needed to protect myself or my family, I would be reaching for the faithful AR or AK before the lever gun. But I’m willing to bet that I’ll spent the rest of my life hunting animals or paper, rather than getting into firefights with animals that shoot back.
