Marlin Classic 1894

[Bowhunter57]

I drove to Sportsman's Den, in Shelby this morning and purchased the last Marlin Classic 1894 in 44 Mag. that I could find anywhere. It just so happened that they had the lowest price too. Now, I gotta get started reloading, get to the range and get her sighted in for deer season. I'm hoping to bust a few coyotes with this rifle too.

 

[CJD3]

 

[Hedgelj]

Beautiful gun.

 

[Bowhunter57]

@CJD3
Thanks and I've heard a lot of good about those ballistic tip type bullets. However, I decided to go with the 180 gr. Sierra JHP bullets for rapid expansion and I've had good accuracy with them in the past.

 

[CJD3]

Be very careful!
The polymer type tips are so when you load a tube feed like our Marlin, you don’t have a pointed bullet tip sitting on the primer of the round above it. Setting the gun down on the rear stock kinda hard could cause a chain fire reaction .
The soft plastic tip prevents that from happening.

It sure is a beautiful gun!

Check
Out the Leverelution (sp?)

 

[Bowhunter57]

@CJD3
Thank you, I appreciate your concern and it's valid. I understand the reason for the polymer tips.

These Sierra bullets are flat-nosed lead tips (not hard jackets) and shouldn't cause any issues.
Just curious.... What are your experiences with the polymer tips having good terminal performance?

 

[CJD3]

They papered best of the 4 factory types I tried and have had devastating results…

 

[CJD3]

I haven’t tried em in my RedHawk out of curiosity. It seems to like the 300gr Hornandy
JHP. I save the 180 gr for tourists . Lol

But as far as the Marlin, I’m sold on the Leverelutions. I just keep my shots about 50 yards or less. I usually hunt the hard woods anyway.

Is that the 18” or 20” barrel?

 

[Bowhunter57]

I haven’t tried em in my RedHawk out of curiosity. It seems to like the 300gr Hornandy
JHP. I save the 180 gr for tourists . Lol

But as far as the Marlin, I’m sold on the Leverelutions. I just keep my shots about 50 yards or less. I usually hunt the hard woods anyway.

Is that the 18” or 20” barrel?

Actually, it's a 20.25" barrel.
Also, this is one of the Ruger Marlin rifles. On the bottom of the stock, just ahead of the rear sling stud, is a white circle with a red dot in the middle. That red dot is the symbol for the Ruger made Marlin rifles. If the white circle has a black dot, it was made by Remington or an earlier Marlin.

 

[Hedgelj]

When I had my 44mag rifle I had great results with the leverevolution bullets on deer up to 75 yards or so I think was the father I shot one at.