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Marlin 357

skagghunterskagghunter Member Posts: 11 ✭✭
edited February 2002 in Ask the Experts
Just bought a Marlin 357 Mod#1894 in very very good condition. Later someone told me that I payed to much(300.00) What does anyone here think, did I pay to much ?
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  • leadlead Member Posts: 2,311 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Depending on condition, that's an average price for one here in Missouri. They're higher new, you won't find them much cheaper unless they're pretty rough.
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  • luger01luger01 Member Posts: 230 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You paid a fair price. A couple of years ago, I bought one of these little gems for $300. It was a pre-safety model and in like new condition. Sure is a great shooting little gun.The 180 gr. bullets shoot very well in mine, but they have to be loaded in .38 special cases, as these rifles are very, very sensitive to overall cartridge length. You can put a too-long load in the magazine, but it won't feed and you'll end up having to remove the bolt to get it out, so be careful and try loading only ONE ROUND of any new ammo first. If it feeds, then go ahead and stuff your mag full.
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  • skagghunterskagghunter Member Posts: 11 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks, now I have to try to figure out when this gun was made.The marlin sight does not help. It has the smooth wood/no checkered and it says carbine mirco-grooved barrel. No letter after the 1894 with a 18in barrel. Any ideas? Thanks, agine
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  • gunboobgunboob Member Posts: 203 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm guessing you got a Marlin 1894 C. Why don't Marlin put that on the bbl?...I don't know.I have one like new, in orig. box. End tag states it is 1894 C....bbl. is only stamped 1894. I know of several instances like this, especially in the 18 1/2" bbls.How in 'ell are we supposed to know this stuff after all the boxes are gone?Anyway, is it not correct that you can tell when made by subtracting the 1st. two numbers in the serial no. from 100????Mine is 18005xxx. 18 from 100 = 82 = 1982Bob
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  • skagghunterskagghunter Member Posts: 11 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Was just able to set down with this gun and check it out. It does not have the cross-bow safty. Does this mean it is a older model ? When the man asked if I wanted to buy it I did without even looking at it, I just knew that I wanted this gun.
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  • gunboobgunboob Member Posts: 203 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Older model? see what I said about the serial no. above, as far as I know. Anyway, thats what I've been told.The cross-bolt safety came into being in 1984.Bob
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  • gunpaqgunpaq Member Posts: 4,607 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Skagghunter; You got a good gun at a fair price. It's an older and better ,in my opinion. I have both the .357 and .44 mag. Both in this area of that vintage in VG+ condition run from $225 to $350 unless you go to a farm auction where you will pay double for the winning bid. You can put thousands of rounds through them with no trouble.
    Pack slow, fall stable, pull high, hit dead center.
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