I’m one of the guys in the referenced thread. I had two of the Pedersoli’s and they were JUNK! I got all of my money back on both of them and bought a Winchester/Miroku and that gun is flawless…..and very, very accurate. I ended up taking it to Turnbull (only about an hour from where I live) and go...

Just to be clear i`m talking about a JM made older Marlin not the new stuff, guess if your young the weight doen`t matter, though when i was young i carried a Brown 86 a few miles and wish i` d had a trailer to put it on. :lol: Ha. That's funny. I see a jm Marlin for sale. So all jm stamped Marlins...

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Looks like they are hitting the shelves.

https://www.shootersforum.com/threads/my-experiences-with-the-pedersoli-1886-71-in-45-70-govt.94154/ This is where I started to get concerned with pedersoli A different forum for chiappa and Marlin. Im going to check into the new and old Marlin and and look at those other rifles like the Browning, R...

Wow there is a lot of great advice here. I am definitely going to hold off on the Italian. In my research I saw a lot of people recommended pedersoli but I wonder if that is a blanket statement and not a great recommendation for a lever gun since this might be a little out of their element. I am als...

I have been searching through prior discussion posts to find as much info on 45-70 lever guns I am most interested in a "guide gun" type rifle to allow me to hunt big game but also bear defense all in one I really like the pedersoli and Henry but I came across some forums mentioning some i...