How Come Marlin 32H+R

3leggedturtle · Post by **3leggedturtle** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 11:18 pm

Is rarer than a turtle in snow. Havent seen one these in 13 months. Am not even looking for one. Are they that desireable ,or are they so good that once you buy one you dont give it up till death.

Buffboy · Post by **Buffboy** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 11:21 pm

I don't have one but going by what a couple of cowboy shooters have told me, the second of your theories is the correct one.

Cast Bullet Hunter · Post by **Cast Bullet Hunter** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 11:25 pm

1) Marlin didn't make a lot of them because they didn't sell well.
2) Those who bought them did so because they realized what a neat little gun they were.
3) See #2. Those who did buy them just don't let them go.

6pt-sika · Post by **6pt-sika** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 9:28 am

I have one !

I don't shoot CASS but mine is an excellent little cast bullet shooter and has been put with my cast bullet centerfire SQUIRREL RIFLES

Actually I have a cast bullet load that should be okay to take deer with it provided I keep shots inside 40 yards and hold out for really good shots . This load is comparable to some of the older 32-20 loads from back in the 20's .

jdad · Post by **jdad** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 9:35 am

The only "tube fed" centerfire levergun Marlin ever made.....

dsmith512 · Post by **dsmith512** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 10:41 am

Here's one on GunsAmerica. Pricey but available.

http://www.gunsamerica.com/924727867/Gu ... Cowboy.htm

awp101 · Post by **awp101** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 10:47 am

dsmith512 wrote:Here's one on GunsAmerica. Pricey but available.

http://www.gunsamerica.com/924727867/Gu ... Cowboy.htm

I haven't shot mine much but you sure couldn't pry it out of my hands for that price!

6pt-sika · Post by **6pt-sika** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 2:40 pm

jdad wrote:The only "tube fed" centerfire levergun Marlin ever made.....

Thats not true !

The Marlin Model 1892's and 92's that are 32 caliber are tube fed !

And yes if you change the firing pins they will shot either rimfire or centerfire .

Nate Kiowa Jones · Post by **Nate Kiowa Jones** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 2:47 pm

I think the reason marlin dropped them is because they missed the majority of their market share when they decided to make this gun as an octagon and tube fed. This made the gun terribly front heavy for the average lady CAS shooter that needed a rifle to go with her 32 Ruger Vaq's. I have a gunsmith friend that rebarreled one with a 32-20 CL barrel, the 20" round barrel carbine. He cut the stub off and rethreaded an 1" forward so he could re-chamber to 32 H&R. Now he has the perfact 32H&H levergun for the CAS ladies. Much nicer handling.

jdad · Post by **jdad** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 4:15 pm

6pt-sika wrote:
jdad wrote:The only "tube fed" centerfire levergun Marlin ever made.....
Thats not true !

The Marlin Model 1892's and 92's that are 32 caliber are tube fed !

And yes if you change the firing pins they will shot either rimfire or centerfire .

Ok, fine, then it was the only tube fed, centerfire only, levergun Marlin has made.

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 4:18 pm

I'm glad 6pt got to you before I did!

Cast Bullet Hunter · Post by **Cast Bullet Hunter** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:42 pm

jdad wrote:
6pt-sika wrote:
jdad wrote:The only "tube fed" centerfire levergun Marlin ever made.....
Thats not true !

The Marlin Model 1892's and 92's that are 32 caliber are tube fed !

And yes if you change the firing pins they will shot either rimfire or centerfire .
Ok, fine, then it was the only tube fed, centerfire only, levergun Marlin has made.

You still don't have it right. ALL Marlin leveraction guns except the rimfires fit the description you give. If you can find a Marlin lever gun that ISN'T tube fed I'd like to see it. The only thing unique about the .32 H&R is it loads DIRECTLY into the magazine instead of through the receiver. Perhaps you don't understand the term fed. The magazine feeds the gun, you load or charge the magazine.

arjunky · Post by **arjunky** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 9:51 pm

If you can find a Marlin lever gun that ISN'T tube fed I'd like to see it.

Marlin Ballard

http://www.hallowellco.com/marlin_balla ... eutzen.htm

Byron

Tumbleweeds · Post by **Tumbleweeds** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:19 am

"If you can find a Marlin lever gun that ISN'T tube fed I'd like to see it."

Did the Marlin 62 Levermatic have a tubular magazine for those .256 Winchester and .30 carbine cartridges?

KCSO · Post by **KCSO** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 4:47 pm

Tip of the year...
I just bought a Marlin 32 H and R NIB for a decent price. When Marlin sold out to Remington all the guns in the back room were sold to Cabela's and are going to the gun liibrarys. Bill Rayer, the manager of the GL in Rapid City got mine for me and he HAD a couple more. As to mine... My wife shot it and immediatly put it away with her 32 H and R Ruger Bisley. I couldn't sell it if it was a life or death situation, she likes it that much. The ONLY drawback of the 32 H and R is that they are copied from the 92 Marlin and have a magazine tube liike a 92 rather than a loading gate like the 94.

jdad · Post by **jdad** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:56 pm

[quote="Cast Bullet Hunter
You still don't have it right. ALL Marlin leveraction guns except the rimfires fit the description you give. If you can find a Marlin lever gun that ISN'T tube fed I'd like to see it. The only thing unique about the .32 H&R is it loads DIRECTLY into the magazine instead of through the receiver. Perhaps you don't understand the term fed. The magazine feeds the gun, you load or charge the magazine.[/quote]

Ok, so everybody gets off my case

........

This was the first and only, centerfire ONLY, leveraction rifle that Marlin produced utilizing a magazine tube that operated, in the same manner, as the one currently used on the Model 39A.

Is everybody *******' happy now?!?!?

6pt-sika · Post by **6pt-sika** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 10:46 pm

Tumbleweeds wrote:"If you can find a Marlin lever gun that ISN'T tube fed I'd like to see it."

Did the Marlin 62 Levermatic have a tubular magazine for those .256 Winchester and .30 carbine cartridges?

The Model 62 in both calibers has clips as does the rimfire 22 model 56 .

Lefty Dude · Post by **Lefty Dude** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 12:27 am

The CAS shooters tried them, but found when they are run fast they jam. My Brother has one and used it in CAS competition. The problem has to do with the carrier and the light cartridge. Seems when you approach a certain lever working speed the bullet dance's on the carrier and jams the action.My Brother tried everything, COAL is very important if you reload. 10 shots in less than 4 seconds it will not do.
He still has the piece and the Grand Children use it for a training rifle.

The hope was that it was to be a companion piece to the Ruger 32 Single Six. Lots of CAS shooters use the Ruger 32's. When the Marlin 32 was found to be a non-functional piece for our Sport they use a Uberti 73/.357 and shoot 38's.

KCSO · Post by **KCSO** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 9:53 am

NOpe the original Marlin M92 has the same no loading gate tube feed as the current 32 H and R. I just rebuilt one of these for a buddy and made a new set of fit=ring pins for the gun. It is 32 caliiber with rim and center fire pins and will shoot 32 Rim short, long and 32 centerfire short and S and W long.

jdad · Post by **jdad** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:41 am

KCSO wrote:NOpe the original Marlin M92 has the same no loading gate tube feed as the current 32 H and R. I just rebuilt one of these for a buddy and made a new set of fit=ring pins for the gun. It is 32 caliiber with rim and center fire pins and will shoot 32 Rim short, long and 32 centerfire short and S and W long.

No, the Model 92 never used a removeable inner magazine tube for loading. You extended the outer tube, to expose the loading port. The removeable, 39A style, magazine tube assembly did not show up until the final year of production, for the Model 39....1938. Marlinman93 can confirm this, with the example in his collection.

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