New model 1895sbl from Marlin

[WCF3030]

Not sure if someone else has already mentioned it yet but I just saw this in the new Marlin catalog and it is mentioned on the Marlin website.
http://www.marlinfirearms.com/News/press.asp#2009_4

[deerwhacker444]

Nice.....That looks sorta like a WWG to me. It's nice to see a company actually look around and start producing what people want.

[J Miller]

Well, it's good that manufacturers are making what people want ........ RIGHT!!!

Except they ain't making what "I" want.

I'm hoping that silly looking thing with the pickelilly rail on it sells, but I wouldn't own one on a bet. Not even if Hobie bought and paid for it and shipped it to me for free.

Ugly, gross, yuck, ewuuueeee, paleeeezzee take it away.

Joe

[Sixgun]

Geeeze, That reminds me of the Ford Edsel. --------------------Only a face a "mother" could love, in this case, Momma Marlin-------------Sixgun

[awp101]

Put a regular loop on it and chamber it in something besides .45-70, (I'm thinking .35 Remington or .444) and I could get used to one of them thar thangs...

[CowboyTutt]

Dang, I have to say I really like it? You can always take off the rail. I like the heavy barrel, 3/4 loop and full mag tube. Hmmmmm.

-Tutt

[airedaleman]

Aw, come on! What are those people smoking?

[WCF3030]

BTT just to get Miller's "purist" blood flowing.
For those of us who's blood is muddied with after market sights and scout scopes here is another view of the pic.



Here is what a similar rifle looks like with a scope.

[Bogie35]

Very practical......but not very pretty. Kinda like a sister-in-law.

Still glad that Marlin isn't afraid to put things out there. They DO think about us a lot.

bogie

[WCF3030]

Very practical......but not very pretty. Kinda like a sister-in-law.

Still glad that Marlin isn't afraid to put things out there. They DO think about us a lot.

bogie

Kind of like function before form.

[CowboyTutt]

Yes, yes, yes the rail is ugly so take it off and keep the ghost ring sight and express front sight! Or don't, and scope it any way you want! Its a versitile package and one where you need to take stuff off rather than add to it. I like that idea.

-Tutt

[J Miller]

BTT just to get Miller's "purist" blood flowing.
For those of us who's blood is muddied with after market sights and scout scopes here is another view of the pic.

Hey!!! You say that like it's a bad thing. Well look up what pure means and then get back with me.

I really don't give a hoot what they do with them. I just wish they'd make at least one or two like I want 'em.

Joe

[JustaJeepGuy]

I still want to know why Marlin wouldn't make anything out of stainless when I had the money.

[Streetstar]

I lost an 1895GS in a motor home fire 3 months ago and i think i just found its replacement

Everything i want in a motor home gun, foul weather put it away and forget it piece that already incorporates some of the things the GS model lacked (pistol grip stock and big loop) could care less about the laminated stick, but it does look good with stainless.

Not exactly traditional, but it looks like fun

[WCF3030]

BTT just to get Miller's "purist" blood flowing.
For those of us who's blood is muddied with after market sights and scout scopes here is another view of the pic.

Hey!!! You say that like it's a bad thing. Well look up what pure means and then get back with me.

I really don't give a hoot what they do with them. I just wish they'd make at least one or two like I want 'em.

Joe

Hey this is just like fishing!!

If Marlin is listing I'd like them to bring back the cowboy in 30-30 and 38-55 for starters.

[2ndovc]

I've been wanting a stainless lever.

I like it. 35 Rem would be cool too!


jb

[nemhed]

Well, it's good that manufacturers are making what people want ........ RIGHT!!!

Except they ain't making what "I" want.

I'm hoping that silly looking thing with the pickelilly rail on it sells, but I wouldn't own one on a bet. Not even if Hobie bought and paid for it and shipped it to me for free.

Ugly, gross, yuck, ewuuueeee, paleeeezzee take it away.

Joe

Well, I won't be buying one myself, but I'm glad Marlin is trying to give some of their customers what they want. Now if Hobie is listening, he can buy me one of these (is there a smiley for "pretty please").

[Pete44ru]

IMHO, it's a good foul weather Scout Rifle - especially if one likes stainless/lamo.

I do wonder, however, WHY Marlin put a blue/black XS-type leverscout rail on it ILO a silver/stainless colored one !

If someone does a bit of photoshop/painting - you'd be surprised at how much that little detail would change it's appearance.

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[TedH]

I could do without the big loop and the rail. Good lookng rifle otherwise.

[Tycer]

It has a lot of features I don't like. It has a lot I do.

For an EBR
I like the short barrel, the full mag, the xs (I'd upgrade to a 24/7 big dot front), sling studs.
I don't like pistol grip, large loop, safety.
I'm indifferent on the stainless/laminate. I like the function of both, they look good together, but don't turn my crank. I'd just as soon have a Parkerized finish with a polymer stock with storage for cleaning supplies.

[slimster]

Seems like Marlin has forgotten how to make guns with straight grip stocks available on their new offerings. My ultimate Marlin would be a straight grip, stainless, laminate stock 18 1/2 in. bbl. in 308mx and/or 338mx. with XS style sights. (They can keep the picatinny rail.) Are you listening Marlin? Oh, and slim down that forend too, would you?

[AJMD429]

Don't think of this as a "levergun" if you're a traditionalist... Think of it as an "EBR with class"

Kind of like soy-burgers - if you think of them as would-be hamburgers, you won't like them, but if you think of them as a 'fried-bean sandwich' they are not bad.

Now, IF I was to have a levergun with lots of RAIL, I'd want it underneath the barrel, and suitable for a triple-AA Maglite to go with the Holosight I'd mount on a traditional scope mount. That's how I have my Siaga set up, and I'd trade it in a minute for a levergun set up the same way - GREAT night-time stray cat/possum/raccoon/coyote medicine.

OTOH, the advantage to a big long rail like this one has would be you could mount a big (long) high-magnification scope on it better than on those short little too-close-to-your-face mounts normally used; so to me, the long rail would be better on a really accurate 'varmint' type levergun - maybe a .35 Remington with a long barrel.

[J Miller]

BTT just to get Miller's "purist" blood flowing.
For those of us who's blood is muddied with after market sights and scout scopes here is another view of the pic.

Hey!!! You say that like it's a bad thing. Well look up what pure means and then get back with me.

I really don't give a hoot what they do with them. I just wish they'd make at least one or two like I want 'em.

Joe

Hey this is just like fishing!!

If Marlin is listing I'd like them to bring back the cowboy in 30-30 and 38-55 for starters.

Now we got something we can agree on. I was seriously thinking about one of those 336 CB in 30-30 when the nit wits at Marlin dropped them.

Joe

[Sonic Boom]

Good lord, that's got to be the ugliest gun I've seen. Marlin must have stolen the designer of the Pontiac Aztec away from GM.

[JustaJeepGuy]

Well, you don't have to buy one if you don't like it. I wish they'd made them when I bought my last Marlin in 2001.

[Hobie]

Now if Marlin would just make them in blue, straight grip, walnut stocks, Williams Foolproof installed and in .38-55 with a .375" barrel...

[flb]

I like it, but would like it in walnut and blue too! As far as sister in laws go, both of mine are beautiful.

[Rexster]

Interesting! I am not sure I need a .45-70 lever rifle, but except for the oversized lever loop, this one looks good to me, and would be my pick of the current big-bore Marlins. Now, for the same features in a Trapper-length .357 1894, please!

[Idiot]

Perfect! I'm glad I've currently got a hole to fill in my practical big bore stopping rifle line-up. This firearm ought to fill it perfectly!

However, it does look like I'll have to buy one the second it hits the streets since so many "purists" would prefer something else and this thing will likely go out of production after a few months. I sure hope Marlin does not read this topic - heck they may stop production right now, fire the engineers, and haul their building machines to the dump. Or, they might just already know that we're just an eccentric bunch of never-satisfied-unless-great-grandpa-carried-it bunch of two fingered typers.

I like it and want one.

[J Miller]

Perfect! I'm glad I've currently got a hole to fill in my practical big bore stopping rifle line-up. This firearm ought to fill it perfectly!

However, it does look like I'll have to buy one the second it hits the streets since so many "purists" would prefer something else and this thing will likely go out of production after a few months. I sure hope Marlin does not read this topic - heck they may stop production right now, fire the engineers, and haul their building machines to the dump. Or, they might just already know that we're just an eccentric bunch of never-satisfied-unless-great-grandpa-carried-it bunch of two fingered typers.
I like it and want one.

That sounds about right.

Please guys, do not take this as a personal attack or disparagement on Marlin or yourselfs, but what in the world would you want a lever action carbine for with rails and other over done mounting pads?
It defeats the entire purpose of a light fast handling go anywhere carbine. Ditch the picaninny rail, keep the sights and maybe even the lever if your gonna shoot it in the cold, and that would be a really nice gun. But that rail ........ UGH-LEEEE. I can't even stand those rails on AR-15s.


Joe

[86er]

I like it. I'm not too enthused about the rail, but it comes off and a standard XS rear sight can take it's place. I wish they would have followed Jim Brockman's lead by making the comb of the stock parallel instead of so much drop. The drop just does two things: it's harder to see through a scope without lifting your head up, and the recoil and muzzle flip are more pronounced.

[buckeyeshooter]

Whats with the cheesegrator on the top? could be a good rifle without it.

[Borregos]

I could get used to that real quick

[Idiot]

Please guys, do not take this as a personal attack or disparagement on Marlin or yourselfs,

I certainly won't and don't; some folks like white trucks others like red.

I just figure if you're going to depart from traditional with stainless steel and plywood, you might as well go the entire way with a funny lever and modern sights and the ability to add any other modern sight, including electric, to a mounting system that's firmly attached without the aide of a plumber posing as a gunsmith wrecking the whole thing (remember the MR-7?). Whew! I need oxygen after that sentence.

Now if they'd have just chambered it in 475 Linebaugh... See I can be left wanting too.