marlin 44

onegoodshot · Post by **onegoodshot** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 3:18 pm

Looking at the bores of the lever guns in a local shop yesterday and saw a large hole so I picked it up and it was a blue Marlin 44mag round barrel (sling studs and NO safety) in very good shape (90% ish). Nice wood and appeared stock except for a hammer extension.
What is a good price for such a gun and what do I need to look for as far as other questions go?

Gun was priced at $400, but there is wiggle room there.
Thanks,
Joe

Mich Hunter · Post by **Mich Hunter** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 3:20 pm

Good price in my neck of the woods.

2X22 · Post by **2X22** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 3:50 pm

Man, if you could get it down around $350 or at most $375, you will have a pretty good deal. Around here $400 is a good deal IF you could even find one. The past few years its been tough to find a .44 of any kind at my local gunshow or in the classifieds.

2x22

JerryB · Post by **JerryB** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 3:55 pm

In this part of Arkansaw that would be a gone deal, we just don't see them here.

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:38 pm

Around here it would have never made it to the shelf at that price; someone would have been a 'friend of the gunshop owner' and had dibs on it. Indiana just started 'pistol caliber rifle season for deer' a couple years ago, and the shotgun guys are finally realizing their fancy 'high-velocity saboted slugs' are the same bullets in expensive, high-recoil cartridges that fit their ungainly slug-guns - we can spit them out of a 1894 faster, more accurately, and ten times in a row (not that a levergunner would need that for deer hunting - but it could come in handy if the Indians attack...). The cheater-guys who were using .30-06's & 7mm Remington Magnums illegally here are finally realizing that their guns don't kill whitetails ANY deader or faster than our handy little 1894 Marlins, and shooting a whitetail safely in Indiana at more than 150 yards is rare (and finding it afterwards may be even more rare, from some I've watched do so).

As to what to 'look for' - unless the thing got run over by a truck and the receiver or the barrel is bent, there isn't much you couldn't find and fix yourself - it is a 100-year-old mechanism, and parts are easy to get, inexpensive, and can be put in by the home-gunsmith nearly always.

Mostly, just look over your shoulder to make sure that if you leave the store to 'think it over', nobody right behind you snaps it up!

76/444 · Post by **76/444** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 5:06 pm

Are you still sitting there reading this?

Better buy it before it is gone!

Dan 444 · Post by **Dan 444** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 5:17 pm

onegoodshot wrote:Looking at the bores of the lever guns in a local shop yesterday and saw a large hole so I picked it up and it was a blue Marlin 44mag round barrel (sling studs and NO safety) in very good shape (90% ish). Nice wood and appeared stock except for a hammer extension.
What is a good price for such a gun and what do I need to look for as far as other questions go?

Gun was priced at $400, but there is wiggle room there.
Thanks,
Joe

Joe,
That would be a good price here for a 1894 model. If it is a 336 model (only made for a couple of years), it would be an exceptional deal....is it a 1894 or 336?

Dan

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 7:45 pm

Sounds like a pre-safety 1894 carbine. In the condition you state, it won't be there long!!!

76/444 · Post by **76/444** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 7:45 pm

I paid more than that for a 1996 model w/crossbolt, here in Az.

onegoodshot · Post by **onegoodshot** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 8:18 pm

I've really been searching for a 41 even though I know I'll have to pay alot more for it.
I'll see what kind of deal we can make this week and let you guys know what happens.
I appreciate the information AND everyone's willingness to help me spend my $.
Joe

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 8:24 pm

onegoodshot wrote:I've really been searching for a 41 even though I know I'll have to pay alot more for it.
I'll see what kind of deal we can make this week and let you guys know what happens.
I appreciate the information AND everyone's willingness to help me spend my $.
Joe

We are a bunch of enablers here!

Consider this - that .44 will be fun to shoot, and will make potential trading fodder later for the .41 when it comes along. You may/will need to kick in more, but I doubt you'll have any problem finding a willing buyer for it.

2X22 · Post by **2X22** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:22 am

Ysabel Kid wrote:Consider this - that .44 will be fun to shoot, and will make potential trading fodder later for the .41 when it comes along.

Dear God!

I've used that line of reasoning for 35 years! BEAUTIFUL

Got most of those still in the safe that were to be 'trade fodder'...............

2x22

CEMENTHEAD · Post by **CEMENTHEAD** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:21 am

Buy it now and never look back !!

Thanks, Tom

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:28 am

2X22 wrote:
Ysabel Kid wrote:Consider this - that .44 will be fun to shoot, and will make potential trading fodder later for the .41 when it comes along.
Dear God!

I've used that line of reasoning for 35 years! BEAUTIFUL

Got most of those still in the safe that were to be 'trade fodder'...............

2x22

The operative word is "potential"...

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:29 am

Sounds good to me, they are a real hoot to shoot, I would never part with mine

mescalero1 · Post by **mescalero1** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:57 am

I put one together for $150.00

Does that make me a bad person?

missionary5155 · Post by **missionary5155** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:06 am

Good morning
I agree... BUY ! BUY ! BUY !!!
Then you can sell it to me when a 41 shows up.
I watched Gunbroker and others for well over a year until MY 41 showed up at a price I could afford. NO I will not sell it. You cannot imaging what a 265 GC pushed by 1680 will do to unwarry critters.
BUT a 444 will do so much more !

2X22 · Post by **2X22** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:40 am

Ysabel Kid wrote:The operative word is "potential"...

Ahhh yes. My new word! The wife may not like my new word......

2x22

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:51 am

onegoodshot,

So ... it's almost noon IL time, you got that Marlin .44 home yet?

Joe

76/444 · Post by **76/444** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:04 pm

missionary5155 wrote:Good morning
I agree... BUY ! BUY ! BUY !!!
Then you can sell it to me when a 41 shows up.
I watched Gunbroker and others for well over a year until MY 41 showed up at a price I could afford. NO I will not sell it. You cannot imaging what a 265 GC pushed by 1680 will do to unwarry critters.
BUT a 444 will do so much more !

Get's my vote!

Streetstar · Post by **Streetstar** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:16 pm

76/444 wrote:[

Get's my vote!

mine too

.45colt · Post by **.45colt** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:49 pm

I sure hope You buy the darn thing.I would.

onegoodshot · Post by **onegoodshot** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:23 pm

Worked today.
I'll keep you all updated.

Dan 444 · Post by **Dan 444** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:16 am

Ysabel Kid wrote:Sounds like a pre-safety 1894 carbine. In the condition you state, it won't be there long!!!

YK,

I would guess that you're correct about it being a pre-safety 1894. I still wonder if he found a 336-44....they were pre-cross bolt safety as well.

Best,
Dan

Post by **Hobie** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:05 pm

Far be it for me to dissuade you! I liked my old one and like the new one...

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 6:55 pm

Hobie wrote:Far be it for me to dissuade you! I liked my old one and like the new one...

Hobie, I was checking out the link there (http://shootingwithhobie.blogspot.com/2 ... rbine.html) and noted your WINCHESTER jammed, so you replaced it with a MARLIN...

You must have been a victim of the dreaded WINCHESTER-94 JAM...

peabody · Post by **peabody** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 7:47 pm

JUST FOUND THIS THREAD.

AND ? AND ? WHAT ?

DID YOU BUY IT ???????????

this is killing me. i have a pre-64 winchester 30-30, but i'ed kill for a marlin .44

or better yet, marlin 94, no safety, .357 mag.

onegoodshot · Post by **onegoodshot** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:25 pm

No update. I went to the pawn shop after closing the pharmacy this evening and they had just closed as well. Will have to try again Thursday.

two bit okie · Post by **two bit okie** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 12:09 pm

mine, brand new 2 yrs ago, on sale at BIG 5 sporting goods, 399.99. My son will be taking that one, as I am not a huge Marllin fan. But would in a heartbeat take the cowboy 45-70.

Tumbleweeds II · Post by **Tumbleweeds II** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:25 pm

I was faced with the identical situation a couple of years ago. Tore the button off my back pocket reaching for my wallet.

onegoodshot · Post by **onegoodshot** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:13 pm

I sneaked out of the pharmacy a little while ago. Looked at the gun and it is a 94. Wood was in good shape, but closer exam of the blueing revealed some scratches and blueing wear on the end of the barrel. Still an 85% gun though. Everything was tight and it seemed to have a decent trigger.

I offered him $350 out the door and he declined.

I'm working this store later in the month and I might try it again as they usually deal better the last few days of the month. I do get paid tomorrow and my wife would love to unknowingly get my Valentines Day present.

I really want a 41.

If someone wants the store info, PM me.

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