Marlin cowboy VS the Cowboy limited What is the diff

Monte · Post by **Monte** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:04 pm

What is the difference between these two guns or is there nor difference.
Thanks
Monte

Post by **Old Savage** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:39 pm

Apparently no difference. They were just originally called Cowboy Limited. There are some different barrel lengths of the same octagon 1894s. Mine is labeled Limited and has a 20" barrel in 357.

meanc · Post by **meanc** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 9:53 pm

As as OS said, they had them in different barrel lengths. 24" then 20"

Also, the wood went from checkered to non-checkered.

Lefty Dude · Post by **Lefty Dude** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:22 am

The Marlin Cowboy was chambered in 38 special only. The Cowboy Limited is in .357/38.

The cowboy is no longer offered by Marlin.

kentdep · Post by **kentdep** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:05 am

The Cowboy Competition, in .38 caliber was a .38 Special only rifle. They also made some in .45LC. These are easy to spot as they have color case hardened receivers. There was a run of standard Cowboy rifle that had blued recievers but were chambered for .38 Special only too. Pretty rare, I had a chance to buy one but didn't and missed out.

The CBC rifles are no longer being offered but you can still buy the standard 20 inch barreled Cowboy rifles they are still in production and are selling strong.

Jay

ejc · Post by **ejc** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:08 am

Actually, the original Limited Cowboys had 24 inch barrels and checkering. The current 20 inch models do not have the checkering.

Noah Zark · Post by **Noah Zark** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:49 am

I have a 24" 1894 Cowboy in 45 Colt, and a 20" 1894 Cowboy Limited in 45 Colt. Both have octagon barrels.

Noah

Post by **Old Savage** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:38 am

This one is marked Cowboy Limited, it is a 20", 2006 vintage

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:50 am

I have a 2005 Vintage 1894 Cowboy Comp in .45 Colt. It has the color cased receiver, lever, and lower tang .... 'er sorry trigger plate. The action was the smoothest I've felt for a new rifle, and the trigger is pretty nice.
It also appears to have had some work done on the lever where the pointy part causes the wear on the carrier.

It is marked COWBOY LIMITED, but Marlin has verified it's the Cowboy Competition model.

I think the only difference between the regular Cowboy and Cowboy Competition models is the color cased finish and a bit more internal factory tuning.

Joe

kentdep · Post by **kentdep** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:20 am

J Miller wrote:I think the only difference between the regular Cowboy and Cowboy Competition models is the color cased finish and a bit more internal factory tuning.

Joe

That is exactly correct with the .45s. At the time that these CBCs were being made, the only difference between the CBC and the Cowboy, where the .38 were conserned, was the caliber. The CBC wasn't able to chamber .357 Magnum rounds. Where the standard Cowboy could shoot both.

Jay

Lefty Dude · Post by **Lefty Dude** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:44 am

The Cowboy Compitition in 38 is no longer available. It included a factory action job.

I was not refering to the 45, or the .357. Sorry about that.