Marlin 92 added to the barn....
Forum rules
Welcome to the Leverguns.Com General Discussions Forum. This is a high-class place so act respectable. We discuss most anything here other than politics... politely.
Please post political post in the new Politics forum.
Welcome to the Leverguns.Com General Discussions Forum. This is a high-class place so act respectable. We discuss most anything here other than politics... politely.
Please post political post in the new Politics forum.
-
- Senior Levergunner
- Posts: 1232
- Joined: Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:45 pm
- Location: Dartmouth, MA
- Contact:
Marlin 92 added to the barn....
Bad idea.....Wife is shopping at TJ Max and the Cabelas is right next door. I'll just go take a look in the gun library. A few weeks ago was at the same Cabelas and they had a refinished Marlin 92 in 32 Colt for $999. The refinish was extremely well done, but at $1K, just a bit much at this time. Although I did come home and research the whole thing and found that folks are successfully rechambering to 32 S&W Long with great results. Bras is just about impossible to find for the 32 COLT, but is readily available for the 32 S&W.
These rifles came with both a RF and CF firing pin. This one only has the RF.
Memorial Day Sale price....$650!!!... SOLD!
Dies, Brass, Mold and reamer are ordered.......Centerfire firing pin from Wiseners...Ordered. Should make a great Cowboy Action Shooting rifle...
More pictures here:
http://public.fotki.com/Rbertalotto/thi ... 92-marlin/
These rifles came with both a RF and CF firing pin. This one only has the RF.
Memorial Day Sale price....$650!!!... SOLD!
Dies, Brass, Mold and reamer are ordered.......Centerfire firing pin from Wiseners...Ordered. Should make a great Cowboy Action Shooting rifle...
More pictures here:
http://public.fotki.com/Rbertalotto/thi ... 92-marlin/
- Griff
- Posting leader...
- Posts: 20864
- Joined: Sat Mar 31, 2007 4:56 pm
- Location: OH MY GAWD they installed a STOP light!!!
Re: Marlin 92 added to the barn....
Griff,
SASS/CMSA #93
NRA Patron
GUSA #93
There is a fine line between hobby & obsession!
AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!
SASS/CMSA #93
NRA Patron
GUSA #93
There is a fine line between hobby & obsession!
AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!
- marlinman93
- Advanced Levergunner
- Posts: 6490
- Joined: Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:40 pm
- Location: Oregon
Re: Marlin 92 added to the barn....
Cabelas is all over the place on pricing! Usually way too expensive, but on occasion I've found some silly low prices. But after taking over 2 hours to pay for 3 antique Marlins there, it will have to be one heck of a bargain for me to ever go back again!
Pre WWI Marlins and Singleshot rifles!
http://members.tripod.com/~OregonArmsCollectors/
http://members.tripod.com/~OregonArmsCollectors/
Re: Marlin 92 added to the barn....
Now, I do believe I could be cajoled in to shooting that little gem -- a lot!
-
- Site Sponsor
- Posts: 2507
- Joined: Fri Sep 07, 2007 12:05 pm
- Location: Lampasas, Texas
- Contact:
Re: Marlin 92 added to the barn....
What size is the bore? I converted one a few years back but the owner had to use un-sized .308 lead bullets because the bore was .309.
Steve Young aka Nate Kiowa Jones Sass# 6765
Steve's Guns aka "Rossi 92 Specialists"
205 Antler lane
Lampasas, Texas 76550
http://www.stevesgunz.com
Email; steve@stevesgunz.com
Tel: 512-564-1015
Steve's Guns aka "Rossi 92 Specialists"
205 Antler lane
Lampasas, Texas 76550
http://www.stevesgunz.com
Email; steve@stevesgunz.com
Tel: 512-564-1015
Re: Marlin 92 added to the barn....
Nice little rifle there.
- Buck Elliott
- Member Emeritus
- Posts: 2830
- Joined: Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:15 pm
- Location: Halfway up Sheep Mountain -- Cody, Wyoming
Re: Marlin 92 added to the barn....
From those days when Marlin still knew how to build rifles..
Regards
Buck
Life has a way of making the foreseeable that which never happens, and the unforeseeable, that which your life becomes...
Buck
Life has a way of making the foreseeable that which never happens, and the unforeseeable, that which your life becomes...
- gamekeeper
- Spambot Zapper
- Posts: 17458
- Joined: Thu Sep 06, 2007 3:32 pm
- Location: Over the pond unfortunately.
Re: Marlin 92 added to the barn....
I'll add a couple more .Griff wrote:
Whatever you do always give 100%........... unless you are donating blood.
Re: Marlin 92 added to the barn....
Super Cool!
-
- Senior Levergunner
- Posts: 1232
- Joined: Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:45 pm
- Location: Dartmouth, MA
- Contact:
Re: Marlin 92 added to the barn....
I finally got a chance to really look this rifle over. I kinda bought it on a whim. It is MUCH better than I thought. The finger screw on the side releases the side plate for cleaning and inspection. The interior of this rifle looks like new. The bore is pristine! Now I need to find the time to pull the barrel and rechamber it so I can shoot it!
-
- Senior Levergunner
- Posts: 1232
- Joined: Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:45 pm
- Location: Dartmouth, MA
- Contact:
Re: Marlin 92 added to the barn....
Interesting...
The following is an excerpt taken from William Brophy's Marlin Book which he notes was found in the 1892 Marlin Catalog on the new .32 Caliber Marlin Model 1892 rifle:
"The caliber .32 Model 1892 rifle is so made that in the same rifle may be used .32 short rim-fire and .32 long rim-fire cartridges, and by changing the firing pin, .32 short center-fire and .32 long rifle center-fire cartridges. The rifle as sent out from the factory is adapted to use rim-fire ammunition, but a center-fire firing pin is furnished with rifle without extra charge. This is usually placed in an envelope attached to the finger lever. The firing pins can be interchanged by any one without using tools. ( In ordering the long center-fire cartridges, if of Winchester make, always specify Colt. What they call 32 long center-fire is not the original but a special longer cartridge and is not suited to this rifle.) U.M.C. Co.'s cartridges are now inside lubricated. This ammunition is cheap, and as compared with repeaters using the 32-20 or 32 W.C.F. cartridges, will save the entire cost of the rifle on the first two thousand cartridges. The ammunition is what costs in the long run. Get the best rifle made to shoot cheap cartridges. We particularly recommend this repeater to the farmer as an all-round rifle, combining the many good points of the old muzzle-loading squirrel rifle with the convenience, cheapness, rapid fire, etc., of the most improved system of repeaters. The short cartridges are just the thing for small game, and the long ones will kill hogs or beef very handily. It can be used with short cartridges where a 32-20 would be dangerous. If you throw your shells away use rim-fire cartridges, they are just as good and cheaper. If you wish to reload your shells, use center-fire cartriges. This rifle can be used as a single shot with the greatest facility. It is only necessary to drop the cartridge into the receiver when the action is open, and close with the lever. The barrels used are exactly the same as used by us for years in the Ballard rifles. They are rifled deep, and will not foul as quickly as barrels with shallow rifling. This also adds to the life of the barrel, since they will not become shot out so quickly."
The following is an excerpt taken from William Brophy's Marlin Book which he notes was found in the 1892 Marlin Catalog on the new .32 Caliber Marlin Model 1892 rifle:
"The caliber .32 Model 1892 rifle is so made that in the same rifle may be used .32 short rim-fire and .32 long rim-fire cartridges, and by changing the firing pin, .32 short center-fire and .32 long rifle center-fire cartridges. The rifle as sent out from the factory is adapted to use rim-fire ammunition, but a center-fire firing pin is furnished with rifle without extra charge. This is usually placed in an envelope attached to the finger lever. The firing pins can be interchanged by any one without using tools. ( In ordering the long center-fire cartridges, if of Winchester make, always specify Colt. What they call 32 long center-fire is not the original but a special longer cartridge and is not suited to this rifle.) U.M.C. Co.'s cartridges are now inside lubricated. This ammunition is cheap, and as compared with repeaters using the 32-20 or 32 W.C.F. cartridges, will save the entire cost of the rifle on the first two thousand cartridges. The ammunition is what costs in the long run. Get the best rifle made to shoot cheap cartridges. We particularly recommend this repeater to the farmer as an all-round rifle, combining the many good points of the old muzzle-loading squirrel rifle with the convenience, cheapness, rapid fire, etc., of the most improved system of repeaters. The short cartridges are just the thing for small game, and the long ones will kill hogs or beef very handily. It can be used with short cartridges where a 32-20 would be dangerous. If you throw your shells away use rim-fire cartridges, they are just as good and cheaper. If you wish to reload your shells, use center-fire cartriges. This rifle can be used as a single shot with the greatest facility. It is only necessary to drop the cartridge into the receiver when the action is open, and close with the lever. The barrels used are exactly the same as used by us for years in the Ballard rifles. They are rifled deep, and will not foul as quickly as barrels with shallow rifling. This also adds to the life of the barrel, since they will not become shot out so quickly."
-
- Senior Levergunner
- Posts: 1232
- Joined: Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:45 pm
- Location: Dartmouth, MA
- Contact:
Re: Marlin 92 added to the barn....
Steve,
I haven't had a chance to slug the bore yet. I'm shooting the next three days at the SASS Tri State here in Massachusetts. I'll check it out when I get home on Monday.
I haven't had a chance to slug the bore yet. I'm shooting the next three days at the SASS Tri State here in Massachusetts. I'll check it out when I get home on Monday.
-
- Site Sponsor
- Posts: 2507
- Joined: Fri Sep 07, 2007 12:05 pm
- Location: Lampasas, Texas
- Contact:
Re: Marlin 92 added to the barn....
rbertalotto wrote:Steve,
I haven't had a chance to slug the bore yet. I'm shooting the next three days at the SASS Tri State here in Massachusetts. I'll check it out when I get home on Monday.
You might want to do that before you order the reamer. I ended up using .308 piloted reamer.
Steve Young aka Nate Kiowa Jones Sass# 6765
Steve's Guns aka "Rossi 92 Specialists"
205 Antler lane
Lampasas, Texas 76550
http://www.stevesgunz.com
Email; steve@stevesgunz.com
Tel: 512-564-1015
Steve's Guns aka "Rossi 92 Specialists"
205 Antler lane
Lampasas, Texas 76550
http://www.stevesgunz.com
Email; steve@stevesgunz.com
Tel: 512-564-1015
- Ysabel Kid
- Moderator
- Posts: 27903
- Joined: Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:10 pm
- Location: South Carolina, USA
- Contact:
Re: Marlin 92 added to the barn....
IIRC, Old West Scrounger occasionally comes up with .32 Rimfire ammo from south of the border. I also recall that it wasn't cheap when it can be had!
And... why bother. You can reload .32 S&W all day long. Might was well go that route. I ordered 500 pieces of .32 S&W brass (Starline) from MidwayUSA last month (it was finally in stock - and on sale to boot!).
That is one fine looking rifle!!!
And... why bother. You can reload .32 S&W all day long. Might was well go that route. I ordered 500 pieces of .32 S&W brass (Starline) from MidwayUSA last month (it was finally in stock - and on sale to boot!).
That is one fine looking rifle!!!
- marlinman93
- Advanced Levergunner
- Posts: 6490
- Joined: Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:40 pm
- Location: Oregon
Re: Marlin 92 added to the barn....
I believe at some point Marlin changed the bore size on the .32 Long 1891/1892 rifles. Early bores were larger .311"-.312" to match the .32 Long Ballard cartridge, while later were smaller to match the .32 Long Colt bullet size. The smaller bore may create some loading issues when trying to seat and crimp a .308" bullet in the .32 S&W Long rechamber.Nate Kiowa Jones wrote:What size is the bore? I converted one a few years back but the owner had to use un-sized .308 lead bullets because the bore was .309.
Pre WWI Marlins and Singleshot rifles!
http://members.tripod.com/~OregonArmsCollectors/
http://members.tripod.com/~OregonArmsCollectors/