New group?
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I own at least 3 Marlins with a crossbolt safety. I don't know that I have ever used them. In the field I keep the hammer down. On the range the action is kept open when not shooting.
A saddle ring is just something to make noise and flop around.
A saddle ring is just something to make noise and flop around.
Rally Hess
Well-Known Member
That 1894 looks good. I had an old A5 done once in RVA(Rock Valley Armament) black about 25 years ago. It has seen alot of cattail time and none the worse for it. My 336 .44 would get way more canoe time if it was Ceracoted like yours. Reality is it is going to get wet if it's in my canoe. Beaver urine is real tough on blued guns.
Winelover,
Do you have a source for that Ceracote? Cost?
Winelover,
Do you have a source for that Ceracote? Cost?
Winelover
North Central Arkansas
Winelover
North Central Arkansas
Had it done, years ago by an outfit in Kansas, Fit4Duty, IIRC. Don't know if they are still in business. Don't remember the exact cost, but it was reasonable. Shipped them the whole gun and they disassembled, coated, and returned reassembled. They were a lot of color options and they also did scopes to match.
Ian
Notorious member
The genuine 336 Texan with the factory brass saddle ring gets in the way of my trigger finger something terrible. I leave it off most of the time. The cross-bolt safety hole is in a higher location and the rings made for them don't get in the way of my trigger finger much, but the flap and clank around so it's more for looks than anything...and solving the accidental safety activation issue. We all be different in our preferences, even amongst lefties.
My Henry BB has NO such nonsense safety stuffage cluttering things up.
My Henry BB has NO such nonsense safety stuffage cluttering things up.
Rally Hess
Well-Known Member
Does anybody actually use the crossbolt safeties on the Marlins? I'm guessing it's been added as a liability aspect for Marlin. I'm more concerned with accidental discharges from shooters wearing gloves with no hammer spur extensions.
JonB
Halcyon member
I'm git'n closer to joining the group...
Update:
If I hadn't mentioned this before, my LGS ordered a 41 at the Shot Show...that'd be the 2016 Shot Show.
I stopped by the shop yesterday, and asked if they were at the 2017 Shot show, and if they talked to whoever they ordered the Henry from? ...Jim, one of the owners, says, "I didn't go, cuz of my bad foot, Katie went and I don't know if she talked to them about the 41 or not?" He went on and said, "many times those orders get canceled at the 6 month mark, if they fail to deliver".
So, Jim picks up the phone and calls that distributor...and it turns out that distributor has the steel BB 41 in both, carbine and Rifle. I had to make a quick decision, (My Marlin has a 20" barrel and I love that, and I figured 16.5" would be too short to my liking) ...SO I told him to bring in the Rifle. The price will be $689 (about 735 with MN tax) Not as low as some prices I've heard, but fair enough, and I do love my LGS and want them to remain alive and profitable. I'll probably see it within the next week. Just to celebrate, I'm hittin' the range today, with a bag full of 41's and the marlin.
Update:
If I hadn't mentioned this before, my LGS ordered a 41 at the Shot Show...that'd be the 2016 Shot Show.
I stopped by the shop yesterday, and asked if they were at the 2017 Shot show, and if they talked to whoever they ordered the Henry from? ...Jim, one of the owners, says, "I didn't go, cuz of my bad foot, Katie went and I don't know if she talked to them about the 41 or not?" He went on and said, "many times those orders get canceled at the 6 month mark, if they fail to deliver".
So, Jim picks up the phone and calls that distributor...and it turns out that distributor has the steel BB 41 in both, carbine and Rifle. I had to make a quick decision, (My Marlin has a 20" barrel and I love that, and I figured 16.5" would be too short to my liking) ...SO I told him to bring in the Rifle. The price will be $689 (about 735 with MN tax) Not as low as some prices I've heard, but fair enough, and I do love my LGS and want them to remain alive and profitable. I'll probably see it within the next week. Just to celebrate, I'm hittin' the range today, with a bag full of 41's and the marlin.
Rally Hess
Well-Known Member
Jonb,
By any chance is your LGS Little Crow?
By any chance is your LGS Little Crow?
JonB
Halcyon member
It absolutely is.
JonB
Halcyon member
Kevin Stenberg
Well-Known Member
Will you guys let me play if I only get a single shot?
Rally Hess
Well-Known Member
Your LGS and my LGS owners are best buddies. Jim has a piece of ground about four miles from me here. John was a character also. I bought a Ruger LCR .38 +p from Jim when the two of them were set up at a gunshow/trappers convention a couple years ago. Good inventory in Little Crow.