Ruger made Marlins
- Thread starter waco
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About how it looks.
A SWC is lucky to do better than 6” at 50 yards. Most will be more like 10”.
The MP 359640 will do 3” at 50 yards.
I need to scope the throat and see how it looks. I shot These showing the daughters BF the boredcope.
Petrol & Powder
Well-Known Member
Or the resin is there to hold the fibers in place.......
richhodg66
Well-Known Member
I'm generally not a fan of the laminate/stainless on a lever gun. I wouldn't buy one of those, though I'm pretty sure Ruger would build it well.
I kind of wish they'd make a variant with nice blueing and walnut, pistol grip stock, long barrel and two-thirds magazine.
I kind of wish they'd make a variant with nice blueing and walnut, pistol grip stock, long barrel and two-thirds magazine.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Ah jeeze, it figures "The Perfessor" would point out wood is natures plastic!!! What a kill joy!!!
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Brad, some guns are just meant for jacketed! Your pic does push me more towards a Rossi 92 357 than looking for a Marlin though.
Ian, I think I've told the story of the 308 Rem 700 with the custom stock I used to have to "sight in" for a customer with factory 180's. As with your 270, that thing was brutal! No clue what it was that made it so, but I used 25 lbs of bagged shot between me and the steel buttplate after the first couple rounds. Wicked!
I don't have anything against the idea of synthetic stocks. Lord knows I loved my Houge Monogrips that were on my duty 681 Smith. But for aesthetics, for warmth and, (I admit it), tradition, I like wood. Preferably at least somewhat figured wood, and blued steel too. But then, I adore knotty pine interior walls. I'd have most of the house done in it if I had my way. SWMBO hates it. I love our oak cabinets in the kitchen, she's going to PAINT THEM WHITE as soon as I give in! To each their own!
Ian, I think I've told the story of the 308 Rem 700 with the custom stock I used to have to "sight in" for a customer with factory 180's. As with your 270, that thing was brutal! No clue what it was that made it so, but I used 25 lbs of bagged shot between me and the steel buttplate after the first couple rounds. Wicked!
I don't have anything against the idea of synthetic stocks. Lord knows I loved my Houge Monogrips that were on my duty 681 Smith. But for aesthetics, for warmth and, (I admit it), tradition, I like wood. Preferably at least somewhat figured wood, and blued steel too. But then, I adore knotty pine interior walls. I'd have most of the house done in it if I had my way. SWMBO hates it. I love our oak cabinets in the kitchen, she's going to PAINT THEM WHITE as soon as I give in! To each their own!
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KeithB
Resident Half Fast Machinist
Hadn’t heard that phrase before.
I don’t how many articles, posts, etc I’ve read about the problems with the wood/metal interface when wood warps or changes dimensions. That may not be a problem for the little slabs on the grips of your favorite handgun but on a long gun it can be a real issue.
As a manufacturer I would look at this as a liability and a source of consumer complaints and I would avoid the problem by using a material that didn’t have this problem.
The people that complain online but never buy a product don’t cost as much as the people that buy it and p & m and force you to have a larger than necessary service department.
I might make the stock drawings available to third parties, but I would make it clear that any warranty is voided if the gun is restocked.
Don’t like it that way? Then don’t buy it! Ruger will do fine without that 5% of potential buyers.
I don’t how many articles, posts, etc I’ve read about the problems with the wood/metal interface when wood warps or changes dimensions. That may not be a problem for the little slabs on the grips of your favorite handgun but on a long gun it can be a real issue.
As a manufacturer I would look at this as a liability and a source of consumer complaints and I would avoid the problem by using a material that didn’t have this problem.
The people that complain online but never buy a product don’t cost as much as the people that buy it and p & m and force you to have a larger than necessary service department.
I might make the stock drawings available to third parties, but I would make it clear that any warranty is voided if the gun is restocked.
Don’t like it that way? Then don’t buy it! Ruger will do fine without that 5% of potential buyers.
My 16" Rossi 92 came with every possible problem one could hope NOT for,.... except that it had the smoothest, shiniest bore I'd ever seen in a production gun, and with a groove diameter of .355", which meant it would take any cast bullet I'd sized for whatever other 357 I owned.
I would personally prefer to have that back (my brother has it and won't get off it) over a Marlin, mostly for the form and weight.
I prefer the less complex action of the Marlin and the MUCH easier tear-down, but I'd make the compromises to have that one back over any other available.
What I'd really like to see is Ruger bringing back the 96 levers and do one in the 357 Mag this time. Never owned one, so my desire may be misplaced. The worst abomination of a rifle I'd ever owned was a brand new Ruger 77/357, but I won't go into that. I was able to get along with the rotary magazines in terms of both capacity limitations as well as overall lengths.
Sure, I'd take a Marlin 94 in 357, but not at the prices I'm seeing - used or new. In fact, I'd not buy a Rossi for the prices I'm seeing. I paid $430 for mine, new, about ten years ago, and feel Rossi still owes me back-wages for rebuilding the gun. Once it had been worked over, it shot well, handled well and fed whatever I put through it - but it was a costly "custom" job by the time I was done investing time and bloody knuckles. Working on that thing was like wresting with a bog ball of concertina wire until I found all the razor-edged burrs and eliminated them.
By the way, I used the original plastic follower - the one which is supposed to be the bane of an otherwise good gun - and it never gave me a hint of a problem.
Winelover
North Central Arkansas
Did nothing to my 357 Rossi, other than strip off the ugly brown finish and apply several coats of Tung oil.
When I purchased it, over five years ago at the LGS, I took dummy 38/357 cartridges and ran them through the action. Made it a point to take SWC and other cast designs, I had molds for. It fed them all, even when mixed. Marlins were unavailable and the Rossi was significantly less expensive............so I took a chance on one. Life is too short to fiddle with problem firearms.
Pretty happy with the cast bullet accuracy. Most of these targets were shot at 60 yards, sitting, with only a tripod front rest.
The NOE 180's with H110, were shot off the bench at 100 yards.
When I purchased it, over five years ago at the LGS, I took dummy 38/357 cartridges and ran them through the action. Made it a point to take SWC and other cast designs, I had molds for. It fed them all, even when mixed. Marlins were unavailable and the Rossi was significantly less expensive............so I took a chance on one. Life is too short to fiddle with problem firearms.
Pretty happy with the cast bullet accuracy. Most of these targets were shot at 60 yards, sitting, with only a tripod front rest.
The NOE 180's with H110, were shot off the bench at 100 yards.
