Temptation

[Brad]

Cabelas here in town has a Marlin 1894 CL in 25-20 for 800 bucks. That is one of the few leverguns I would like to have that don’t already reside with me.

I was shocked to see the 1894 CB in 45 Colt with 24” barrel listed for 1099. Mine will never leave my home while I am alive.

 

[uncle jimbo]

You say you always wanted one. And for 800$, you can't go wrong. go buy it, you'll be glad you did.

And of all the rifles I own, my Marlin 1894 25-20 wcf is the funnest one to shot.

 

[smokeywolf]

You mean somebody other than Winchester chambered a lever gun for 25-20? Who's this Marlin Co.?

 

[Brad]

I will take a Marlin over a Winchester all day long. Maybe not as a collector but as a shooter I think they are a better rifle.

Sorry JMB

 

[uncle jimbo]

Oh smokeywolf, all I can say is

 

[Spindrift]

If you think about it, you really have enough leverguns. And 800$ is a lot of money, you could get new curtains for the living room, with some nice, matching pillows for the sofa- and maybe a new bookshelf.

JUST KIDDING!

Of course you should get it. If you don’t, you’ll probably regret it forever. Run, Brad!

 

[Cherokee]

Are you still at the computer ? Why aren't you on your way to buy it ?

 

[462]

Know what you mean, Brad, about temptation. That $1000 consignment .45-70 Miroku/Browning 1886 with a fold down front sight has been pestering me for the last month. If it's still there come February I may buy myself a birthday present.
But, then, another temptation is a .223 Rem. bolt action (Ruger American?).

 

[Ole_270]

Even if my original '94 Marlin 25-20 wasn't an family heirloom it would be about the last gun to ever leave around here.

 

[Ian]

Michael, cheap .223 bolters with plastic stocks will be a dime a dozen for years to come. The 1886? Maybe not so much.

 

[fiver]

especially with the fold down sight.
I gave 1200$ for my 86 about 9-10 years back.
1 complaint,,, they cut the chamber exactly to saami specifications.

 

[Ben]

Hey Brad.........Careful, if you snooze, you'll loose.

Ben

 

[smokeywolf]

I'd like to see Brad and Michael both get their rifles. Life is too short guys. And, like my wife says, "If you want it, then you must need it."

 

[462]

That's funny, sir!
I won't forget your wife's logic.

 

[waco]

$800 and it didn’t come home with you? What’s wrong with you man?

 

[Brad]

$800 and it didn’t come home with you? What’s wrong with you man?

A wife?

 

[waco]

A wife?

And this has stopped you in the past?

 

[Ian]

Mmmm. Yeah. If you put it like, "a wife that clears snow off the driveway and keeps th grass mowed" it makes even more sense. Thing is, you gotta learn how to keep a fun-money stash on the side and how to include trips to the gun store with your other chore shopping. Or just buy it for "her".

 

[waco]

I’ll bet if Brad said he wanted it, Dawn would give him the green light.

 

[Gary]

As Ian suggests; "Buy it for her". That's how I got a couple of MY guns.