Marlin 1894 vs Henry Big Boy

[dromia]

The Marlin has found its niche in this type of shooting.

However not being a gallery rifle shooter I can enjoy the choice and variety of different guns, calibres and makers.

[Chapuis]

Go to Bisley when the GB Gallery squad are shooting.

Let me know if you find anything but a Marlin and I will buy you a pint.

Buy a Marlin and I suspect after 10 years of shooting it you will want to buy me one back.




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The Marlin is the only one that really works for the particular type of competition that those guys shoot. Yes there may be the occasional Winchester but they haven't proved to be sufficiently robust (.357) with heavy use and getting spares for them can be a nightmare.

There has to be a better affordable rifle or system than the Marlin for gallery rifle competition as shot in the U.K. but so far I can't think of one.

[WelshShooter]

Nice! The favourite Uberti I've owned was the 1873 Special Sporting with a 24inch Octagonal barrel and pistol grip stock. Utterly lovely, but moved on as I couldn't reconcile the .357 calibre. It just didn't "seem right".

All this talk of Uberti may look that I'm not a Marlin fan....

Well, one gratuitous pic deserves another.....

My Marlin collection, but missing the latest two.




And if only Marlin could still be made like this original 1894, with its original finish and dated from 1899....

I knew you had Marlin's but I never realised just how many you had! Awesome

[greenshoots]

thats just plain greedy


greenshoots

[Sim G]

Current favourite, which is not pictured above, is a 336 LTS in .30-30 with a 16 inch barrel. Only a slack handful of these made in the late 80s early 90s. Deer legal, boar in close cover or cast bullets and Unique for a lovely gallery load....

[GeeRam]

The Marlin is the only one that really works for the particular type of competition that those guys shoot. Yes there may be the occasional Winchester but they haven't proved to be sufficiently robust (.357) with heavy use and getting spares for them can be a nightmare.

There has to be a better affordable rifle or system than the Marlin for gallery rifle competition as shot in the U.K. but so far I can't think of one.

Surely that has to be the Rossi though.....?

Cheaper to buy & lots of 'Gucci raced up' bits available from the USA as they are so popular with the CASS shooters.....??

[Chapuis]

The Marlin is the only one that really works for the particular type of competition that those guys shoot. Yes there may be the occasional Winchester but they haven't proved to be sufficiently robust (.357) with heavy use and getting spares for them can be a nightmare.

There has to be a better affordable rifle or system than the Marlin for gallery rifle competition as shot in the U.K. but so far I can't think of one.

Surely that has to be the Rossi though.....?

Cheaper to buy & lots of 'Gucci raced up' bits available from the USA as they are so popular with the CASS shooters.....??

Not really not easy to fit a scope to the Rossi which is what you will have to do to be competitive in T&P, multi target and Bianchi etc.

[lapua338]

Not really not easy to fit a scope to the Rossi which is what you will have to do to be competitive in T&P, multi target and Bianchi, etc.

I now know how far UK shooting has fallen when I see a line of lever actions all equipped with optics. Competition, gun handling and manipulation has been led astray by the mentality and overspecialization of target shooting.

No doubt there will be individuals who will assume that I am expressing a harsh, derisive opinion, nevertheless, if you derive some sense of satisfaction and enjoyment from playing those type of games then who am I to judge? We all have different activities that we enjoy.

Just not my cup of tea and one of the many reasons why my club has designed practical & dynamic courses of fire where optics are wholly unsuitable (you require a gun that can be reloaded quickly (loose rounds from a pouch or belt and no fancy speedloaders) and you may be required to "load one shoot one" which is a burden with a Marlin against the clock).

Many of us have purchased Rossi carbine's and short rifles. In two years it's eaten 10K+ rounds. The two parts I've replaced have been the ejector and ejector spring with no other faults. Although, I have always fancied an Uberti 1873 short rifle but find it difficult to justify the price.

[GeeRam]

Not really not easy to fit a scope to the Rossi which is what you will have to do to be competitive in T&P, multi target and Bianchi, etc.

I now know how far UK shooting has fallen when I see a line of lever actions all equipped with optics. Competition, gun handling and manipulation has been led astray by the mentality and overspecialization of target shooting.

No doubt there will be individuals who will assume that I am expressing a harsh, derisive opinion, nevertheless, if you derive some sense of satisfaction and enjoyment from playing those type of games then who am I to judge? We all have different activities that we enjoy.

Just not my cup of tea and one of the many reasons why my club has designed practical & dynamic courses of fire where optics are wholly unsuitable (you require a gun that can be reloaded quickly (loose rounds from a pouch or belt and no fancy speedloaders) and you may be required to "load one shoot one" which is a burden with a Marlin against the clock).

Many of us have purchased Rossi carbine's and short rifles. In two years it's eaten 10K+ rounds. The two parts I've replaced have been the ejector and ejector spring with no other faults. Although, I have always fancied an Uberti 1873 short rifle but find it difficult to justify the price.

Glad I'm not the only who thinks this

[bradaz11]

I now know how far UK shooting has fallen when I see a line of lever actions all equipped with optics. Competition, gun handling and manipulation has been led astray by the mentality and overspecialization of target shooting.

No doubt there will be individuals who will assume that I am expressing a harsh, derisive opinion, nevertheless, if you derive some sense of satisfaction and enjoyment from playing those type of games then who am I to judge? We all have different activities that we enjoy.

Just not my cup of tea and one of the many reasons why my club has designed practical & dynamic courses of fire where optics are wholly unsuitable (you require a gun that can be reloaded quickly (loose rounds from a pouch or belt and no fancy speedloaders) and you may be required to "load one shoot one" which is a burden with a Marlin against the clock).

Many of us have purchased Rossi carbine's and short rifles. In two years it's eaten 10K+ rounds. The two parts I've replaced have been the ejector and ejector spring with no other faults. Although, I have always fancied an Uberti 1873 short rifle but find it difficult to justify the price.

your club sounds a lot of fun!