Was there ever REALLY a .480/.475 Marlin guide gun...?

[AJMD429]

This article says one was to come out in 2004.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m ... tBody;col1

Marlin Firearm Co.

Marlin's new T-900 series of bolt-action rimfires features a state-of-the-art fire-control system. The improved trigger has a crisp let-off and the trigger pull runs from 3 to 5 pounds.

The newest Marlin 1894 Cowboy rifle, the 1894CB-32, is chambered in .32 H&R Mag., a response to increased interest in the chambering, especially among "cowgirls." The carbine loads through a port in the front of the outer magazine tube--not through a receiver loading port. The magazine tube holds 10 rounds and the tapered octagon barrel is 20 inches long. The 1894CB-32 will be available in the second half of 2004.

A new version of the Marlin Guide Gun is being chambered in the .480 Ruger/.475 Linebaugh. The Marlin Model 60 .22 self-loader is being offered with a Walnutone stock finish, which simulates the color and grain of high-grade walnut.

[TNBigBore]

It made it into the catalogue, but never made it onto the shelves. That one will confuse collectors 50 years from now when all of us who remember the tease are dead and gone.

[1886]

No but Mic McPherson can and will build you one. 1886.

[arjunky]

Supposedly Winchester made a 94 in a 480 ruger also. Never seen one though.

Byron

[CowboyTutt]

They were never offered for sale, not sure they were even made. But 1886 is right and Mic can make you one. There are also 480 Ruger Pumas but they won't shoot 475 L.

-Tutt

[AJMD429]

What would be really cool is a long action Marlin capable of the .45 LC, .454 Casull, .460 S&W series!

[CowboyTutt]

AJMD, its a neat idea, but I don't see how it could work. The COL difference between the 45 Colt and the 460 is too great to make one action feed both of them, I expect. And the amount of freebore necessary for the 460 would might make the 45 Colt pretty inaccurate.

-Tutt

[blackhawk44]

.480/.475/.500 leverguns? A lot like certain presidential candidates, advertise whatever the folks want but when it comes time to actually design and produce...

[6pt-sika]

Marlin showed the model 1895RL in the catalog in 2004 as well as in many magazine advertisements .

The 1895RL was supposed to hit the market the same year as the 1894CB in 32 H&R MAG . And that year NEITHER rifle was available .The 1894CB in 32 MAG was finally available for the public exactly 18 months after it was unveiled !

During that year they had said the 1895RL would be available in the middle months . I had my dealer start bothering his distributers around april for one . So when we called them for the umpteenth time in august with no luck .

I had him then call Marlin . Whomever he talked to told him that Marlin had decided not to bring the model 1895RL into production . And the reason they gave for this was that they believed sales figures would not justify the cost of setup .

Personally I think that was BS ! I believe they made some toolroom models and put it in the catalog before they were finished testing . And once they were finished testing perhaps they saw something they figured would be a problem later .

Anyway while I was waiting on the rifle to hit the market I laid in a decent supply of dies , brass , bullets and molds . Now bear in mind I had already owned a couple Ruger SRH's in 480 so a good bit of this stuff was already here . Still it was quite a letdown when they said production had been cancelled .

I later purchased a Puma in 480 Ruger new . I never really liked that rifle and sold it still unfired to a member here !

Still have most of my reloading stuff as one never knows . But I don't want a McPhearson or whomever conversion !

I want a factory Marlin rifle

[6pt-sika]

Supposedly Winchester made a 94 in a 480 ruger also. Never seen one though.

Byron

I tried to get one of these also !

Winchester cataloged these guns for two years . And each year I would call them and they said they had decided not to bring them into production as well

[jeepnik]

It made it into the catalogue, but never made it onto the shelves. That one will confuse collectors 50 years from now when all of us who remember the tease are dead and gone.

50 years, I ain't gonna be dead in fifty years. Why once i reach 100 I'm gonna start counting all over again. That way I can really have a second childhood.

[Buffboy]

I remember when I sent a letter off to Marlin to date my father's 1893 in the 70s they sent a catalog reprint from the early 1900s showing 1893s available in 30-06 and 30US(30-40 Krag). Want to guess how many of those were made? This is not a new phenomenon.