Marlin 1894 with good wood.

HEAD0001 · Post by **HEAD0001** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:43 pm

I have been searching for awhile now for a Marlin 1894 with good wood. I finally found one. The wood is not exceptional, but it is pretty good. I also got a good deal on the rifle($390). So I am happy. Rifle only has one rub mark on the reciever. I ordered it from a place in Maine. Some one on another site found the rifle and told me about it. Tom.

Post by **Old Savage** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:52 pm

Very nice, does the forearm match?

HEAD0001 · Post by **HEAD0001** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:17 pm

In the pictures the fellow sent me the forearm seems to match. But I have not received the rifle yet. A fellow from another site handled the rifle in Maine. He is the one that told me about the rifle, he said the whole rifle looked 98%. The gun shop sent me 8 pictures of the rifle. The were a pretty first class place to deal with.

I just tried to buy a 223 from Bud's Gun Shop in KY, but I could not get any cooperation from them at all. I am glad now that I did not buy from them. I like this Marlin a lot better.

It is pretty hard to find a Marlin with a decent piece of wood on it, for a good price. I have been looking for close to a year. Now all I need is a good peep sight for it. Anybody got one they want to part with??

Oh Ya the place in Maine is called Kittery"s. Tom.

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:24 pm

That's pretty wood.

shawn_c992001 · Post by **shawn_c992001** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:31 pm

That's some sexy wood!!!

brucew44guns · Post by **brucew44guns** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:30 pm

It makes a man proud to own something special such as you found here. Im glad for you, you could probably make money snooping around for special guns for special people! Good price too!

mod71alaska · Post by **mod71alaska** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:58 pm

Tom, that is REAL pretty wood!!! You scored!!! What shop in Maine are you dealing with? It's nice to know the good ones.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:59 pm

Tom,
I do believe thaat wood is much better than "pretty good." That's "finer 'n frog hair" in my book! IMO, that's more like "semi-" to "fancy" if the figure extends thu to both sides of of the stock. Exceptional wood on a Marlin.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:07 pm

Wow!

Congrats!!!

HEAD0001 · Post by **HEAD0001** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 3:37 pm

The rifle has two screw holes on the left side. I assume that is for a peep sight?? My other Marlin 1894 did not have these screw holes. Tom.

edsguns · Post by **edsguns** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:51 pm

HEAD0001 wrote:In the pictures the fellow sent me the forearm seems to match. But I have not received the rifle yet. A fellow from another site handled the rifle in Maine. He is the one that told me about the rifle, he said the whole rifle looked 98%. The gun shop sent me 8 pictures of the rifle. The were a pretty first class place to deal with.

I just tried to buy a 223 from Bud's Gun Shop in KY, but I could not get any cooperation from them at all. I am glad now that I did not buy from them. I like this Marlin a lot better.

It is pretty hard to find a Marlin with a decent piece of wood on it, for a good price. I have been looking for close to a year. Now all I need is a good peep sight for it. Anybody got one they want to part with??

Oh Ya the place in Maine is called Kittery"s. Tom.

Congrats on very nice lookin' rifle! I have puchased from Kittery before online and also in person at the store. It's a great place to gun shop. Somewhere around 1500 guns on the floor for you to pick up and examine with no hassles. Funny, but the two biggest gun shops I've ever set foot in were both in Maine....the other had 2500 guns, most all of them also set out to handle.

Jaguarundi · Post by **Jaguarundi** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:21 am

Nice wood,it pays to search.Congrats

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95fan · Post by **95fan** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:12 pm

very nice, congrats

Mutt · Post by **Mutt** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:30 pm

Yes that is GOOD . Very sharp........

Mutt

Marlin 1894 with good wood.

Marlin 1894 with good wood.

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