My gun show 1893
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My gun show 1893
This really out of character for me. It's not a rimfire, I wasn't going to buy a thing at the show, and I'm been trying to sell off what I have.
This was just too good of a deal to pass up. It's just a standard configuration Model 1893, 38-55, dates to 1896, unmessed with 50% condition, but the bore is mirror brite and near excellent. I had a few other people look at, to make sure that it wasn't relined, but it's original. I wish I could find my load data, but hopefully someone will give me the info out of a Lyman book.
This was just too good of a deal to pass up. It's just a standard configuration Model 1893, 38-55, dates to 1896, unmessed with 50% condition, but the bore is mirror brite and near excellent. I had a few other people look at, to make sure that it wasn't relined, but it's original. I wish I could find my load data, but hopefully someone will give me the info out of a Lyman book.
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Re: My gun show 1893
Oh, my.
That's pretty enough to eat off of.
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That's pretty enough to eat off of.
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Re: My gun show 1893
Man that is nice. I can feel how smooth the action is on that one. Call Me Mr. .
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+1TedH wrote:Sweet!
Griff,
SASS/CMSA #93
NRA Patron
GUSA #93
There is a fine line between hobby & obsession!
AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!
SASS/CMSA #93
NRA Patron
GUSA #93
There is a fine line between hobby & obsession!
AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!
Re: My gun show 1893
wow
Mike Johnson,
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"Only those who will risk going too far, can possibly find out how far one can go." T.S. Eliot
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Re: My gun show 1893
I love the 1893 ... and certainly in 38-55. I almost bought one last year with a Sheard 3-leaf sight but I passed like an idiot. I think you bought a really nice rifle there. That thin old-school Marlin forend I think gives it a great classic look.
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Re: My gun show 1893
That gun has a lot of soul.
Re: My gun show 1893
Assuming that it does have a "Special Smokeless Steel" barrel you can load it to the same specifications as the modern guns. Many older load books have data for the .38-55. So does the latest Lyman, but the loads are puny, as are the rest of the lever cartridges. They got the fear of litigation in 'em.
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That gun looks dangerous, and I'd urge you not to fire it until carefully inspected. As it happens, I have some free time coming up, and would be glad to inspect and test it thoroughly. All you have to do is send it to me, and after a few months I will get back to you and let you know how it shoots and if it is safe, etc. May take longer, depending on how much I like it...
Sounds like you found a potential KEEPER...!
Sounds like you found a potential KEEPER...!
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Re: My gun show 1893
Be still my heart. I'd have a hard time walking away from that one too.
Use at your own risk, of course I'd be happy to do all the risking for you
Use at your own risk, of course I'd be happy to do all the risking for you
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Re: My gun show 1893
Lyman's data c. 1970:
Griff,
SASS/CMSA #93
NRA Patron
GUSA #93
There is a fine line between hobby & obsession!
AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!
SASS/CMSA #93
NRA Patron
GUSA #93
There is a fine line between hobby & obsession!
AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!
Re: My gun show 1893
You got yourself a great old gun there.
Go and visit Wind and see how she goes at 800 yards!
Pop.
Go and visit Wind and see how she goes at 800 yards!
Pop.
Re: My gun show 1893
nice all around
Re: My gun show 1893
Great find!! That's one nice-looking Marlin. It looks like a keeper! I just went down to my loading room to see if my Lyman Reloading Handbook (No. 48) had 38-55 data. I was surprised to find none. If you go on the Cast Boolits website, those guys over there seem to post stuff about the 38-55 every day, and are usually pretty careful about posting data that can be backed up by published documentation. Likewise, you can get some decent info on which mold to use should you want to cast your own for this rifle. I'd encourage you to do that. Cast bullets are what were most common when this gun was made, and they are very easy on old barrels. Greased lead bullets, fired from cartridges loaded with today's noncorrosive primers, won't wear an old barrel anywhere near as much as jacketed loads. If you're concerned about effectiveness on game with this gun and cast bullets, don't be. That rifle looks like it's ready for deer season right now, and a semisoft lead bullet coming out of that octagon barrel most certainly will not bounce off nowadays any more than it did at the turn of the 20th century.
Re: My gun show 1893
Thank you Griff & Whit!
I forgot about 2400! I have plenty of that and it's cheaper to load than 3031 or 4198.
I forgot about 2400! I have plenty of that and it's cheaper to load than 3031 or 4198.
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Re: My gun show 1893
Nice one
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SWEET!!!
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That '93 is just the way I like them ...... showing some history, but unmessed with and with a pristine bore. An excellent, honest rifle.
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Re: My gun show 1893
I'm not usually a Marlin guy but one like that would be a keeper!
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Re: My gun show 1893
Nice.
+1 RIHMFIRE and Shasta. Like this rifle, if you've seen a '93 SRC, apart from the tell-tale Marlin lever apparatus, it's a near dead ringer for the Win 92/94, from front sight and barrel band to slim forend/barrel band to ladder sight and carbine butt. Pure character, the '93 is a Marlin I could easily warm to.
+1 RIHMFIRE and Shasta. Like this rifle, if you've seen a '93 SRC, apart from the tell-tale Marlin lever apparatus, it's a near dead ringer for the Win 92/94, from front sight and barrel band to slim forend/barrel band to ladder sight and carbine butt. Pure character, the '93 is a Marlin I could easily warm to.
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That is a gorgeous rifle! It has all the right traits AND it's a Marlin! Now I want one even more!
Beautiful score , sir! If'n you ever tire of it, I would be happy to hold on to it for ya!
Beautiful score , sir! If'n you ever tire of it, I would be happy to hold on to it for ya!
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