Old lever.....a 94 Marlin.....it's back to shooting.

[weatherby]

I'm not too much of a lever gun guy.
Certain ones do appeal to me though.

This one did being in 32-20.
Having an octagon barrel, tang and Bishop sights a good bore and cheap as it had a broken firing pin.

I think it was made around 1904
I also think that broken firing pin saved it from decades of use by the amount of surface rust on it.
It did not come out easy.

 

[SS336]

Very nice sights on this old rifle. Are you going to shoot it. Would like to hear how it does. Chambered for a great cartridge.

 

[mauser9]

Wow that is an "oldie" Hope ya get it up and running. Just love those butt plates on early guns. Nice to see!

 

[s&wchad]

Cool old gun! Looks like it hasn't been messed with.

I believe that's a Lyman Combination tang sight (2A?) and a Lyman "Beech" Combination front sight (#5).

 

[weatherby]

Very nice sights on this old rifle. Are you going to shoot it. Would like to hear how it does. Chambered for a great cartridge.

Absolutely....already tried once as I was told the pin was broke......but sometimes they are wrong....lol

 

[weatherby]

Wow that is an "oldie" Hope ya get it up and running. Just love those butt plates on early guns. Nice to see!

It will run....by the end of the week

 

[weatherby]

Cool old gun! Looks like it hasn't been messed with.

I believe that's a Lyman Combination tang sight (2A?) and a Lyman "Beech" Combination front sight (#5).

I love the sights.
I think it was broken for a long long time.
This was the pin after taking it out.
The surface rust didn't make it easy.
Kroll sure helped.

 

[dwh]

That's a great combination of sights and rifle. You just don't run into many early Marlin in my part of the world. What a great find.

 

[Bruce C]

Great old rifle. The lever action Marlins are my favorite. If you need a firing pin Wisner's list's one on there website.

 

[weatherby]

Great old rifle. The lever action Marlins are my favorite. If you need a firing pin Wisner's list's one on there website.

Thanks Bruce one is already headed here.
Hoping to have it Wednesday and bring it out after the installation

 

[BB57]

Cool old gun! Looks like it hasn't been messed with.

I believe that's a Lyman Combination tang sight (2A?) and a Lyman "Beech" Combination front sight (#5).

It's an early Lyman No. 1. The No. 1 had the flip down aperture to enable a small or large aperture.

The No. 2 had the aperture threaded for screw in apertures.

The No. 1A and No.2A had a locking lever on the left side to lock the riser in place, rather than the ring on the right side.

No. 2A on a 1926 Winchester Model 94, large and small aperture:

Superbly made sight that is an order of magnitude better than the new No. 2 they started making again in the 1990s.

 

[Rudi]

That one has some stories to tell.

 

[chief38]

For a gun that is 118 years old, it's not in bad shape. With a little TLC you will have a really nice old Lever Action Rifle! The ammo may be a bit challenging to find however.

 

[Drm50]

I got old 1894 in 32/20. Good shooter, my isn't a cream puff either.

 

[weatherby]

I got old 1894 in 32/20. Good shooter, my isn't a cream puff either.

I see yours has the octagon barrel too.
Have you shot any of those 80 grain OPE ?

 

[TIMETRIPPER]

32-20 in a lever action rifle = lots of fun and no recoil. I have an old Winchester 92 rifle, half round/octagon, that I traded for about 10 years ago. At the time I was considering buying one of the new Marlin CBs in 32-20 but their price had gone up to within the range of a good shooter grader Winchester 92 or Marlin 94 in the same caliber. This one has a good bore and shoots very well.

John

 

[Drm50]

I see yours has the octagon barrel too.
Have you shot any of those 80 grain OPE ?

Yes, Also Rem Mushroom Bullet from same time period. Didn't show me much in way of expansion. I shot I deer with this rifle.
Used 100gr cast and shot it in noggin at 30-40yds. It was froze stationary when I touched him off. You couldn't have killed any deader with a 45/70. Not recommended for deer unless you wait for short shot on stationary deer.

 

[cowboy4evr]

I bought a 94 marlin several yrs ago in 44-40 . It has a mid range 3 digit serial number . The barrel groove diameter measures .4265 and the throat of the barrel is tight also . I cast .427 for it . Mine has the octagon barrel and good stocks . It's a real pleasure to shoot . Those old square bolt Marlins can be a real delight . Regards , Paul

 

[weatherby]

Firing pin came in today.
Put it in and gave it a quick test.

Eats em up and spits em out.
Pretty sure I could have shot it better but have a start and know where it hits with both parts of the front sight.

 

[BB57]

Don't worry too much about that bore. The Model 94 rifle made in 1926 (when corrosive priming was king) posted above has a bore that looks like this:

But it still shoots 2 MOA 5 shot groups at 100 yards.

 

[Drm50]

Back in 1970s I got a beautiful Marlin 1894 in 38/40. It had extra fancy wood and engraving. A Silver inlay in stock had inscription to a rail road conductor for retirement. I might have been first to shoot it. Shot at range with new Peters ammo. It did really well and several guys saw me shooting and came over for look see. Few days later word leaked out and a big time
Rail Road Collector contacted me and made me a deal I couldn't refuse. It's one I should have kept.