Another new toy (Page 2): Didn't know that! Necking down a bigger case for a smaller caliber bullet is the classic wildcatter's strategy. My favorite wildcat used to be the 25-06, a...

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Manglesphoto wrote:

Bingo!!!!!!
as are the 218 bee and the 219 zipper

Didn't know that! Necking down a bigger case for a smaller caliber bullet is the classic wildcatter's strategy. My favorite wildcat used to be the 25-06, a 30-06 case necked down to .25 cal and a "hot" cartridge. Now it's become a standard cartridge.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

TriX wrote:

Didn't know that! Necking down a bigger case for a smaller caliber bullet is the classic wildcatter's strategy. My favorite wildcat used to be the 25-06, a 30-06 case necked down to .25 cal and a "hot" cartridge. Now it's become a standard cartridge.

The wildcats are still appearing, .300AAC - a .223 expanded to .30 cal , is one for the AR platform
I built a 25-06 on a 98 Mauser action with a Douglas Premier barrel a Faijen custom stock and a self-setting single stage trigger in the early 70s, went as far as making my own chambering reamer, I was lucky enough of work with a machinist/ gunsmith who taught me a many of the old ways!!!
Oops I forgot the first center fire varmint round the .22 hornet also on the 32-20

cigar dude Loc: South Central MA

Congrats on the Marlin, I own several that I use for CAS and my favorite is a 94 made in 1894 in 38-40.
I love those old guns. Good Luck with it. Oh, by the way, first post here, I have been just lurking for a while.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

cigar dude wrote:

Congrats on the Marlin, I own several that I use for CAS and my favorite is a 94 made in 1894 in 38-40.
I love those old guns. Good Luck with it. Oh, by the way, first post here, I have been just lurking for a while.

Thank you very much. Welcome to UHH
What caught my interest in this one is it is a take down and the caliber.
Sometime in the late 1960's Marlin reintroduced the 1894 in .44 mag then in the mid 70's in .357 mag.(mod.1894 C) which my wife purchased for me for my birthday in Oct and wasn't delivered until just days before Christmas. I ended up trading the gun off after my divorce, kind of wish I hadn't now.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Manglesphoto wrote:

Well new to me and not a toy
Marlin 1894 25-20 wcf Mfg. 1902
Purchased last month after waiting for a year for the price to come down to what it was actually worth. Due to the age and use there was no real collector value left in the gun.
However it appealed to me!! I paid just a tad more than half the asking price, the paid another $275.00 to make it a good serviceable shooter.

Over 100 years old! Looks good. Now you'll have to get some high speed shots of the bullet in mid-shot.

richosob Loc: Lambertville, MI

Manglesphoto wrote:

Well new to me and not a toy
Marlin 1894 25-20 wcf Mfg. 1902
Purchased last month after waiting for a year for the price to come down to what it was actually worth. Due to the age and use there was no real collector value left in the gun.
However it appealed to me!! I paid just a tad more than half the asking price, the paid another $275.00 to make it a good serviceable shooter.

Awesome looking gun, congratulations

Rich

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

Very nice, good shooting.

queencitysanta Loc: Charlotte, North Carolina

Great buy, good looking gun

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

That's nice--classic gun. Enjoy!

DavidPhares Loc: Chandler, Arizona

I have my grandfather's Marlin Original Model 39 in .22 long rifle. It was his rabbit gun. It is a take-down model, too. It originally had a canvas case to hold both sections when taken down, but it died of old age. The gun is priceless with a hexagon barrel and original bluing. I love that gun and all the memories that go with it, like plinking with my dad when I was a kid in the bottom of dry Salt River in Phoenix. I think granddad bought it in Ohio back in the 20s. I keep wanting to send the serial number to Marlin to find out.

dragonfist Loc: Stafford, N.Y.

Sounds like you are a renaissance man. Photographer, gunsmith, and ? Have fun with that great old rifle. Like you I like having things work, not just curios to look at. Also I might add you have the patience of Job. I don't know how long I could hold out hoping that the price would finally be what I desired.

rocket111

You just posted the Marlin to make me jealous. At $70.00 a box of bullets I think I would buy the brass and a lot of fishing weights. I had no idea bullets have gone up that high.
I have a 45-70 Rolling Block I think I might dust it off and vaporize some bricks.

Blake2 Loc: East Texas

Very Nice, I love the old lever guns.

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

That looks like a neat old Marlin. I agree with you about a shooter and not a collector. I have owned a couple of 25-20 rifles and some 32-20's as well as a few 32-20 handguns, mostly SAA Colts. I have only heard of one experimental Colt 25-20 handgun though that is in the hands of a private collector. At any rate they are excellent calibers and will handle numerous shooting chores from plinking to targets and small game. I have heard that they are deer cartridges and if put in the right place will so the job. I would never use either one for deer though. I still reload for my 1892 Winchester in 32-20.

Good luck with the Marlin. I hope it shoots well for you.

Dennis