My 2 Model 1890 Winchesters
One is a .22WRF and the one with more bluing is a .22 short
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My 2 Model 1890 Winchesters
One is a .22WRF and the one with more bluing is a .22 short
Thought about that. More so, I was told to at least buy another one for spare parts. Very hard to get parts for this rifle. It's some kind of hybrid between the Marlin 39A and the 1894. There is only one on GB right now and it looks to be in excellent shooter condition for $700.Beautiful rifle. Buy a second so you can keep this one unfired.
No longer made, there were about 12000 made. The action is the same size as the centerfire guns, so no weight advantage to a .22 rimfire there. NO PARTS AVAILABLE! Innards are quite different from any other Marlin made, few things interchange.
Thought about that. More so, I was told to at least buy another one for spare parts. Very hard to get parts for this rifle. It's some kind of hybrid between the Marlin 39A and the 1894. There is only one on GB right now and it looks to be in excellent shooter condition for $700.
My gunsmith did an action job on it and it is smooth as butter. Also said he has never seen anything like it. ....
I know the receiver is powder coated but for the price point, this Henry works really good and I find it to be accurate and these basic sights are just fine. Had it out last week hitting 12" torso steel plate offhand at 100 yards
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Since Mr. Fidelity has been on a 22WMR kick recently, thought I'd post a few quick picks of my Marlin 1894M. I bought this two years ago. Paid a fairly hefty price because it is NIB unfired with all of the documentation. I have a real hankering to shoot it. These didn't have a long manufacturing run. I have mine documented as manufactured in 1983. You don't find them in this condition very often.
That's very interesting ... and puts into context how difficult it must have been to find the unfired specimen. Unless one plans on purely collecting, I think that's an appeal of sometimes buying a lightly used, out of production, limited availability gun in excellent condition (taking into account people fudge about "light" use, lol). No angst in putting lead through the barrel.
With GunBroker and other online auctions, we do have it better than folks a couple of decades back in that one can more immediately find the (out of production) objects of desire vs combing through regional gun shows. I bet this has also expanded the size of people's collections. Instead of one and done, we can get back ups. And I'll stop looking in the mirror ...
I know the receiver is powder coated but for the price point, this Henry works really good and I find it to be accurate and these basic sights are just fine. Had it out last week hitting 12" torso steel plate offhand at 100 yards
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