Sounds like these will start trickling into the market around Christmas, according to Ruger's CEO. Then the 336, then the Model 1894. They'll be staying with the forged receiver, but will use Ruger's cold hammer-forged barrels.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_AHFat3yqE

I hope they turn out to be well made and they sell a bunch of them.

So do I, Roger. Looking forward to handling some of these new Marlins.

It would be nice if they did away with the cross bolt safety.

I reckon that X bolt safety is is lawyer induced abomination, here to stay.

It is absolutely critical for Ruger to get them right, bu missing the whole season precludes a lot of sales . . .

Maybe it drums up even more desires for the following season.

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Originally posted by p dog shooter:
It would be nice if they did away with the cross bolt safety.

there is a delete kit that has a plug that looks like a screw, takes less than 10 minutes to install and costs about $15 to 20.

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Originally posted by buckeyeshooter:

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Originally posted by p dog shooter:
It would be nice if they did away with the cross bolt safety.

there is a delete kit that has a plug that looks like a screw, takes less than 10 minutes to install and costs about $15 to 20.

If I remember there is a set screw that blockes the crossbolt, and it's no big deal to file the slot in it wider so it can not block the hammer.
But I like the idea of the plug
Who carries them ?

Last I looked Beartooth Mercantile, Turnbull and Rangerpoint carried the CBS delete kit.

I've got a flush plug on a stainless 1895 50 AK. It looks like just another pin but its been 18-19 years so I don't remember where I got it. I put it in after fish cop confessed he'd emptied his 45-70 at a caribou with the CBS safety on. CLICK every time, then he realized what happened and the caribou ran as he picked up his ammo. We ribbed him of course but appreciated him sharing his mistake. Especially for a cabin/camp gun that might be grabbed in haste or when something growls in the night, the fewer things that can go wrong the better and I'm more comfortable with an empty chamber and needing to work the lever than an extra safety to disengage if adrenaline is a factor.

I've wanted an 1894 in 357 for a while now, and have always appreciated my Rugers' durability. I really really hope these come out well!

Bob

I can't wait...

Just saw over on Paco's Leverguns that John Taffin now has one of these to play with, and it seems to shoot extremely well.

Yes, the information is popping up all over.
Though I have never owned a Marlin, a great many hunters do and I wish them the best.
Now to get back to my Winnies.

With an MSRP of $1399, it will be a long time before I own one. I don't care for this particular configuration, and hope they will soon include the original 1895 Classic in blued steel and walnut.

https://www.marlinfirearms.com/s/model_1895sbl/

I have a JM Marlin with a cross bolt safety and it is safer and better with the thing. I can also dry fire the rifle, with the cross bolt safety on, without worrying about breaking the firing pin. Which happened on my non cross bolt safety M1894.

Why anyone wants a mechanism with a only a half cock safety is beyond me. You cannot positively verify that the half cock is engaged without rocking the hammer. Which may, slip lose. And, many accidental discharges have happened when owners have thumbed the hammer back, only to loose control. And, not everyone knows there is a half cock safety, and some of those have carried their lever actions around with a round in the chamber, and hammer down. To discharge the weapon then, all that is needed is a light tap on the hammer spur.

No matter what anyone says------BRAINS ARE THE BEST SAFETY, AND LACK OF THEM, NO MECANICAL DEVICE WILL MAKE ANYTHING SAFE!

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