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Marlin 1895RL in .480 Ruger?

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04 June 2005, 08:47
recoilpad
Marlin 1895RL in .480 Ruger?
Is this rifle released by Marlin yet? Will it be like the Win 94 and just be a passing thought?
Thanks.


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04 June 2005, 11:56
PC
Yeah I would want one if it ever makes it Australia !!
05 June 2005, 05:35
RiflemanZ
I don't think its been released yet.I haven't seen one at the gun shop or heard of anyone owning one.


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05 June 2005, 08:59
Kahluaman
I think that it is a Flop. Marlin doesn't list it on thier websight anymore. Sorry.


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05 June 2005, 09:11
475Guy
I think that guys are getting excited over nothing. Marlin seems to have major problems in making it feed and reliability is a big thing. This is just like the 475 Linebaugh Marlin that never materialized. I said back then that it'll never work and I had several guys wanting to argue with me; look at what happened, no 475 Marlin.

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05 June 2005, 17:28
PC
I would like one though bawling
07 June 2005, 03:50
Blackhawk44
Word is that the .475/.480 has been removed from consideration for production. They can't even get the .32H&R out after almost two years.
07 June 2005, 08:04
FURocious
Why can't they make the damn thing feed? The round is a simple straightwall. The Rossi Puma rifles feed just fine. WTF Marlin and WInchester!
07 June 2005, 18:29
Mikelravy
I suspect they announced it to test the water. When the orders didn't materialize they dropped it.
07 June 2005, 23:50
dla
The 1895 action isn't strong enough to safely chamber any of new high-pressure pistol rounds. Marlin lacks the R&D funding to update the 1895 and 336 actions.

I think the .32H&R died from simple economics - they would've sold 5's of them. Marlin would've made much more money chambering the 9mm in a lever-gun.


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10 June 2005, 05:00
Blackhawk44
Marlin attorneys have noted the '95 will feed but won't take proof loads for .475/.500S&W dreamers and that .45ACP/9MM lever actions would help rid the world of dummies that don't handload and only use cheap hardball, but that dummies' families always seem to have an attorney themselves that think mangled/dead dummies have some sort of financial worth (patently untrue). The .32H&R problem is that instead of using proven, existing tooling ('94CL) their "improvements" (no loading gate & tube loading) caused tooling/production costs to be more than projected.
15 June 2005, 08:27
Mingbogo
The 480/Marlin does not look like it will materialize but here is an alternative from Rossi.

http://www.gunsamerica.com/guns/976476136.htm

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Originally posted by recoilpad:
Is this rifle released by Marlin yet? Will it be like the Win 94 and just be a passing thought?
Thanks.