I have been looking for a Marlin 1894 CSBL (357 magnum/38 special,
https://www.marlinfirearms.com/lever-action/model-1894/model-1894-csbl) for almost 6 months. The fact that the Remington factory was closed in NY due to Covid-19 plus the bankruptcy certainly impacted the availability of this nice lever guns in my neck of the woods (California).
After 6 months looking to no avail, I had give up on trying to buy one and went to my local gun shop to instead order a Henry All-weather, when to my surprise they had not both the CSBL as also the SBL (44 magnum/44 special). I had no other choice but to buy them both!
The CSBL was tested the last weekend and performed perfectly, planning to test the SBL next.
Have you guys heard that Ruger announced that they are going to buy Marlin from Remington (
https://ruger.com/corporate/marlin.html)? I wonder if that will impact quality, when Marlin was acquired by Remington the rifles produced in the first few years had quite a few issues.
The Marlin rifles (or Reminlins) produced in the last 3-4 years seem to be fine.
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