John Marlin's First Repeating Rifle - Model 1881

w30wcf · Post by **w30wcf** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:49 pm

Found this the other day. Neat picture with the rifle, ctg. box, ctg's, reloading tool and advertisement. And the rest is history........

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Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:00 pm

Very cool!

Do you know what caliber that is?

w30wcf · Post by **w30wcf** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:08 am

Ysabel Kid,

The cartridges shown are .45-70. They were also chambered in .32-40, .38-55 and .40-60 Marlin.

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hfcable · Post by **hfcable** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:21 pm

the 1881 45/70 was the first lever gun i ever personally owned and it was a great shooter. i still have one and it is one of my favorites, very accurate, smooth operating but very heavy. if you ever get a chance to pick one up do so; they used to be quite cheap compared to the winchesters.

Killer Kanuck · Post by **Killer Kanuck** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:14 pm

hfcable, you're right about the 1881 being one slight operating lever.
I picked up a set of replacement wood for mine (the butt stock on it now is an older replacement, and it's a bit too long even for my 6'2" frame) and I need to do some tinkering with the mag tube, but she goes bang whenever I pull the trigger.

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:00 pm

I kinda like those old 1881's!

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:20 am

Of course, given that I was reloading .45-70 cartridges this evening, you'd think I would have recognized them! They still look "smaller" to me - must be the photo!

Thanks,

w30wcf · Post by **w30wcf** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:05 am

marlinman93,
WOW! What a neat collection of 1881's.

Ysabel Kid,
The cartridges appear to be similar to the early 405gr /55 (grs. of b.p.) military load where the bullet is seated very deep into the case.

w30wcf

CowboyTutt · Post by **CowboyTutt** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:55 pm

I'm not familiar with these, but they are a good looking rifle, particularly for a Marlin! Hey, how do you get the emoticons to work here?

-Tutt

cshold · Post by **cshold** » Thu May 21, 2015 7:49 am

TBT - Model 1881

1886 · Post by **1886** » Thu May 21, 2015 3:15 pm

marlinman93 wrote:I kinda like those old 1881's!

Not to hijack this thread, I can not help myself, VALL, you are back! 1886.

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Thu May 21, 2015 11:14 pm

John Marlin's rifle was actually Andrew Burgess's rifle. Andrew Burgess was second to John Browning in his gun making genius and this is just one of hundreds of patents that Burgess had...

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Fri May 22, 2015 5:46 am

1886 wrote:Not to hijack this thread, I can not help myself, VALL, you are back! 1886.

Look at the date of his post... someone resurrected an old 2007 thread...

1886 · Post by **1886** » Fri May 22, 2015 7:32 am

Griff wrote:
1886 wrote:Not to hijack this thread, I can not help myself, VALL, you are back! 1886.
Look at the date of his post... someone resurrected an old 2007 thread...

Yeah, I am still hopeful! 1886.

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