Stores: Calibers: Brands: Categories: Search title only. Caliber: 45-70. Firstly, I knew this one was in the works, and had to wait impatiently for several months for Marlin to get production rolling. The Model 1895 Trapper features a 16.5” stainless steel barrel, a Wild West gun style lever for easy cycling, and a Skinner peep sight for fast, easy target acquisition. I, for one, don’t think lever actions get nearly enough love in the modern world. Speaking of shade, even under the full overhead canopy of the state range I shot the Trapper at, I saw no signs of the short-barrel muzzle flash I was expecting from unburned powder through that 16.5-inch tube. Tack a pie plate on a board downrange, walk back a distance, fill the magazine full, stand upright, and shoot as fast as you can accurately at the pie plate. AS THE TRADITION THEY'RE FORGED FROM. There’s no point in prolonging it, or holding off till the end, I’ll just come right out and admit it now: I like this snub-nosed blaster. And the answer is….pretty much almost. With more time and patience, I’m absolutely sure the gun could do better with either brand. I turned around to take the Marlin from her and found her looking the gun over with real interest. The big loop lever actually slows cycling down in real life, which the Cowboy Action Shooting sport proved quite a while back, but….it’s just so cowboy cool that it instantly adds style points galore to any lever-action it’s installed on, and if anybody calls you on it, you just say “It’s for the gloves. I watched all the small parts be manufactured and the stocks be fitted. Knowing this, Marlin bead-blasted the stainless steel into a mat grey-dull finish. View; Shopping Cart. Once you move that back end, there are no markings to use as reference points to return to where you started. Considering the very wide range of possibilities in the caliber in factory ammunition alone, not to mention the wide-open world of handloading, you can count on this Marlin to toss out mild lead 405s at 1300 feet per second through heavy lead 540s at 1400 FPS to jacketed 300s at 2200 FPS (or thereabouts, considering the barrel length); and that much variation in potential bullet trajectories absolutely demands a sighting system that can give you enough elevation adjustment to compensate. Compare prices for Marlin 1895 Trapper 45-70 70450 from all vendors. But- those adjustments are not click-adjustable, and they do require a small hex wrench to make. A nice touch considering the rifle weighs an even 7lbs and has the option of throwing legitimate elephant stopping projectiles. On the non-plus side? Then you handle it, and you are further convinced that this might just be the best stock tracking rifle ever made. FREE Shipping. For purposes of clarity, I consent to Athlon's collection, storage, processing, and transfer of my Personal Data and Non-Personal Data (as defined in the Privacy Policy) for the purpose of signing up for the email newsletter. This article is from the Winter 2019 issue of Guns of the Old West magazine. Honestly, that’s it. Most of the Trapper’s major components feature stainless steel. During the process of integrating new equipment and new employees, it’s been a steep learning curve. The versatility of this gun is actually quite impressive in this regard. Can the 45/70 Marlin TSBL Trapper be made into a Suitable Youth Deer Rifle? Available in various finishes and textures ranging from black walnut to laminated … I was able to hit the pie plate 100% of the time to the limit of my small gun club’s 60 yard range. Your email address will not be published. Is it the typical 30/30 light recoiling round that attracts newer hunters? Please select your location below to get a shipping quote. The coated birch hardwood (which isn’t a negative, there’s just no reason to waste good walnut where the grain won’t be seen) has no checkering, but the finish is textured just enough for a non-slip hold in even wet conditions, and the black solid rubber Pachmayr Decelerator recoil pad has enough give to function well under heavy recoil. No denying it, fair to say that the leverguns Marlin turned out during the period immediately after the move from the aging plant in Connecticut to the new plant in New York had several quality problems. Weight: Live Inventory Search. Let’s face it, thousands of first year hunters start with a Winchester 94 or a Marlin 336 every year. Crosse en bois laminé peint en noir. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! However, the trigger is one of a few smaller parts utilizing nickel plating. The only group to break into MOA territory was one group that measured .7 inches at the 60 yards – still within MOA if we pushed the equation to 100 yards. The trigger drew blood on the first shot under recoil, and I do know how to shoot a thumper. Marlin - 1895 Trapper (45-70 Gov't) (16.5") (Black Pistol-Grip Stock) Rifle . Just this weekend as I got home from the Augusta Sportsman Outdoor Show where I gave a seminar on tracking rifles, I became acutely aware of that trait. View; Marlin 1895GBL Guide Big Loop .45-70 Gov’t $ 1,149.99. Get ready to protect yourself against grizzlies, polar bears, wolves, cougars, or even car jackers and other bad guys. As with 1895s that came before it, the TSBL features side-ejection, so mounting an optic is an option. If you’ve held off checking them out because of all the sad tales of problematical quality, give ‘em another chance. $7.99 $ 7. Effectuer une demande en lien avec ce produit. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. My oldest Marlin dates to roughly 1905-1915, and I’ve owned and worked with several over the years. Out of stock. © 2021 WhitetailTrackers.com Whitetail Trackers, 9 Market St., Amsterdam, NY 12010 info@whitetailtrackers.com, Your email address will not be published. They offered protection, while also putting meat in the larder of many a homesteader and trapper. Marlin 1895 Trapper 45-70 Large Loop 16" Stainless Steel Barrel 70450. There are, fortunately, aftermarket triggers available if you need to look for them. In a hurry, very easy to spear that trigger through a finger on successive shots while closing the action under stress; uncomfortable to say the least in working the lever with bare hands. Uncle Mike's 24580 Hammer Extension for Marlin Lever Actions (1983 and Later), Black. When you grind or file down through plating in rounding corners and edges, you can begin a degradation process with the rest of the plating on that part. 16" Black XS Lever Rail Large Lo. A hint here: you can also loosen the front base screw while you’re adjusting for windage, but if you leave it tight it’s easier to just make small back-end movements without overdoing and wandering farther than you intended. Plus, because it is so fat, even with its short length, the wide diameter still holds enough steel and weight to swing well. Not once. If you can whack the pie plate every time at a certain range doing this, then you know your range limit as a tracker with that rifle (at a still deer). I’d expect to see some improvement on at least the trigger and the lever edges. Required fields are marked *. But, otherwise it’s largely a matter of personal preference, and it didn’t take long to get used to the lever throw at the range. Windage is done by loosening the rear sight base main screw on top, carefully swiveling the back end of the base left or right slightly to whatever position centers your bullet impact, and then snugging that back screw down tight. Skinner makes a quality sight, plain and simple. In a gun like this, you want a clear sight picture that picks up in a hurry, but those sights need to be big, precise, and adjustable to match up with your preferred load. View; Marlin 1895GS Guide Gun .45-70 Gov’t $ 1,049.99. The largest group was 2.8 and the smallest was 1.1. While this does involve a trade-off in velocity loss through such a short barrel, the gain of that one additional round all loaded up and ready to go can make a difference in both your peace of mind and a piece of whatever large & furry [please leave intact as written] might be facing off for a charge in the wilds. The tried-and-true configuration of Marlin's famous 45-70 Gov’t rifle. I love reloading, but it takes more time at the range to document the details of what each load can accomplish, and I just wasn’t willing to spend my time in the freezing cold to do so. The computer generated quality assurance machinery that measured and remeasured each part, makes for one tight and clean rifle. The gun is so well thought out, and the details so convincing, that I was unable to find anything more to complain about. Trouver un magasin. EGW Marlin 1895, 336, 375, 444, Camp Carbine 9mm, Camp Carbine .45 Picatinny Rail 0 MOA 47100 Includes Vibra-Tite Thread Locker, Torx Bit & Screws. As per usual when I wander off into the weeds of gun history, feel free to skip this section. Marlin Model 1895 Trapper: Modern Day Touch on A Classic — SHOT Show 2018. Rather than get into the details of the various hand loads I’ve created and the finer aspects of load development in this review, I’m going to save that aspect for a warmer month. $1,219.00 . Trackers (and newcomers alike) love a gun they can set in the corner of the hunting tent after a long day in the rain and not worry about it rusting to pieces over the course of a week in hunting camp. There are target sights, hunting sights, and quick-reaction sights that sorta split the difference. Magazine: 5+1 Tubular Magazine. This was taken on a Caldwell Lead Sled to take as much of my human error out of the equation as possible. Is it the ease of carrying such a balanced and light rifle? Add to Wish List Add to Compare. Weather proof. Do I have any complaints? Make sure to check out our SHOT Show Coverage: https://www.gunsamerica.com/blog/marlin-model-1895-trapper-modern-day … Close Reset. The Trapper’s pistolgrip wrist is another variation on the theme, and I will say here that I’m ambivalent on this. Close. Its short 16 ½ inch barrel is stiff and thus quite inherently accurate. Above all, it’s time. It’s a true pleasure to shoot. With several different finishes available, and in gauges 12 through 28 and .410 bore,... by Tactical-Life / Type: Rifle: Lever Action. Ruger 10/22 Takedown Stainless October 3, 2020. Add to Cart. Grab your copy at OutdoorGroupStore.com. Chambered in the .45-70, the 1895 Trapper SBL utilizes the time-tested Marlin 1895 action that was built to handle full power big-bore loads. On the topic of ammunition, the 45/70 can be down-loaded with rounds for a small framed shooter who is afraid of stiff recoil, (my daughter) while also having the potential being able to stop a rogue grizzly in the Yukon with the maximum loads. 70450 The Trapper is a great gun for the following: For me, I look forward to bringing it up north this fall to carry on the track. After I mounted a Leupold 1x4 vx2 on it, the average group size dropped to 1.8 inches keeping the scope turned up to 4 power. Marlin Carabine à levier 1895 Trapper Code : 571549 CUP : 026495704506. That’s tight enough for hunting at practical .45-70 lever-action distances, and perfectly fine for close encounters of the brushy kind. Add to Wish List Add to Compare. Marlin 1895 Trapper .45-70 Gov’t; Marlin 1894 SBL .44 Magnum October 1, 2020. Plan on zeroing your gun at the range with your best load, and don’t expect to be making quick changes in the field without a wrench along. I watched the CNC machines cut the receivers and bolts. Compare prices for Marlin 1895 Trapper 45-70 026495704506 from all vendors from Wikiarms.com. stealthy, nice. Voir des produits similaires. Be sure to take a look at some of the new pictures of this beauty in the Tracking Rifle Gallery. Non disponible en ligne. Add to Wish List Add to Compare. Product Videos × Loading Videos. Of course, if you do you’re totally missing out. I’m a tracker and the rifle will need to be reliable and inherently capable. On the plus side, machining is tight, straight, well-fitted on steel-to-steel joins, and stock & fore-end [please leave as written] are well-mated to the receiver at both ends. MARLIN® 1895, LEVER ACTION, BUTTSTOCK, ZZ Top Tang Width: 0.75"Top Tang Length: 3.10"Bottom Tang Width: 0.56"Bottom Tang Length: 3.10"Stock Height at Receiver: 3.64"Stock Width at Receiver: 1.300"Overall Length of Stock: aprox. This new Trapper could find a place in my truck without much effort at all. MFG: Marlin Firearms Locate FFL: Fit Charts: Trade With Gurney: Suggest Edit **Mouse over image above to zoom any area, or click on image to zoom the entire image. It’s short, but balanced, at 35 inches. As a whitetail gun, it can be loaded mild with a deer killing 300 grain pill that is sure to punch a big hole without being painful on the shoulder. I’ve seen enough improvement in recent samples to risk it, though, and the result is this write-up. The Marlin 1895 Trapper features a 16.5 stainless steel barrel, a Wild West gun style lever, and a Skinner peep sight. Marlin 1895 Trapper 45-70 Govt Lever-Action Rifle with Stainless Barrel $1,123.00 $1,099.99; Notify Me When Available; Brand: Marlin; Item Number: 70450; Marlin Dark Series 1895 .45-70 Govt Lever-Action Rifle $1,049.99; Notify Me When Available; Brand: Marlin; Item Number: 70455; Back to top. Marlin 1895 Trapper .45-70 Gov’t $ 1,569.99. The tried-and-true configuration of our famous 45-70 Gov’t rifle, the Model 1895 Trapper features a 16.5” stainless steel barrel, a Wild West gun style lever, and a Skinner peep sight. www.whitetailtrackers.com/2018/04/the-2018-marlin-1895-tsbl-trapper-review Sort by. I can hear the question you’re asking already- is the gun up to where it should be? It is accurate with both the peep sights and with a scope. Chambered in 45-70 … The decision was made. Unlike early post-move samples, this Trapper has no sixteenth-inch gaps between wood and steel, filled with what appeared to be bubblegum; and there are no canted sights, mis-aligned magazine tubes, and off-kilter machined dovetails. I watched the barrels be made. Quick pointing, fast-handling and classic styling chambered for big bore rounds of .45-70 Government. Additionally, the rubber pad did its job well, the action gave me no bobbles, and most empty brass dropped neatly on the table next to the gun with normal lever effort. Now don’t worry, I’m not going to even try to convince the Remington pump-action faithful to switch over; I’m not that delusional. I’d also ask Marlin to smooth the interior edges of the lever, especially on the 1895 line. Canon en acier inoxydable. And what I saw at the booth make me want to fix that immediately. The pistolgrip’s arc gives the shooting hand a more natural angle in use, but it also requires a longer wrist throw on the lever to cycle the bolt. The latest incarnation, the Marlin 1895 SBL Trapper, may well be the handiest and most sensible of ’em all. I ended up doing most of the range work by shooting with my hand curled around outside the lever, and very carefully watching where I placed my trigger finger on every shot. The Model 1895 Trapper features a 16.5” stainless steel barrel, a Wild West gun style lever, and a Skinner peep sight. Again, I will save the commentary on ballistics, coefficients, and drop for a subsequent article that is geared towards these details. This makes for one handy rifle in the thick black spruce hell that is typical habitat of the northern mountain buck. Now Available: The Marlin 1894C Lever-Action Rifle. First up was the new 1895 Trapper model, in a stainless steel finish. However, for the sake of getting the rifle out of the box and onto a firing range I picked 2 factory loads that are extremely popular here in the northeastern mountains: Federal’s 300 grain soft point, and Remington’s 405 grain core lokt ammunition. If the range was longer, I have no doubt my range with this rifle would increase. Out of stock. Want to see your products here? Marlin 1895 Trapper 45-70 70450. With that said, these same hunters are a little reticent to have said rifle in a bright and shiny stainless finish – there’s the feeling that it will spook game. An Illuminating Trip to the Marlin Firearms Factory, Marlin Rifle’s Quality Control 2018 – Making Sure the Receivers are in Spec. Put ‘em all together, and I’m a gonner. Built on the beefy 1895 frame, this one offers a trim-totin’ all-weather package of bead-blasted (not satin) stainless steel and water-resistant-coated birch furniture that’s intended for tight spaces, tough country, easy foot carry, and power on demand when a lesser squirrel gun just doesn’t get the job done. There is absolutely no good reason whatever for this trigger to be that sharp, and along with the ice-scraper edges on the inside of the lever, combined with the sharp corners on the hammer and the sharp points on the rear sight dovetail plug, this is an otherwise great concept and configuration, but one you have watch in handling and shooting. Recoil-wise, the Trapper lets you know when a high-performance premium load ignites, and there’s a shade more muzzle rise than a longer barrel usually generates, but it was all tolerable and all just part of the .45-70 game you sign up for when you adopt the caliber. FIRST LOOK: Legacy Sports Pointer Phenoma Semi-Auto Shotgun. Chargeur tubulaire. And, put ‘em all together is exactly what Marlin’s done in late 2017. The hammer is through and through stainless, so that’s easy to clean up yourself at home with a fine diamond file. The 1895 Trapper is an awesome configuration. The front sight is a white stripe design. Is it the action? Description. $1,439.00. FIRST LOOK: Marlin Model 336C Curly Maple Adds Classic Lines. .45-70 Govt, est une carabine à levier de sous-garde puissante et très aboutie. This isn’t a criticism, just an advisory. MODEL 1895 RIFLES: TRIED AND TRUE. If this is a bear-stopper, or a tracking rifle, then the white stripe has to go. I figured I’d find out the unforeseen issues as soon as I hit the range and put the gun through its paces. Marlin 1895 Trapper for sale (0 user posted deals found) Filter. Low prices on the Marlin 1895 Trapper 16.5" Stainless Large Loop 5+1 Laminate Stock .45-70. start at Champion Firearms: No firearm is more purely American than a lever-action rifle, and Marlin has long been a leader in the lever-action world. A notably longer arm itself comes in handy to compensate, and the pistolgrip profile may make a difference to traditionalists who feel that if there’s one thing John Wayne taught us, it’s that the quintessential levergun should have a straight wrist. It points steady and is comfortable to shoot. She looked at me and said, “This is my new tracking rifle Dad. Honest.” This can work anywhere from the Klondike to the Everglades, just wave the appropriate type of glove as needed to make it convincing. View; Marlin 336C-30 $ 759.99. Notify me × Add UPC Alert. I unscrew the peep aperture out, and hunt it as a “ghost sight.” Perfect for tracking in blustery conditions. The action was already smooth before the range session, and the trigger pull was a surprisingly clean and repeatable 5-pounds with no creep and no overtravel. Also, with just a little tweaking, it’d be one of the most interesting Marlins in their line-up for my tastes, and I’m glad to see the company coming back into serious running with the leverguns they built their reputation on. Unlike the Henry all weather models that feel like they will slip out of your hand at the first sign of any moisture, the splatter painted finish has a nice firm feel to it. On the fun side of things, we got a chance to stop by the Marlin booth, and look at the new additions to the lineup. I’ve used Skinners elsewhere and talked to Andy Skinner personally; he takes his operation seriously and puts out a quality product line. For now, I will assume the average whitetail hunter (or black bear hunter) who buys the Trapper will shoot a few boxes of rounds per year, and these particular brands represent that guy or gal fairly accurately.
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