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45-70, 45-90, or 450 Marlin?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tac-O" data-source="post: 2144623" data-attributes="member: 109994"><p>Alright. I'm at the point of making a decision before the gun I've had my eye on disappears from the store and is only available through inflated prices on GunBroker. </p><p></p><p>I'm now torn between a Henry case hardened 45-70 with a 22" octagon barrel and the local Winchester 1886 deluxe case hardened shot show special 45-90. </p><p></p><p>My complaint on the Henry is the magazine isn't full length and I may prefer a 24" barrel. It doesn't have the tang safety and has a side eject which are both nice. The wood isn't as great as the 1886. And it doesn't have the same unique sex appeal. </p><p></p><p>My complaint on the 1886 is it is 9.75lbs, I may have a real hard time find dies and brass for the next few months, and to make it shine I have to use BP and then clean like hell. And may never find factory ammo for it. But, if I can't ever find 45-90 goods to shoot it, I could probably sell it for a pretty penny higher than my purchase price and get something else. This beaut is much less practical, but this gun is speaking to me for some reason over any other. Even if I found a true JM 1895cb model. </p><p></p><p>There are no 1895cb that are for sale at a reasonable price and with a shorter barrel than 26".</p><p></p><p><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😬" title="Grimacing face :grimacing:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f62c.png" data-shortname=":grimacing:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tac-O, post: 2144623, member: 109994"] Alright. I'm at the point of making a decision before the gun I've had my eye on disappears from the store and is only available through inflated prices on GunBroker. I'm now torn between a Henry case hardened 45-70 with a 22" octagon barrel and the local Winchester 1886 deluxe case hardened shot show special 45-90. My complaint on the Henry is the magazine isn't full length and I may prefer a 24" barrel. It doesn't have the tang safety and has a side eject which are both nice. The wood isn't as great as the 1886. And it doesn't have the same unique sex appeal. My complaint on the 1886 is it is 9.75lbs, I may have a real hard time find dies and brass for the next few months, and to make it shine I have to use BP and then clean like hell. And may never find factory ammo for it. But, if I can't ever find 45-90 goods to shoot it, I could probably sell it for a pretty penny higher than my purchase price and get something else. This beaut is much less practical, but this gun is speaking to me for some reason over any other. Even if I found a true JM 1895cb model. There are no 1895cb that are for sale at a reasonable price and with a shorter barrel than 26". 😬 [/QUOTE]
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