450 Marlin
Stopped by the pawn shop this morning on a whim and they had just put a beautiful Marlin lever gun out in 450. I have a 336 in 30-30, and love the Marlin guns. What about the 450 round? Hate to buy it since I bought another rifle yesterday, but this one looks too good to pass up. He took a $50 deposit and is holding it until tomorrow. Asking price is $325. No scope. Probably 95% overall condition. One small scratch on the forearm and that is the only blemish I can find. What about the gun and what about the round?
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i am looking at getting a lever action and am wanting a 1895m in 450
but before i get one i just want to know is there any differant lever guns in 4500 -
I have wanted to add a 45 size bore to my Marlins for a while.
The price sounds close, but I would not pay the asking price ....especially since you scratched your itch yesterday.
Search for similar sales on the forum(s). He probably is already counting his money since you gave him the $ 50. I guess that could be good or bad...
But hey....If it is what you want, and you can afford it...Why Not ?
The 450 Marlin is not as popular as the 45x70,etc., but I don't recall any bad press on it. Most drop like my stock picks at longer ranges....others may provide better info.
In any case, reloading is a real plus for the more potent ammo. If you enjoy shooting, you should get into reloading.
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I know the ammo is not cheap say $22-$28 a box. Obviously a great brush gun. Price is about what it should be.
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The .450 Marlin is just a hot loaded, belted .45-70. Marlin got scared with everyone (myself included) hot loading the model 1895, so they brought out the .450 and made sure that it wouldn't fit the .45-70 chamber. It provided a hot .45 caliber round for those who didn't reload. However, several custom loading shops started offering hot loaded .45-70's over the counter and so took the thunder away from the .450. I have no way of knowing, but, I would bet that Marlin sells 20 .45-70's for every .450. IMO, the .450 is a dieing round. About two years ago Marlin tried to give .450's away to dealers as an incentive and had very few takers. In short, the .450 will not do anything that a handloaded .45-70 won't do, plus the .45-70 is more versatile. The .45-70 can be loaded to equal anything from the Trapdoor Springfield to something that will equal the .404 Jeffery.
I know that I would not give $325 for one, but, then I have half a dozen .45-70's of one make or another, from an 1874 Sharps to a Ruger No.1.0 -
I would say that you are in about the right ballpark, but keep in mind if you don't reload that the 450 Marlin is not a proven entity yet and ammunition supplies may become a bummer in the future. I like the 45-70 much better anyway as I find it to be more flexible when handloading, and can use the dies to load for my 1874 Sharps, 1873 Trapdoors and the guide gun; no belt to screw things up on the ol' 45-70! If you handload, the 450 can likely be loaded down with SR4759 or something of that ilk, but in the absence of handloads, that Marlin (in 450 Marlin )will kick your butt every time you pull the trigger!
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