Unicorn marlin?

sakodude

Well here is the second of yesterdays finds while me and Elk Creek were doing a shop crawl yesterday.
It's a Marlin model 1894 S chambered in 44-40. Try and find that one in the books. 
Doesn't exist in any of my reference books. Andy found a reference online to a special distributor run in 1993 for less than 1000 units that had a special S/N range that started with 4440 and this is one of those.
 It had to come home.  

JunkCollector

Awesome buddy.
In a cartridge you like too

Elk creek

That was a score and a half!! I’m glad you got it. 

Big Al1

SWEEET! 

Diver43

Unicorns are pretty rare these days

Well done

sakodude

Thanks all. Found another reference on the Marlin forum stating there were 925 made in this run.

Wambli Ska

That’s it I’m coming out to get you too… 🤬

sakodude

Wambli Ska said:

That’s it I’m coming out to get you too… 🤬

You have a trapdoor I like. Just sayin 😋

Wambli Ska

sakodude said:

Wambli Ska said:

That’s it I’m coming out to get you too… 🤬

You have a trapdoor I like. Just sayin 😋

Don’t go changing the damned subject!!! 😡

Jeeper44mag

Wow! Awesome find!

Luis

Zee

Pretty awesome find!

sakodude

Well, got the unicorn out to the range today and was not disappointed. The only groups I put on paper were at 25 yards to see where it was looking. A 200 gr cast bullet handload vs factory 200gr JSP. This being a micro groove barrel I was curious to see if one was better than the other. The JSP did group just a bit tighter but sample size was small. 
As is usually the case, the wind came up gale force just after we arrived so the rest of the time I just banged away at the 100 yard steel.
Tried a new bullet in my Remington 141 35 Rem as well. 210gr Cast flat point with gas check. It shot very well also. Quarter size group on the 25 yard target then gave the steel hell as well.

Elk creek

sakodude said:

Well, got the unicorn out to the range today and was not disappointed. The only groups I put on paper were at 25 yards to see where it was looking. A 200 gr cast bullet handload vs factory 200gr JSP. This being a micro groove barrel I was curious to see if one was better than the other. The JSP did group just a bit tighter but sample size was small. 
As is usually the case, the wind came up gale force just after we arrived so the rest of the time I just banged away at the 100 yard steel.
Tried a new bullet in my Remington 141 35 Rem as well. 210gr Cast flat point with gas check. It shot very well also. Quarter size group on the 25 yard target then gave the steel hell as well.

That is a fun rifle to shoot!!! 

bullsi1911

That is pretty cool.  I love oddball guns, and that is RIGHT in the wheelhouse

MileHighShooter

you just had to one-up my 1894s 41 mag,  didn't you?

sakodude

MileHighShooter said:

you just had to one-up my 1894s 41 mag,  didn't you?

Want to trade

Jeeper44mag

sakodude said:

MileHighShooter said:

you just had to one-up my 1894s 41 mag,  didn't you?

Want to trade

Haha!  You KNOW that's not gonna happen. 

Luis