Ruger - Marlin 1895SBL

[The Heretic]

An Official Journal Of The NRA | Ruger Unveils New Lever-Action Marlin 1895 SBL Rifle

Ruger’s take on this classic makes for the most rugged Marlin rifle ever made.

www.americanhunter.org

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[The Heretic]

 

[clanhanson]

I had one of these and loved it. Hopefully Ruger smoothed out some of the rough edges and put the sights on straight.

 

[The Heretic]

I had one of these and loved it. Hopefully Ruger smoothed out some of the rough edges and put the sights on straight.

CHF barrel with threads. SS heat treated internals. I don't know if Marlin/Rem used MIM or not for internals, but I would hope the parts could be interchangeable and that Ruger would allow to sell parts if we needed to. I have an SBL - have not shot it but a few times.

 

[Lennie]

The Ruger Marlin is here!

The first Ruger/Marlin is the Model 1895 — the most popular lever action ever for big-game hunters. This .45-70 is all stainless-steel construction with a ful

gunsmagazine.com

 

[The Heretic]

The Ruger Marlin is here!

The first Ruger/Marlin is the Model 1895 — the most popular lever action ever for big-game hunters. This .45-70 is all stainless-steel construction with a ful

gunsmagazine.com

The article I linked to has more detail, but this one shows what appears to be spiral fluting on the bolt? No mention of it though.

Here is a photo from another article that does mention it in the caption for the photo:

The New Marlin 1895 SBL .45/70 Rifle Is the Best Lever-Action in the Company's History

The Marlin faithful can rest easy. The new Ruger-made Marlin 1895 SBL is the best factory-made lever-action in the company's history.

www.outdoorlife.com

Nice touch.

I would like to see the same rifle with a black nitride finish on top of the stainless. Maybe with some bare stainless highlights here and there (like the trigger & hammer, screws, buttons, loading gate, forend cap, bolt)?

I already have an 1895 SBL, and I doubt I would buy another, as I like mine, but I could maybe be tempted if they came out with a special edition black nitride version, or maybe one in .460 mag (I doubt Ruger ever will make anything in .460 Mag).

 

[clanhanson]

The article I linked to has more detail, but this one shows what appears to be spiral fluting on the bolt? No mention of it though.

Here is a photo from another article that does mention it in the caption for the photo:

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The New Marlin 1895 SBL .45/70 Rifle Is the Best Lever-Action in the Company's History

The Marlin faithful can rest easy. The new Ruger-made Marlin 1895 SBL is the best factory-made lever-action in the company's history.

www.outdoorlife.com

Nice touch.

I would like to see the same rifle with a black nitride finish on top of the stainless. Maybe with some bare stainless highlights here and there (like the trigger & hammer, screws, buttons, loading gate, forend cap, bolt)?

I already have an 1895 SBL, and I doubt I would buy another, as I like mine, but I could maybe be tempted if they came out with a special edition black nitride version, or maybe one in .460 mag (I doubt Ruger ever will make anything in .460 Mag).

I believe it was fluted before as well, but I'm not sure if it was a spiral.

 

[The Heretic]

I believe it was fluted before as well, but I'm not sure if it was a spiral.

You are correct. I just dug out my '95 and the fluting is straight, with the flute being black, instead of shiny bare metal.

 

[Lennie]

Model 1895 SBL

www.marlinfirearms.com

New web page for the 1895

 

[User 1234]

Cross bolt safety. Yuck.

 

[Nosferatu]

Cross bolt safety. Yuck.

Mine get these: https://beartoothmercantile.com/stainless-basic-safety-delete-for-marlin-rifle/

 

[Lennie]

In the March American Rifeman is a great article on what Ruger went through to acquire Marlin, the move of the Marlin's plant equipment, installing the equipment in the new plant and modifications undertaken to improve Marlin rifles.

 

[po18guy]

In the March American Rifeman is a great article on what Ruger went through to acquire Marlin, the move of the Marlin's plant equipment, installing the equipment in the new plant and modifications undertaken to improve Marlin rifles.

And it was a fire drill the whole way. A book could be written - and may be. Race against the snowman, go find what's Marlin's in the whole Remington mess, find out that Marlin still used some WWII era tooling and machines (worn out), follow enviro laws to disconnect, drain and move it. Fit it all through a gap in a brick wall - downhill - truck it all a few states away, figure out what makes what, check the drawings, set it all up, figure out how to make parts actually interchangeable, make hammer-forged barrels, switch to heat treating the receiver and levers before machining to maintain tolerances (lotta cutters used there) and use some old wood, sell some bad wood, buy some new wood and on and on. It's near miraculous that Marlin was not sent to scrap yards, but has a new, well-financed life.

 

[The Heretic]

Making the hammer forged barrels was probably the easiest part - hasn't that been Ruger's forte for a while now?

 

[po18guy]

Making the hammer forged barrels was probably the easiest part - hasn't that been Ruger's forte for a while now?

I believe so, since the 70s or so. This whole affair remainds me of Wincheater, then Remington, but no one rushed in to save them in time.