Yepper, should be some nice ones.

 

So basically just another version of the Classic model but with plywood stocks. I'll pass.

 

Yep, near as I can see, the guide gun is same setup except it has a laminant stock instead of walnut.
Something different, like a forend cap or a button magazine, would be nice.

 

Finally I can get a straight synthetic stock for my 1894csbl!

 

A day later, am I the only one to find it odd to make a "guide gun" that isn't in a big bore cartridge? .357 and .44 no slouches at all, but not really in the vein of what a "guide gun" always was.

And although likely wont' be popular models here, these being released before the Dark-series .357 and .44's? Odd choices I think.

 

Marlin/Ruger calls them lever action rifles, but they all look like carbines to me.
I guess we are all soft now as all the carbines come with a rubber butt-plate. I don't like those, they seem to catch up on my clothes when shouldering the gun. And they don't really reduce recoil. I prefer the black hard rubber/plastic or metal ones.
$1300? The most expensive firearm I've bought was $325. I think I must be done.

 

So what makes it a Guide Gun? Grey laminate stocks? I dont get it. The original JM Guide Guns had 2/3 magazine and shorter compact barrels. Somehow they have got off track.

 

Bring on the variety, couple years you’ll find all these used at gunshows for $400 because the market is so saturated. At the big Tulsa gun show last weekend you could see the evidence of plunging values…by inflating prices laughably. Hike up the price to give it an aura of rarity, like diamonds; but the reality is diamonds are one of the most common gemstones, just like lever guns are some of the most common guns. Fewer people care about the JM or the pre64 or having pristine collections anymore.

 

Now that I have been dragged over to the other side on the suppressor business, I wish everything produced, minus a Cowboy version (maybe one day) was threaded.

 

This is called "marketing". They take a production firearm, change something cosmetic and rebrand it. A simple change that costs nothing to implement but makes people take another look. I'll look at whatever they want to show me but I'm not reaching for my wallet until I see a 1895 classic in 444.

 

They could have at least threaded the barrel.

 

Plywood stocks are lots heavier than real wood.

 

Something I appreciate on my 45-70 when pulling the trigger but for hauling and gazing I’d prefer if the 1895 had been offered in walnut.

 

I will probably buy one of these early summer, then pay to get it threaded which isn't cheap, over $300.

 

My new 1895 came threaded.