Congrats on the new addition, looking forward to photos.

Question though, if you are a Florida resident and bought it in New Mexico, how are you flying home with it?

 

Needs to be shipped to a FFL in Florida. Maybe has a NM D/L ?

 

The shop ran my Florida DL (and I showed my CCW) for the purchase, and I'll check it with the TSA. I checked the Internet as well as asking the shop before purchasing. A handgun would have been an entirely different deal, but a long gun was fine. It seems to vary depending on the state. NC shops won't sell to anyone that isn't from a bordering state, which I mentioned to the NM shop owner. He assured me that everything was good to go and completely on the up and up on the sale in NM.

 

At this point it is his and he could have had it for years by the age of the rifle. :y:

 

{======== Jealous!

 

Congratulations!!

 

Hey, congrats. I know how hard it can be to find a JM 94 in 357. People in thee parts almost never part with them. Been looking for six years and finally found one last month. Same as yours, but made in 1997. Paid more, but this one shows no sign of being fired. Already been to the range and love the way it shoots. Good things do sometimes come to those who wait.

 

Sweet deal! Congrats!

 

Enjoy! My mid-90s 1894CS is the most-fun long-arm I've ever had. It is totally unfussy -- it'll shoot factory loads, and handloads all the way up to hot ones I wouldn't dare put in my S&W M19. It tends to shoot everything I've tried in it to approximately the same point of impact, to boot. It's definitely my SHTF go-to.

 

Congrats! I'm always looking for my next Marlin, and I wouldn't pass on that one at that price.

 

Sure do miss the good ole days ten or 12 years back when they used to do the big 5 specials(hardwood stock) for $399, or was it $299....I picked mine up 2nd hand in '08 for $250 The 357 is one of my favorite guns.

 

Federal law states the you can purchase a long gun in any state handgun in your home state only. Then all states have their own rules on what you can do on long gun purchases.

 

Correct answer. Congrats on your find, and a good price. DP

 

I like mine now after I got it dialed in. Put a scope on it and got more powder in the case and now shoots and groups! Wish I got one sooner in life.
I have a 45 too. Working on it. Get us some pictures? OK?

 

They are just about the most fun gun to shoot ever! The ammo is available everywhere, the cartridge is so easy to reload, the recoil is almost nil, and they are LEVER GUNS! No wonder everybody wants one! Mine is a first year '79, and in pretty darn good condition. I wish I had a beat up '94 .357 to keep on my tractor or ATV and not have to worry so much about it, but thev'e gotten so darn expensive now, I almost baby the thing. Looking forward to pictures of yours after you get it home and spit shine it! Congratulations!

 

like I say. always look!! it will turn up. good for you.

 

I put saddle rings on mine to get rid of that silly cross bolt safety. Makes the rifle look more like a 94 should. Except for the scope.....

 

.357s have always been in short supply. I used to have a friendly distributor contact. Good availibity and pricing. Seemed like the first three or so, some Trooper would find out I had one and beg like a puppy to buy it. They always succeeded. Then my contact sold the business and I was without. I finally replaced the last one with a JM Cowboy, retired so the hands more or less let me keep it. I like this one best of all.

Good of for you on your purchase.

Best,

 

I just picked up a '99 1894cs. Been wanting this gun for a very long time. Got it off Gun broker for way to much money , but it is flawless. Looks like its only been shot a couple times if any. NOW....to stock pile .357 & 38 ammo.

 

Reloading is the way to go, especially if you plan to shoot the snot out of that little guy.

 

Congrats! Awesome rifle at a great price in a super caliber to pair with a good wheel gun. I know I love mine.

Been to Clovis, NM actually. Had a holdover at Cannon AFB one time and was taken for a ride out to where a dig was going-on for artifacts because I know Prof Albert Goodyear. Got a good buddy that moved there a couple of years ago ... you didn't happen to find that rifle at High Plains did you?

 

Nope, I found it at Beaulieu Brothers Pawn City. I did visit High Plains though, and it was a cool shop. Very nice guys.

 

No pics? Didn't happen. . .

 

I think .357 mag the most veritable round can't find anything it can not do up to 100 yds. Not only for plinking. Cheap enough for stockpiling as well. Get a Ruger GP100 6'" and you are set for anything. But have thousands of 9mm so I'll keep my Glocks and keep up the $.19 9mm

 

My 357 has a serial # that starts with 99 so I guess thats when it was made. I looked for years for a used but never found one for sale. I finally gave up and bought new for just over $500. I am so sorry I waited so long to get one of these. I should have bought one way before that. Its my favorite out of all the guns I own. With the 357 and a shotgun I could be armed for all i need a gun for. Thats as long as I can reload for the 357. I have round ball loads up to max loads for bigger stuff. I wish I could find a second one for sale so I can leave both sons one each.

Somewhere here I have a thread I started here about how to smooth the back of the barrel to make feeding SWC lead bullets easier by removing the sharp edge on the back of the barrel. I did my 347 and 44 mag rifles and you wouldn't believe how much better they feed.

Is your barrel Micro-Groove or Ballard. Mine has the Ballard rifling and it really shoots lead bullets well.

 

Yours is a 2001.

 

BULL!!! No Pics, Didn't Happen!

PICS!

PICS!

PICS!

 

Around here, you'll see a used Marlin .30-30 or a used Marlin .44 Magnum in a gun shop but the .357 version is scarce as hen's teeth. I got one after they started putting the safety on them and I'm happier than a pig in mud with it. I've got a .44 Mag. Winchester and a .38-40 Winchester that needs rebuilt but that .357 Marlin is my "go to" carbine. It matches my Model 66 carry guns and I'd not take $1,000.00 for mine.