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Henry Big Boy Steel VS Marlin 1894

Head to Head Comparison

Henry Big Boy Steel

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81%

Critic Rating

10 Reviews

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96%

User Rating

126 Reviews

Marlin 1894

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82%

Critic Rating

8 Reviews

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93%

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141 Reviews

50 MOA

Accuracy

50 MOA

12.39 Yeets

Damage

N/A

1000 yards

Range

1000 yards

N/A

Recoil Velocity

N/A

7+1 rounds

Capacity

10 rounds

1945

Mobility

N/A

50

Ergonomics

50

50

Fit & Finish

50

50

Reliability

50

MSRP:

$1169.99

Used Price:

$1169.99

New Price:

$1299.99

MSRP:

$1176.52

Used Price:

$1176.52

New Price:

$999.99

Gun Specifications

Specifications

Henry Big Boy Steel

Marlin 1894

Weight

26 oz

Length

34"

Action

Lever

Lever

Caliber

.45 Colt

.44 Magnum

Capacity

7+1

10

Finish

Blue

Blue

Gun Type

Rifle

Barrel Length

16.5 "

Gun Stats

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Henry Big Boy Steel

Marlin 1894

Gun Descriptions

FAMILY: Big Boy Series  MODEL: Big Boy Steel Carbine  TYPE: Rifle  ACTION: Lever Action  FINISH: Blue  STOCK/FRAME: Wood Stock  STOCK/GRIPS: American Walnut  CALIBER/GAUGE: 45 Colt  CAPACITY: 7+1  BARREL: 16.5"  OVERALL LENGTH: 34"  RATE-OF-TWIST: 1-in-38"  RECEIVER: Blue  SIGHTS: FS:Brass Bead/RS:Semi-Buckhorn  SAFETY: Transfer Bar  ADDL INFO: Checkered Straight-Style Stock  ADDL INFO: Round Barrel  ADDL INFO: Rubber Buttplate  DRILLED/TAPPED: Yes

If you have a revolver chambered in .357 Magnum, .41 Magnum, .45 Long Colt, or .44 Magnum and you want a rifle for chambered for the exact same caliber, your best bet is a lever-action By its very design, a lever-action shoots faster than its bolt-action and break-action rifle counterparts, which make it suitable for both home defense and hunting. The only real weakness of the lever-action design is that it uses a tubular magazine which shouldn't be loaded with ammo that uses pointed bullets. Lightweight, easy to maneuver, easy to shoot well, and with more than enough barrel length to maximize the ballistic capabilities of any big bore revolver cartridge, the Model 1894 is as good as any modern lever-action rifle despite the fact that its earliest version was introduced by Marlin in 1894. But if there's one really good thing about this rifle, it's that it makes recoil a non-issue. A significant number of shooters have trouble handling the recoil of full-house .44 Magnum loads and hot .45 Long Colt loads even more so, e.g. stuff like the +P Deer Grenade load Buffalo Bore sells. The aforementioned Deer Grenade load utilizes a 260-grain medium-cast gas-checked lead hollow point bullet which can be propelled out of the Marlin Model 1894's 20-inch barrel with a velocity of around 1,890 feet per second, generating muzzle energy of around 2,063 foot-pounds of force, more than enough to take from a hundred yards away. Out of a Ruger Super Redhawk, the same Deer Grenade load has quite the kick which recoil-shy folks find intolerable. But out of the Marlin Model 1894, shooting be a real pleasurable experience. And if a single round somehow isn't enough for whatever purpose you may have, the Model 1894 comes with a magazine capacity of 9 or 10 rounds depending on the cartridge it's chambered for. These can be fired in rapid succession very easily because again, the Model 1894 is a lever-action. Too bad the company stopped production two years ago, but you can still find one if you check out our list below.

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