The lever-action rifle is something of an ... The approximate base retail price of this rifle is $1,170. The parent company for the Marlin Model 1894 Series is Sturm, Ruger & Company.

And with the heaviest .45/70 loads, you have enough gun for anything walking planet Earth. In 1881, Marlin was the first to chamber the .45/70 in a lever action rifle, and though it experienced a ...

By lever-action standards ... this is a big game and/or a bear/self-defense rifle, and nothing else. But of all the lever guns offered by Marlin since the turn of the century, this is my favorite.