This is a Marlin 1895GS Guide Gun (Stainless) in 45-70 Govt.
I purchased this rifle online in 2011 NIB from a South Texas gun shop. Upon receiving it I discovered that the front sight was clocked to the right. Rather than sending it back to Remington I decided to just put a red dot sight on the receiver. I removed the front and rear sights and put a nickle blank in the rear sight dovetail. I also installed a follower designed for LEVERevolution ammo.
I took this gun to the range last month and sighted the Ultra Dot 25 Sight in at 100 yards using LEVERevolution ammo. Here's the Official specs:
Compact gun that weighs only 7 lbs. It features an 18½" barrel and a straight-grip stock for fast pointing. 4–shot tubular magazine (+1). Lever action; side ejection; stainless steel receiver, barrel, lever, trigger guard plate, magazine tube and loading gate. Hammer block safety. American black walnut straight-grip stock; cut checkering; ventilated recoil pad; tough Mar-Shield® finish; swivel studs. 18.5" with deep-cut Ballard-type rifling (6 grooves). 1:20" r.h. Adjustable semi-buckhorn folding rear, ramp front sight with brass bead and Wide-Scan™ hood. Solid top receiver tapped for scope mount; offset hammer spur (right or left hand) for scope use. 37", 7Lbs. MSRP $780.00
I have some XS sights as well that I never installed on this gun that I will throw in. I also installed a stainless safety blank in place of the crossbolt safety. The original crossbolt safety is also included.
The gun is just too much power for me and after sighting it in, I realized that I will probably never shoot it again. It has approximately 40 rounds thru it. I was saving it for my Son who lives in Canada, but he has a .338 Lapua rifle up there and really would not have a need for this one.
I have 675.00 into the rifle and 150 into the Ultra Dot 25 Sight. I have some LEVERevolution ammo (100+ rounds.....prolly 160 rounds but I'm not counting) loose in a metal ammo box that will be included in the deal That's 280.00 worth of ammo at 1.75 a round! I have the Marlin box, original removed sights, XS sights, Lock, etc.... that came with it.
There is one slight ding in the forearm wood that is barely noticeable (missed when driving blank into rear sight dovetail) DOH!
I would like to get $500.00 FTF in North DFW area. No shipping and no trades.
So, the lucky buyer is getting:
Rifle: 675.00
Ammo: 280.00
Ultra Dot: 150.00
LEVERevolution follower: free
Metal ammo can: free
Crossbolt safety delete: free
XS sights: free
Rear sight dovetail blank: free
Total value 1105.00 for 500.00! You won't find a better deal than that!
