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All are chambered for the .45/70 caliber except for the "M" (.450) Introduced in the 1970s, based on the Model 336 and named after the original 1895. Marlin Model 1895 Square bolt. The original rifle introduced in 1895, based on the 1893 action but scaled up for larger cartridges such as 45-70 and 45-90 to replace the Model 1881.
The .45-70 (11.6x53mmR), also known as the .45-70 Government, .45-70 Springfield, and .45-2 1 ⁄ 10" Sharps, is a .45 caliber rifle cartridge originally holding 70 grains of black powder that was developed at the U.S. Army's Springfield Armory for use in the Springfield Model 1873.
The .450 Marlin is a firearms cartridge designed as a modernized equivalent to the .45-70 cartridge. It was designed by a joint team of Marlin and Hornady engineers headed by Hornady's Mitch Mittelstaedt, [ 4 ] and was released in 2000, with cartridges manufactured by Hornady and rifles manufactured by Marlin, mainly the Model 1895M levergun .
Marlin Firearms: Produced: 1862–1891: No. built: 21,000+ (1862–1873) by various firms and then 40,000 by J.M Marlin and the Marlin Firearms Co. Variants: No. 0 and No. 1 Hunter's Rifle No. 1 1/2 Hunter's Rifle No. 1 3/4 Far West No. 2 Sporting No. 3 Gallery Rifle No. 3 Pistol Grip Rifle No. 3 1/2 Target No. 4 Perfection No. 4 1/4 No. 4 1/2 ...
While the guns were chambered for the .44-40 round, McQueen wore more impressive looking .45-70 rounds in the loops of his gun belt. In season one a doctor, after removing a bullet fired from the Mare's Leg from the back of a criminal, identified the removed bullet as a .30-30 round.
The .40-65 Winchester (also called the .40-65 Winchester and Marlin) [1] was an American rifle cartridge. Introduced in 1887 for the Winchester Model 1886 , and available in Winchester single shots and in the Marlin Model 1895 , it was "a further effort to put more steam" in repeating rifle cartridges. [ 2 ]
Inside of Marlin 39A receiver. John Marlin, founder of Marlin Firearms Company, introduced the company's first lever-action repeating rifle, the Model 1881. This was chambered in rounds such as .45-70 Government and .38-55 Winchester. Its successor was the 1895 solid-top design, known as the Marlin 336 today.
The largest factory caliber offered for the Contender was the .45-70, which, although a much larger case than the .308, is still feasible because of the relatively low cartridge pressures of the original black-powder round relative to the limits of the bolt face of the Contender receiver.