Shooting the Marlin 1895G

[Redhat]

Been thinking of getting one of these. For those who know...what's it like recoil wise to light one of these things off?

Thanks

Redhat

[KN]

Mine is chambered in 450 marlin. With full house loads its brutal. Load it down a bit and get a good recoil pad and its not too bad.   KN

[Leverdude]

Mines a 45/70 & with factory 405's its about like a 30/30 recoil wise.
Some of the 300 grain loads hit the shoulder harder & the +P loads from PMC, Garret & buffalo bore are alot more potent. Depends what you feed it. I shoot whitetails with mine in the woods where a long shot is 75 yards & the 405 Rem & PMC loads have worked just fine for my uses.

[shootrj2003]

redhat,I shoot a 1895ss [1985 mfg. sporter with crossbolt safety]I enjoy it immensely, if you go with full house loads ,I predict pain unless you use a past pad or don't mind,I cranked fifty heavy loads through mine one morning and that afternoon I bought a past pad!But, That said, you can also get cheap lead cowboy loads and shoot all day without a care too.if you reload the options are endless and you won't be sorry you bought a Marlin ever!Leverdude hows it going? Glad too see a familiar name here.shootrj2003

[Coyote Hunter]

When I got my first levergun it was a gently used Marlin in .375 Winchester.  My rationale was I wanted more poop than a .30-30 and less recoil than a .45-70.  I immediately realized the error of my ways and went on a search for a good used .45-70 or 450, which I found a year later.

Now the .45-70 is the rifle I shoot most often, whether light plinking loads (300g hardcast @ 1167fps and 6.5 foot-pounds recoil), hunting loads (350g @ 2183fps for 38.7 foot -pounds recoil) or what I call my "Rhino Blasters" (460g hardcast @ 1812fps for 48.0 foot-pounds recoil).  I did cheat and put a slip-on recoil pad on it for the heavy loads.

Big-name factory ammo doesn't recoil too badly, but the faster loads (like PMC, Buffalo Bore and Garrett) will get your attention.