Attention .41 Magnum 1894FG owners!

[mag41vance]

Its been about 2 years since the 1894FG .41 Magnum was issued from Marlin.
To those who have purchased one, what is your verdict?
Have you found the perfect load or factory round to feed the .41 mag.
I was one of the first in my area to get one and so far it has proven to be a challenge in the accuracy department, but I have a load that will do the job at the bench, and in the Deer woods.

I am very interested in the reviews after 2 years of testing.

[Bullseye]

Had mine about 6 months and sold it.  Accuracy looked promising but it started jamming all the time after I had put about 300 rounds through it.

[Dand]

Hmm you make me nervous.  After years of thinking about it, I finally bought one last Sunday.  I expect it will be picky as to cartridge length and bullet type.  Hope I can get something good without 2 years of work.

This gun seemed pretty smooth cycling for a new Marlin.

Have you consulted Crawfish or the other 41 mag guy (forget his handle)?

[Dand]

this is slightly related but I can't speak to accuracy yet.
My FG just arrived today and I ran various factory ammo thru it to test feeding.  Win 240, Speer GD 210, Rem 210, Fed Cast Core 250, Corbon 250, and Corbon 265 fed just fine on a limited test basis.  My big surprise were the Corbon 265s.  I sure hope they really work as that load really ups the performance in my mind. Will have to test them with a full magazine and while firing.  Even some of my home loads with 265 Cast Performance LFN fed ok as long as the gun was level.  I bought the gun expecting the 265 LFN wouldn't feed at all. Now I just hope they like the micro groove rifling.

Maybe I'll learn on Friday when our range is open.

[Dand]

My first time out with the gun I'm pretty excited.  But this is a real small sample.  Multiple groups will tell the tale of consistency.

All of this shooting is off the bench with the bag under the front of the receiver.  

I started with some old Rem 210 sp factory loads I got at a garage sale.
After sighters I got 3 shots in 1 inch ctc at 50 yards with stock sights. If I could figure it out I'd post pictures of my targets.

3 Win 240 gr went into 1.2 ctc at 50 yd.

3 Speer 210 gold dots went  2.5 ctc at 50 yd with 2 within 1 inch.

3 Corbon 265 LFN  went 1.9 ctc at 50 yd.

With my eyes and the intermittent rain I didn't even try at 100 yard.  I might work at 75 yards.

I'm tempted to try a scope for consistency and I think I'll want better iron sights.  Maybe an XS front sight and some sort of aperture rear.  I'm partial to the Williams Fool Proof but might consider the XS.

This gun is going to be too much fun.  My 7 yr old wanted a try so I let him fire a couple of light loaded 180 Gold Dots I had.  He only got on the paper once but he handled the recoil fine.

This gun is pretty recent production, 2004 I think.  I wonder if QC is different from older guns?  I wonder if some accuracy problems are related to bore condition?  My 30-40 shots are too early for me to know what this gun will really do.