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Offline Dana C

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24" 94's in 44 Mag. (cowboy)
« on: November 16, 2005, 05:29:25 PM »
While the 20" sure is handy the longer sight radius of the 24" octogon sure works well for me and looks great as well.  I finally decided to buy one and low and behold, Marlin stopped producing them.  They now only are making 20" barrel cowboy guns.
I have a 24" 357 and love it but I am afraid I will have to buy a Puma unless I can find a Marlin.
Does anyone know why the 24" barrel was discontinued?
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Offline PeterF.

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24" 94's in 44 Mag. (cowboy)
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2005, 05:46:53 AM »
Don't know why they discontinued it.  Maybe CAS competitors prefered the shorter style (easier to swing?).  I thought about getting a 24-incher and cutting it back to about 22 ... which I thought would look better.  Then I found a 24-inch ("Special Edition" version, I guess, since it has checkering).  When I actually handled it, I found the balance with the 24-inch barrel about perfect ... better than it would be with a shorter barrel; so I've left it competely as-is.
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24" 94's in 44 Mag. (cowboy)
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2005, 05:44:42 PM »
Wow, and I am looking to buy a 20 inch 44 model and have my smith cut it down to 16.5 inches...
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