Marlin rifling question...

[TED]

Every Marlin lever action I have ever seen says "micro groove barrel" on it.

Until the other day, I saw one that does not have that on it.

My question is, does that mean it has a different type of rifling or are they just not marking them that way anymore?

Thanks.

TED

[T2C]

Not all Marlins have micro groove barrels. I owned a Marlin 1894CB in .357 magnum for a few years and it had Ballard style rifling.

[brickboy240]

The Ballard rifling Marlins were an answer by the Cowboy Action Shooter crowd that wanted this rifling because it spun the lead bullets much better.

With jacketed bullets...the Micro-Groove rifling seems to work very well. I have run lead bullets through my 357 and 44 mag Marlins that have Micro Groove rifling and did not notice a HUGE accuracy drop off. There was difference but not tons. Especially for the close shooting on large targets that the Cowboy Action guys do.