The main reason for the success of the XLR and cowboy-action shooting: Quite simply, lever-actions are fun to shoot.
Field Editor Brian McCombie takes a closer look at the Marlin 1895GSBL.
The 1895SBL, a serious big-bore lever-action gun that can take it as well as dish it out, is destined to become another Marlin 1895 legend.
Marlin is expanding a number of its lines in 2017—the big bores included. The Model 444, chambered in, predictably, the hard-hitting .444 Marlin cartridge, will return to the company's lineup.