Marlin ?
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Nontypical Buck
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Marlin ?
So as I know some of you guys are familiar with Marlin some muzzle loaders although they don't seem to have been produced very long. The MLS50 and MLS54 are the two I'm aware of. One in a .50 caliber and one in a .54 caliber. I'm not sure if they made anymore or not. Now my question is when it comes to those two listed above are the barrels nickle plated or stainless steel? How can you tell the difference? I thought they were stainless from the pictures of them I've seen but when at Wal-Mart today I saw some newer muzzle loaders that said they were nickle plated and they looked like the Marlins seem to.
Is nickle plating good or bad? Does it rust or is it like stainless where it doesn't? Which one is better to have? How about compared to blued? Which one out of those two are the best to have?
Is nickle plating good or bad? Does it rust or is it like stainless where it doesn't? Which one is better to have? How about compared to blued? Which one out of those two are the best to have?
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Nontypical Buck
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http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=137684217
There is a link to one btw so you can see what it looks like.
There is a link to one btw so you can see what it looks like.
#3
hometheaterman
As i remember they Marlin MLS (s for stainless) were Stainless Steel - the Nickel plated barrels are not as durable as Stainless... They are really a Thompson Center Black Diamond - not the XR
Check this articl
http://www.chuckhawks.com/54_caliber_muzzleloader.htm
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_M...he_Marlin_name
Hope some of this helps
As i remember they Marlin MLS (s for stainless) were Stainless Steel - the Nickel plated barrels are not as durable as Stainless... They are really a Thompson Center Black Diamond - not the XR
Check this articl
http://www.chuckhawks.com/54_caliber_muzzleloader.htm
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_M...he_Marlin_name
Hope some of this helps