I have owned one of the early 1980s 1895 Warning -JM with no un-needed extra safety and a
very good pistol grip. Fit and finish were excellent-practical 22 inch barrel. With Lyman receiver sight and black
solid Pachmayer pad-it handles loads -"loaded for bear' very accurately.
The 1970s 1895s had the straight stocks and squared levers. But they all were quality-early. Marlin rifles.
Mine has a home-and it is reliable in Alaska or anywhere.

That being said-I really would prefer my pre-war Model 71 Winchester in 450 Alaskan-in my hands-
if both mama and cub are bearing down on me like the guide and hunter in WY two years ago.
Don't trust bear spray by itself.......

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena-not the critic"-T. Roosevelt
There are no atheists in fox holes or in the open doors of a para's aircraft.....