Another Marlin project

[Redthies]

I’ve been on a bit of a buying and selling roller coaster lately. I bought a Weatherby .270 for my wife, in hopes that she will help me fill the freezer this year. She is a fantastic shot, and has great eyes for spotting game. So with that purchase, I can free up a bit of play money by selling my 7-08. I personally dislike carrying a bolt rifle, so I don’t need more than one in a smaller caliber. I can borrow hers if I need to. I have an agreement to sell the 7-08 in play, so I will use the proceeds to A, buy suspension for my project Bronco, and B, buy a set of walnut furniture for my 336BL. I’m going to order a straight stock set from Boyds and make it a Texan. I’ve always hated the pistol grip on the BLs. I’m torn between re-shaping the big loop, and getting a square lever off a guides gun or similar. The only real difficulty will be milling off the extra material on the lower tang, but I have many options for that, ranging from a hack saw and die grinder to a Haas 4 axis mill.

Pic of the victim:



The new bits:




Now do I go with the traditional darker wood (left) or pay the $30 more for lighter wood (right)?

[Redthies]

I went darker. No point in spending extra for a slightly different tone. It will look more factory anyway.

[Vaquero]

Sounds like a fun project Red, be waitin to see the progress.

RP

[fortyshooter]

Be watching your project come together.

[Redthies]

Thanks guys! Having never milled a tang before, do you think I need to be as “heat sensitive” with it as one would with cutting down a barrel? I’m not going at it with a cutting torch or anything silly like that, but I will likely use a die grinder with burr and flap wheels for some shaping. Thoughts?

And a big thank you to one of our members for helping secure a factory straight lever for me!

[Redthies]

Square lever is here. Still no shipping notification from Boyds.

[Vaquero]

Hey Red, I think you can just change the floor plate from a curved one to a straight one.
Check out some of the threads over on MO, I believe that's what most have done.
Now how hard those plates are to find, well that I don't know.

RP

[Redthies]

There are 7,360 curved trigger plates on eBay for $20-$30. There are zero straight ones. I’m going to fire up the mill:)

[Redthies]

A banner day!

[BigAl52]

Better start your prayers now its shipped with USPS

[Redthies]

Better start your prayers now its shipped with USPS

My .44 Mag Henry barrel made it to the Canadian warranty depot via USPS no problem at all. (Now I have to deal with a gunsmith with MANY 1 star reviews). Hopefully the stock set gets here before May…

[Rifletom]

Looking forward to the progress Red. Ought to look good.

[Vaquero]

Hey Red, there's a guy over on MO wanting to do just the opposite with his 1895.
Not sure if those trigger plates are interchangeable, but worth investigating.

RP

[Redthies]

Thanks amigo!

[Redthies]

Hey Red, there's a guy over on MO wanting to do just the opposite with his 1895.
Not sure if those trigger plates are interchangeable, but worth investigating.

RP

Link to the thread? I didn’t see anything obvious in the .45-70 section.

[Redthies]

I think I found it. His is stainless. He won’t want my blued parts.

[Vaquero]

Oh well, I tried.

RP

[Redthies]

And thank you for that! My Boyds stock set is now at the post office. Almost $40 in duty and taxes owing! What a load of crap. Whatever happened to “free trade”?

[Hatchdog]

I’m thinking of a lot of comments regarding taxes and duty but in the spirit of Easter weekend I’ll keep them to myself

Glad you received your stock and you can move forward with your project.

[Redthies]

The stock set is pretty nice! The forend is much slimmer than the factory laminated one, so between that, the lack of pistol grip, and the inherent lighter weight of the solid walnut, I bet I lose a full pound of weight.