Search this topic on Marlin Owner's Forum http://www.marlinowners.com/forums/index.php. A man from New England makes what you want in stainless steel. While I no longer have his name, I bought two from him.
Hope this helps.
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- Fri Dec 25, 2009 1:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Stainless steel Marlin crossbolt safety replacement
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1057
- Mon Dec 07, 2009 2:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Any savage 99 fans here ???
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3157
Re: Any savage 99 fans here ???
Several years ago I queried Savage regarding resurrecting the M99. The reply stated they were part-way through the process - that several parts were being prototype investment cast in Spain. Some of the prototype castings were stainless steel as well as non-stainless. . . . Years pass. . . . No prod...
- Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 45-70 double
- Replies: 98
- Views: 36943
Re: 45-70 double
http://www.pioneer-pac.com/ http://www.americanrifleman.org/ArticlePage.aspx?cid=24&id=1965 To request you to become members of the National Rifle Association would not be out of place or rude, would it? Were you, you would have these data already. There is no downside to joining. Hope this hel...
- Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Arrow Penetration Issues
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2237
Re: OT - Arrow Penetration Issues
Good news and not-so-good news. Not-so-good news first: You are attempting to reinvent the axle - that is, trying to achieve results the hard way. The good news is: What you want to know - reliable kills without jumping through hoops - can be found here. http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ub...
- Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mount Vernon, Washington
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1043
Re: Mount Vernon, Washington
Good day everyone, I need some help. I will be relocating soon. Some where between Everett WA and Bellingham WA. Can I get some opinions about the towns? My wife likes the name Mount Vernon, but I don't know enough. Thanks Until I moved to Montana I lived in Skagit County. Mount Vernon was my last ...
- Sat Oct 31, 2009 2:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 45-70 double
- Replies: 98
- Views: 36943
Re: 45-70 double
In the current American Rifleman is a "Dope Bag" report on a Polish-manufactured hammer side-by-side shotgun. While it is expensive for the product, it also appears to be well made, and well designed for heavy loading. Considering the apparent wall thickness of the barrels, I suspect this ...
- Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: You knew it was coming. What's the worst shot you ever made?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2132
Re: You knew it was coming. What's the worst shot you ever made?
My first whitetail shot with a handgun was an attention getter. I bought a [newly available] Ruger Blackhawk stainless steel 357 Magnum revolver with 6-1/2 inch barrel. My father helped my craft the ultimate custom grip for it - from pink dental acrylic, he being a dentist. The revolver was perfect ...
- Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Rejuvenate A Dead DVD/CD?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 424
Re: OT - Rejuvenate A Dead DVD/CD?
Identifying cause of death determines one's ability to emulate Baron Frankenstein. When opacity of off-side surface degrades -- via age, scratching, bozo using oil-based permanent marker, other -- ability of CD/DVD reader to discriminate between platter's peaks and valleys -- pits, or light and dark...
- Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: John Sweany trigger drawing
- Replies: 3
- Views: 836
Re: John Sweany trigger drawing
Hobie:
How about creating server space to allow online and printable drawings to be accessed directly from the web site?
How about creating server space to allow online and printable drawings to be accessed directly from the web site?
- Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: John Sweany trigger drawings NEWER POST
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3345
Re: John Sweany trigger drawings
John received John Sweany's documents and four CD-Rs last week. My part of the job is complete.
- Mon Oct 05, 2009 2:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: John Sweany trigger drawings NEWER POST
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3345
Re: John Sweany trigger drawings
The job was sent USPS Priority Mail from Seeley Lake today. I anticipate John'll receive it by Thursday or Friday.
I cannot foretell when the members will have access to the documents online.
I cannot foretell when the members will have access to the documents online.
- Thu Oct 01, 2009 8:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: John Sweany trigger drawings NEWER POST
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3345
Re: John Sweany trigger drawings
Okay, all scans have been optimized for their respective formats and rendered as JPEG and PDF files. I'll try to burn CDs over the weekend and return scans and original art to John on Monday or Tuesday. I am uncertain how he and Leverguns.com administrators intend to make scans accessible; they are ...
- Sat Sep 26, 2009 1:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: John Sweany trigger drawings NEWER POST
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3345
Re: John Sweany trigger drawings
All pages scanned. All have been converted to JPEG, not larger than 1000 pixels wide, for online posting if needed. Yet to filter original scans and create PDF files. When this is done, CDs will be burned and all will be mailed back.
- Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: John Sweany trigger drawings NEWER POST
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3345
Re: John Sweany trigger drawings
One notebook to go. Two gigabytes on 101 scans so far.
- Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Where to find a better, larger photograph?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 375
Re: Where to find a better, larger photograph?
I have been informed that the photograph's title is "Scanning the Passes" by Sir Erich Teichman, a British diplomat. I cannot confirm this, nor can I find any photograph of this title.
- Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Where to find a better, larger photograph?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 375
Where to find a better, larger photograph?
Peter Hopkirk's The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia has, in duotone on its cover and also reproduced as black-and-white photograph within the body of the book, a photograph of a man in cold weather garb on a mountain top surveying the distance - telescope being supported by a lea...
- Sat Sep 19, 2009 11:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: John Sweany trigger drawings NEWER POST
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3345
Re: John Sweany trigger drawings
I have 100's of trigger drawing by John Sweany from 1930 to 1954 . Need to go to a good home . FREE to a person of interest in gun smithing triggers . I don't want to see his work tossed away . There was letters from Remington in the 30's where he made and developed a triggers for them . I've use h...
- Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: John Sweany trigger drawings NEWER POST
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3345
Re: John Sweany trigger drawings
Not a problem. I thought I read "hundreds."tn gun runner wrote:There is well over 100 pages .
- Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anybody here ever read "Farnham's Freehold"?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4240
Re: Anybody here ever read "Farham's Freehold"?
National Geographic had a program on Sunday called The Human Family Tree, I believe it will run all month. I recommend that eveyone watch it, if nothing else it illustrates the futility of racial bias. It is something that should not exist. You might want to read Gordon Allport's The Nature of Prej...
- Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: John Sweany trigger drawings NEWER POST
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3345
Re: John Sweany trigger drawings
I'm trying to fine a good home for these . I don't want them to go on some book shelf . I like someone read and use them like I did . So keep posting why you want them . That scanning sound like a great idea if someone has a scanner .... I am a manuscript editor-book designer by trade. I can scan, ...
- Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: John Sweany trigger drawings NEWER POST
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3345
Re: John Sweany trigger drawings
I have been seeking an unusual, simple single set trigger. Apparently no one makes it. If Any of the drawings have a comparable trigger, please let me know. Here are thumbnails of the trigger. http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/1930839_Hawken_single_set_trigger-1.jpg http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/1...
- Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anybody here ever read "Farnham's Freehold"?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4240
Re: Anybody here ever read "Farham's Freehold"?
Title is Farnham’s Freehold by Robert Heinlein. They lived through the missiles, they lived through the bombs, they lived through the fires, they lived through the epidemics — which were not extreme and may not have been weapons; both sides disclaimed them — and they lived through the long period of...
- Sat Aug 29, 2009 1:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT BAKER RIFLE ALMOST DONE
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1254
Re: OT BAKER RIFLE ALMOST DONE
Is "orgasmic" too strong a word?
- Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Thread with no purpose beyond its photgraph
- Replies: 3
- Views: 625
Thread with no purpose beyond its photgraph
I happened across a spectacular photograph taken by a friend at Seeley Lake Saturday, August 4, 2007, at the Jocko Lake fire. Seeley Lake, Montana, has bordering it four finger lakes: Seeley Lake, Placid Lake, Jocko Lake, Salmon Lake. I hope you enjoy it. You can see the beacon flash on the cell tow...
- Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Anybody shoot 6.5x54 Mannlicher Schoenauer?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1791
Re: OT - Anybody shoot 6.5x54 Mannlicher Schoenauer?
A M-S 6.5x54 mm carbine, and a Savage M99 250 Savage, were Roy Chapman Andrews' choice of general purpose hunting/meat rifles during his Central Asiatic Expeditions, circa 1920-1930.
- Thu Jun 25, 2009 6:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Browning BLR stainless - How stainless?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 433
Browning BLR stainless - How stainless?
I understand all Browning BLRs for the past two decades, or so, have aluminum receivers. Regarding those models identified as "stainless," how stainless are they? Is it easier to identify stainless steel parts, or those parts that are not stainless?
- Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Stainless steel M92s in 480 Ruger
- Replies: 3
- Views: 460
Stainless steel M92s in 480 Ruger
I visited Legacy Sports' web site and noticed they no longer import stainless steel M92s in 480 Ruger. Who does now? What do existing owners of these rifles do for service?
- Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Armi Sharps vs Pedersoli Sharps --- any real diff ?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1218
Re: Armi Sharps vs Pedersoli Sharps --- any real diff ?
http://www.sellitmt.com/classifieds/mer ... &limit=200
Near the top is a Shiloh Sharps 45-70 for sale at a reasonable price. This has been on the market for a while, so I suspect cash talks loudly.
Hope this helps.
Near the top is a Shiloh Sharps 45-70 for sale at a reasonable price. This has been on the market for a while, so I suspect cash talks loudly.
Hope this helps.
- Fri May 15, 2009 7:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - FA 475 Linebaugh
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1014
Re: OT - FA 475 Linebaugh
One of your grandchildren will love you -- guaranteed.
Knock yourself out!
Knock yourself out!
- Wed May 06, 2009 11:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What gun is that in this cowboy's holster?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 3162
Re: What gun is that in this cowboy's holster?
Could it not be a Danish Bergmann (sp??), or Astra or Chinese copy of the C-96? The grip profile could be any of these, I think.
- Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 303 British Loads & Sierra ProHunters
- Replies: 41
- Views: 10560
Re: 303 British Loads & Sierra ProHunters
Please don't chew my head off for this proviso. Among the several elk hunters and mule deer hunters I know who have used Sierra hunting bullets, (All but one shot 30-06, the other a 300 Winchester Magnum.) no one used Sierra bullets for big game hunting a second time. Their anecdotal reports were es...
- Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - 1959 Western "Warlock"
- Replies: 5
- Views: 646
Re: OT - 1959 Western "Warlock"
The novel of the same name, on which the movie is based, is a much rougher story. I always felt the plot was loosely based on the relationship of Wyatt Earp and John Holiday.
I appreciate the method Fonda uses to deal with the lynch mob. "Step up."
I appreciate the method Fonda uses to deal with the lynch mob. "Step up."
- Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:15 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Need valid loading data for FA M97 45 Colt
- Replies: 2
- Views: 346
OT - Need valid loading data for FA M97 45 Colt
I just got a Freedom Arms M97 45 Colt with 4.25-inch barrel. I called Freedom to identify any restrictions or problems reloading for the M97. According to FA, any load for the Ruger Blackhawk revolvers is safe to use in M97 -- so long as cartridge overall length is not greater than 1.600 inches. My ...
- Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Valuation of Browning 71 / Supplies?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1671
Re: Valuation of Browning 71 / Supplies?
I think these folks are right. To sell, $1200-1400 (tops) for the whole deal. I can't imagine somebody would want to buy the carbine and not the rest of it, particularly the bullets. Imagine it. I had a High Grade Browning M71 at sale with enough components, dies, etc. to keep the rifle going for d...
- Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Montana to challenge federal control
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1392
Montana to challenge federal control
Montana set to challenge federal gun controls.
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009 ... s/br51.txt
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009 ... s/br51.txt
- Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 336 converting to straight grip
- Replies: 8
- Views: 828
Re: 336 converting to straight grip
I recently traded off my Marlin 444 and have regretted it. I found a nice Marlin 336 in 35 Remington to replace it. I would like to convert it from pistol grip to straight grip. Is it as easy as buying the lever and the stock for a straight grip gun? If yours is stainless steel, I have straight gri...
- Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 348 Back in Stock
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1468
Re: 348 Back in Stock
That's the reason the Browning M71 I'm selling includes 680 cases, bullets, reloading dies -- decades of insulation from ammunition problems.
- Sun Mar 29, 2009 1:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Just saw Dirty Harry's Model 29
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1591
Re: OT - Just saw Dirty Harry's Model 29
Into every day a little rain must fall. During the filming of "Dirty Harry," Smith & Wesson was unable to furnish a M29. Harry was using a look alike 41 Magnum M57.
- Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The real Indiana Jones
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1646
Re: The real Indiana Jones
Well there gos the myth about him and the S&W 1917 (in .45acp)the pistol in his houlster does have the same frame though! Bob :( While nowadays few people use Colt double-action revolvers regularly, until perhaps after World War II, Smith & Wesson swing-out double-actions were nowhere near ...
- Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The real Indiana Jones
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1646
Re: The real Indiana Jones
Part II 1923 First dinosaur eggs discovered http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1564701_1923_1st_dinosaur_eggs-2.jpg At the Flaming Cliffs http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1564697_Olsen_at_the_Flaming_Cliffs.jpg Still with Olsen at the Flaming Cliffs - 1925 http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1564708_1925...
- Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The real Indiana Jones
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1646
The real Indiana Jones
As I became more annoyed with "Adventurer's" threads at the Fedora Lounge, I decided to create yet another while inserting a smidgen of history. Here is the man whose name everyone recognizes, whose face few recognize. Who is whom? http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1564709_Andrews_and_Jones...
- Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Huntin' , shootin' & fishin' after a hip replacement?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1446
Re: Huntin' , shootin' & fishin' after a hip replacement?
Governor Schwartzenegger has one several years old. Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson played professional football with one briefly; he retired when he discovered most of his zip was gone. And I recently read of a ballerina who had the surgery. Included with the text was a photograph of her in -- I b...
- Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Top Ten Unforgettable Movie Scenes
- Replies: 80
- Views: 7104
Re: OT - Top Ten Unforgettable Movie Scenes
Here's one I suspect nobody else has seen. "Forty Guns" (1957) Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan. Sullivan and his brothers are thinly disguised Earp brothers. The scene to which I refer is as follows. Villain has taken a hostage. Holding her in front of him with his gun to her head, he cal...
- Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winchester 1 of 1000 for sale - enjoy the $$$
- Replies: 7
- Views: 774
Winchester 1 of 1000 for sale - enjoy the $$$
Moderator: This is not really a CLASSIFIED. It's just fun to read.
Here's an advertisement for an original 1873. Read first advertisement.
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/ad ... /firearms/
Here's an advertisement for an original 1873. Read first advertisement.
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/ad ... /firearms/
- Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What kind of automobile is a Henry?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1350
What kind of automobile is a Henry?
During the opening credits of "The Professionals" (1966), starring Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, an automobile collects Marvin to bring him to the tycoon, Ralph Bellamy. The story takes place between about 1917 and 1921. The car has the word "Henry" as ascending diagonal script on ...
- Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Must I ship muzzleloader to FFL?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1134
Re: Must I ship muzzleloader to FFL?
Thanks, guys. I wish I knew why the man sent me that note.
I have no idea where his residence is. I just got the note from him as a question from the auction site.
I have no idea where his residence is. I just got the note from him as a question from the auction site.
- Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Must I ship muzzleloader to FFL?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1134
Must I ship muzzleloader to FFL?
I have a LeMat percussion cap lock revolver at sale. I just received a note from an interested buyer who wrote that I must ship the revolver to an FFL holder, per USPS web site information. While this may or may not be accurate for USPS, I am unaware of any regulation change that forces me to send i...
- Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: POLITICS Posts
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9258
Re: POLITICS Posts
Political posts are creeping from the political forum. If I want anxiety, I can rent Hitchcock's "Psycho."
- Thu Jan 01, 2009 12:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 475 Turnbull vs. 45-70 quote
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8577
Re: 475 Turnbull vs. 45-70 quote
Hey Rimfire: I can get 45-70, 405gr's to go just short of 2200 fps in a 26" cowboy or a 24" XLR. Right about 2100 fps in my 22" Win 350's 2400 fps 2350 These are the Grizzly Cartridge stats with their loadings. I must ask: What safe, published handloading data shows these velocity nu...
- Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Question for Marlin XLR owners
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1029
Re: Question for Marlin XLR owners
My Guide Gun (GS) which I have more or less converted to an XLR configuration had a rigid magazine tube anchor. Your best bet would be to query Grizzly Custom Guns or Brockman's, et al. Ask what they do when they customize Marlins.