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I bought this gun used and loved the gun right off the bat. If you don't know what a LTD-V is here is a little background on them. They were limited distributor models. Five of them made for Davidson's. They came in different configurations. The V has a half round, half octagon barrel and a pistol grip stock. Other than that they are like the 1895 Cowboy.
I took mine and restocked it with wood from Treebone Carving. I had a buddy glass bed it and I did the exterior sanding and finishing.
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I didn't like the factory lever loop and I wanted something more traditional. I wanted a lever that was like the originals. Since I couldn't find an original that would work I had to make my own. So I bought a couple of levers of e-bay auctions. I got some pistol grip type ones from an auction by WWG and some straight gripped levers from a private individual. I did some cutting, welding, fileing, and finish polishing and came up with this.
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Because the lever had to have finish on it and because it had been welded, I thought it would be best to have it CCH'ed. I sent it, the hammer, the trigger, the forend cap, butt plate and magazine tube cap off to Turnbull Restoration for color case hardening.
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I did a few other little things, action job and changed out the front sight for a Lyman globe. I bought it used and it had the Lyman tang on it when it came home.
Here are some of the other pictures.
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Another thing about modern Marlins, the forestock cap doesn't have the shape of the older ones. So I gave the one on my gun a more flatend shape. By doing that the screws looked a little bug eyed so I had to relieve the back side of the screw in order to get the to fit better.
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The screws for the butt plate had to be filed down to fit flush. That was a little tricky, the screws were harder then the butt plate so you had to be careful not to mess up the butt plate trying to get the screws flat.
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Overall it is quite a shooter. I like shooting a 300 grain hard cast over 13 grains of Unique. I shot a CAS side match with it for the first time last summer and took first place with it. I am thinking of switching the sights out for a Soule type tang sight and maybe a spirt level front sight.
This one will be with me to the grave.
Jay