Here is a Marlin that I love shooting.
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Here is a Marlin that I love shooting.
I thought some of you might like to see what a little extra time on your hands can get you. These pictres are of my Marlin 1895LTD-V that I worked on a couple of years ago.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Nice!
Kind regards,
Tycer
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Thanks for all the nice words! I appreciate that from fine levergun gurus!
The glass bedding of the stocks weather proofs them. It also tightens the wood to metal fit. When putting them together there is no sloppiness what so ever. You wouldn't think that it would make a difference but it does. I wish that you guys could handle this gun to see what I mean. The difference is hard for me to explain.
Has anyone else done this and have a better explaination?
Jay
The glass bedding of the stocks weather proofs them. It also tightens the wood to metal fit. When putting them together there is no sloppiness what so ever. You wouldn't think that it would make a difference but it does. I wish that you guys could handle this gun to see what I mean. The difference is hard for me to explain.
Has anyone else done this and have a better explaination?
Jay
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WOW!!! That is one good lookin gun.
I never thought of glass bedding a levergun. Facinating idea that I think I will try on my Win 94 30/30. (No its not an older gun) It has some wood to metal issues....among others.
Thanks for sharing and planting some ideas.
I never thought of glass bedding a levergun. Facinating idea that I think I will try on my Win 94 30/30. (No its not an older gun) It has some wood to metal issues....among others.
Thanks for sharing and planting some ideas.
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Did it improve accuracy?kentdep wrote:Thanks for all the nice words! I appreciate that from fine levergun gurus!
The glass bedding of the stocks weather proofs them. It also tightens the wood to metal fit. When putting them together there is no sloppiness what so ever. You wouldn't think that it would make a difference but it does. I wish that you guys could handle this gun to see what I mean. The difference is hard for me to explain.
Has anyone else done this and have a better explaination?
Jay
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AWESOME One of the nicest 95s I have ever seen Nice work
Now you have me thinking aboutmine and how it COULD look.
VERY NICE ENJOY
Now you have me thinking aboutmine and how it COULD look.
VERY NICE ENJOY
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Thats the nicest late model redo of a 1895 I've seen! Marlin could sell a lot of those if they made them like your's!
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