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I just fitted a buttstock to my 1889 44/40 & took some pictures I thought I'd share. It came out lighter that the 100+ year old forend but is closer than the pics make it look. I just need to drag it under my truck a week or two.
Heres a funny looking jap levergun I picked up last week. They stuck the lever on the side but it was a good deal anyway.
& this one is my 102 year old 1894 I'm putting back together. It came with no good after market 32.20 barrel. I found a 25/20 carbine barrel & had John Taylor of Taylor machine line it & instal the rifle type mag tube stud.
Thats a 336 forend I intend to shorten to fit. The reciever end fits right in but you can see the barrel band screw hole is several inches firther back on the older guns. As it is the barrel channel is too fat. By cutting the back off it'll move it back far enough to be a nice fit.
Heres a pic of the muzzle, pretty seamless if you ask me.
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Hush up about John Taylor. The more people that know about his quality, the longer it's going to take to get my projects done. Now everyone will know that he really does do "invisible" reline jobs.
This is a Marlin I hunted with for many years. 44 MAG hits hard out to about 100 yards or so. The scope is huge and ugly but all I could afford at the time - Weaver K4 I traded for at a Gun Show. Cost me the equivalent of $20. in early 80's.
I hope you'll share hunting photos soon.
TR
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Leverdude, I like what you've done with those old Marlins.
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After that 94 I have one more 89 to get done. That ones a 38/40 & might get sent to Taylor machine next week for lineing. I just need to decide if it'll stay round or if I should put an oct 1889 barrel I have on it. That barrels been reblued tho & I dont really want to redo the metal on the reciever.
That'll be all 4 original WCF short cartriges. I really like this stuff & get great satisfaction from shooting these guns once done. Not sure what the future will bring but I dont have a 93 in 30/30, 25/35 or 32 special yet.
I REALLY like that 89!
MY 89 needs a new fore arm Where did you get the replacement stock ?
Beautiful job fitting that stock
The right way is always the hardest. It's like the law of nature , water always takes the path of least resistence...... That's why we get crooked rivers and crooked men . TR Theodore the Great
Bluehawk wrote:I REALLY like that 89!
MY 89 needs a new fore arm Where did you get the replacement stock ?
Beautiful job fitting that stock
I used a Precision gun works 1895 Marlin butstock. Theyre all the same except for the lower tang on the 89 is 3/8" or so longer. Even a 336 stock will fit if you lengthen the tang cuts.
Is your gun a rifle or carbine? Regardless either a 94 or 89 forend of the right type will work. Not a modern one, the newer ones fit the reciever fine but are too long & the barrel contours are different.
Call Treebone carving or Precision gun works. Both have excellent 90% inletted replacement wood. Treebone has fancy wood that I dont think precision offers any longer.
Leverdude,
That's a fine looking piece of work. I can never get my inletting to turn out that good. Do you use any power tools (Dremel, etc.) to inlet, or do you do it all by hand?
Winjester
I used a dremil to lengthen the lower tang, the rest is scrapers & files,,,,& time. I bed the tangs & where the stock meets the reciever.If its a sloppy job it'll still look crappy but if its tight it makes it about as flawless as you can get.
I bed the tangs & where the stock meets the reciever.If its a sloppy job it'll still look crappy but if its tight it makes it about as flawless as you can get.