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Marlin Lever Gun Help
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<blockquote data-quote="msalm" data-source="post: 260411" data-attributes="member: 8863"><p>I just modified a Marlin 336 in 35 Rem. Took it all apart and rechambered to 356 Win. The feeding lever needed modification (opening up a bit) to feed the longer round, still have to modify the feed gate a tad as loaded rounds feed into the magazine stiffly, but I'm pretty close to whipping it. For your 44 Mag conversion you would need to add metal to the feed lever to only allow one round into the action body for feeding vs. the 1 1/2 as mentioned.</p><p> </p><p>Easier thing to do would look at getting the 1894 in 44 Mag, and just doing the tang and lever work to fit the pistol grip stock to the existing gun. I think that would be FAR cheaper than fitting a new barrel or cutting the square threads and duplicating the tenon on the new stub when setting back the existing 444 Marlin.</p><p> </p><p>I want to pick up one of those 1894's in 44 Mag myself as a future project. That one will get rebarreled to 475 Linebaugh to match my revolver ammo... THAT would be a handy brush gun/bear thumper....425gr hardcast out of a 20" barrel vs 6" on the wheelgun...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="msalm, post: 260411, member: 8863"] I just modified a Marlin 336 in 35 Rem. Took it all apart and rechambered to 356 Win. The feeding lever needed modification (opening up a bit) to feed the longer round, still have to modify the feed gate a tad as loaded rounds feed into the magazine stiffly, but I'm pretty close to whipping it. For your 44 Mag conversion you would need to add metal to the feed lever to only allow one round into the action body for feeding vs. the 1 1/2 as mentioned. Easier thing to do would look at getting the 1894 in 44 Mag, and just doing the tang and lever work to fit the pistol grip stock to the existing gun. I think that would be FAR cheaper than fitting a new barrel or cutting the square threads and duplicating the tenon on the new stub when setting back the existing 444 Marlin. I want to pick up one of those 1894's in 44 Mag myself as a future project. That one will get rebarreled to 475 Linebaugh to match my revolver ammo... THAT would be a handy brush gun/bear thumper....425gr hardcast out of a 20" barrel vs 6" on the wheelgun... [/QUOTE]
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