Sidearms & Scatterguns I "modernized" my lever gun...

[BgBmBoo]

Ok...I admit...I think the new rage of making a lever gun "tacti-cool" is..well...cool.

I had an old Marlin 336 in 30-30 that was literally collecting rust. I have not shot it in over 30 years.

Then my friend Chad of Chisel Machining started making stocks for the Marlin and Henry rifles so that sealed the deal.

Now there are many shops turning out really nice lever builds.
But I really did not want put $1500+ plus a 4-6 month wait into a rig that was just going to be for fun.

So I gathered parts and contacted my good friend Mike at The Cartridge Family to do the gunsmithing.

He shortened the barrel to 14 1/2" and then pined, welded, and blended the brake to make 16.2" barrel length.
Slicked up the action. Instalked a Ranger Point trigger and big loop lever.

The Cerakote was also done locally in Magpul OD green.

Topped it with a Leupold VX6 I had laying around.

Here is how it turned out.

 

[fanninland]

Heck yeah, that turned out nice.

I’ve got a posse of Marlins , all pretty much stock except for WWG trigger/ejector upgrades. Now you got me thinkin’….

 

[BgBmBoo]

Heck yeah, that turned out nice.

I’ve got a posse of Marlins , all pretty much stock except for WWG trigger/ejector upgrades. Now you got me thinkin’….

With my eyes, open sights just don't work.
So I figured let's go all out in this build if I'm going to make it an optics only rig.

Hoping to get to the range with it this week to sight it in.

 

[hlee]

Are the stock and hg drop in? Or is fitting required?

 

[BgBmBoo]

Are the stock and hg drop in? Or is fitting required?

Drop in. Check out Chisel Machining for the stock and they now make a matching forend.

 

[mi223]

That looks like one of them a-salt rifles I heard about on CNN.

That should be illegal, it is for the children after all.

In all seriousness, that is very sharp

 

[Firststrike89]

Wow, absolutely beautiful. You're making me want to get into "tacti-cool" lever actions.

 

[Simonsza1]

What is the out of pocket to do this if you don’t mind me asking. I have a 94 in 444 marlin that would stomp shit even more then it already stomps shit in a configuration like that. Very cool!

 

[BgBmBoo]

What is the out of pocket to do this if you don’t mind me asking. I have a 94 in 444 marlin that would stomp shit even more then it already stomps shit in a configuration like that. Very cool!

Not sure of the total. Was given the friend discount.

If you go to the websites I mentioned in my original post, you can see the prices.

The Machining and finishing will probably be the largest cost depending on who you use.

Check out MadPig customs. They build some really cool rigs.

 

[powdahound76]

Gayer than the CO governor.

 

[hlee]

Caution, a FUDD has entered the chat.

 

[roostercogburn98]

Shoulda left it at 16” so you can it later. No turning back now

 

[hlee]

Shoulda left it at 16” so you can it later. No turning back now

Nah. Rip the bandaid off and go SBR…

 

[roostercogburn98]

Nah. Rip the bandaid off and go SBR…

He’d have to start all over to do it right. Cut the barrel, cut the tube mag, have the mag dovetail or screw stud redid. Then off to refinish again. Oh and cut the HG to fit the custom length barrel. But yes, SBR at current length would be ok I guess

 

[roostercogburn98]

Nah. Rip the bandaid off and go SBR…

Not mine, but this

 

[Average guy]

Gayer than the CO governor.

Pretty much this thread

 

[Bender]

Fuck you guys. I think it’s cool AF. I like it just cuz it will piss off some fuds. Now you need some zombie ammo that hornaday sold.

 

[MtnCreek]

Needs camo

 

[BgBmBoo]

Needs camo

Here are some camo ones:

 

[BgBmBoo]

Shoulda left it at 16” so you can it later. No turning back now

Yeah....well...I'm in Calif., so no fun toys here.

When I move I will do a 45-70 SBR.

 

[168BTHPM]

Fuck you guys. I think it’s cool AF. I like it just cuz it will piss off some fuds. Now you need some zombie ammo that hornaday sold.

Not cool enough yet. It needs to be belt fed and chambered in .300 Norma.

 

[TonyTheTiger]

Fuck you guys. I think it’s cool AF. I like it just cuz it will piss off some fuds. Now you need some zombie ammo that hornaday sold.

Only fudds spell/say Hornaday.

 

[Huskydriver]

All that and no it illuminator or can ? Gtfo and gbpse

 

[Average guy]

 

[prebancolt]

I haven't been a fan of modernized lever guns, but I really like this one.

 

[Drew890]

 

[atomic41]

mmmm...hawt gun and angry fuds. Life is good.

 

[akmike47]

I want to hate it, but I’m drawn to them...

 

[JoshPutman]

There is this. Lever action with AR upper.

 

[Bigfatcock]

That’s really cool. Not a fan of the buttstock, but overall pretty damn cool. I think a lever gun chambered in 45 colt set up like this would be good.

 

[wvfarrier]

Its unique but I prefer wood and steel. I did however mount a light and rmr on my Winchester 92

 

[akmike47]

Its unique but I prefer wood and steel. I did however mount a light and rmr on my Winchester 92

Maybe a wood butt stock and matching MLOK grip panels for the rail

 

[BgBmBoo]

Not mine, but one Chisel machine posted up for the wood and steel guys....

 

[wvfarrier]

Not mine, but one Chisel machine posted up for the wood and steel guys....



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[wvfarrier]

Wood and steel

 

[atomic41]

Ok I can't hold out much longer, I have to have one of these beauties. I won't do a skeletonized buttstock, that ain't my thing but definitely modernize the rest. The only question is...what model and caliber? One of the new Ruger Marlins maybe? .357 mag to match my pistol?

 

[hlee]

Wood and steel
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Who holds the kerosine lamp when you hear a bump in the night?

 

[BgBmBoo]

Ok I can't hold out much longer, I have to have one of these beauties. I won't do a skeletonized buttstock, that ain't my thing but definitely modernize the rest. The only question is...what model and caliber? One of the new Ruger Marlins maybe? .357 mag to match my pistol?

As far as I know, Ruger is not making anything currently in any other chambering, only 45-70. But Henry makes them in pistol calibers.

They are a lot of fun. I get it….some folks on here think antique firearms are the thing for me. Me…not so much. I grew up on Louis L’Amour, Zane Gray, John Wayne, Etc., but those old guns do nothing for me.

But that is the cool thing about firearms. There is something for everyone.

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[wvfarrier]

Who holds the kerosine lamp when you hear a bump in the night?

I just hang it on the end of the barrel

 

[powdahound76]

A nice steel and wood gun aint for a bump in the night.

Thats for a suppressed shorty, red dot, IR laser, and nods.

Jeez.

 

[BgBmBoo]

Was able to get to the range today and sight in the rig.

I was going to be happy with 1 1/2" - 2" groups.

So groups like this made my day...especially with my old eyes and only a 6X scope.

Off of a bench with bipod and rear bag at 100 yards with Hornady Leverevolution ammo. 5 shots.

The brake makes this thing recoil like a .223.

 

[Deep South Tactical]

I did myself one out of an old marlin that walked in the shop a while ago. I decided to just keep the original wood. Haha.

 

[wvfarrier]

That is just so sad. It makes me want to cry. It is like when those idiots in mostly sandy parts of the world blow up priceless ancient sites over their religion! This is just as bad it is like someone took John Moses Browning and then brainwashed him with woke intersectional ideology until this design leaked out of his rotting corpse! That thing is as ugly as a Jackson Pollock painting. It is like forcing Michelangelo to make McDonalds Happy Meal Toys! Truly scary!

If I recall, didnt TROY come out with a pump action AR a couple years ago?

 

[hlee]

If I recall, didnt TROY come out with a pump action AR a couple years ago?

During the assault weapons ban. So, yes, but more than a couple of years ago.

 

[BgBmBoo]

 

[BgBmBoo]

 

[Modoc]

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It’s looking really good. Did you brave the swamp at the range to see how it shoots?

 

[BgBmBoo]

It’s looking really good. Did you brave the swamp at the range to see how it shoots?

I did. With Leverevolution ammo I‘m seeing right around 1” groups at 100 yards.

 

[BgBmBoo]

Just for you lever gun purest.

 

[Yondering]

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Sorry for your buddy Chad, but those stocks are kind of ghey. Removing functionality is not "cool", it's just kind of silly.

A lever gun like what yours started as should be light, handy, and versatile, but you guys took away the ability to shoot it left handed, and probably made it heavier too. An adjustable PRS-style stock (attempted) on a lever gun, really?

I'm no fudd, and love a shortened and suppressed lever gun, but that stock is about as dumb as a big wing on a Geo Metro, and for the same reason - it's copying tech from an application where it makes sense and use it in a way that doesn't. In both cases it makes the original product worse, and looks stupid too.

Heck at this point you might as well attach an Atlas bipod and a rear monopod too.