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I'm looking for for a little help with some stock issues. I want to use a 44 mag rifle but all the lever action types seem to only come in the (cowboy) style straight stock . I prefer the curved style like the Marlin model 336 now my biggest question is can i buy a syn. stock for a model 336 and put it on a 1894 model , of course i need to change the lever aas well . Any help please. Thanks and happy hunting
Question by bearcoldheart. Uploaded on November 12, 2009
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This all seems a little complicated to me. Maybe you could find some other gun that fits the bill for you. I am sure there is a quality gunsmith who can make just about any gun/stock configuration you can come up with. However the cost would probably be way on up there!
Yep, this definitely would be a pricey custom job. Custom gunsmithing to curve the lever and tang. Custom to make a stock to fit. Unlike wood stocks that can be carved from a blank, plastic stocks are made from a mold. So, the gun would have to be modified and then a mold made of the finished product, then a model of the new stock created from that mold. Then a mold made from the model to cast the new stock. And all this for only one gun. The final mold just as well be thrown away because it couldn't be used for other custom modified guns. It would be very difficult to exactly mimic the modifications to your gun and make other cast stocks fit other modified guns. Bottom line, this would be an extremely expensive one-of-a-kind proposition - even if you could find someone who does that kind of custom plastic stock work. And I very much doubt that you would.
I very much doubt that you could modify a straight tang Winchester rifle to fit a plastic curved tang Marlin stock. I would be surprised if the tangs are the same thickness, length, width, thickness, etc. More importantly, I really doubt that the Winchester stock retaining bolt placement is the same as the Marlin. You can check with a gunsmith but I think this is mission impossible.
Take a look at a stock, lever, and lower metal for the Winchester Model 64. Not sure if it is a bolt in change, though. Might also just look at a Ruger 96.
ruger used to make a nice little 44. mag carbine lever action not sure if they still do check them out .
If you like the marlin like I do I would try to find one. It will prob cost you about the same once your done with the modifications. I have an old marlin in 32 special. Greatest gun I have ever owned. You can pick up a decent used one for under 200.
Check the 1894 stocks available here:
http://www.precisiongunstocks.com/index1.html
Forgot that they did make some pistol grip 94s. Looks like the stocks and mountings did change over the years.
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This all seems a little complicated to me. Maybe you could find some other gun that fits the bill for you. I am sure there is a quality gunsmith who can make just about any gun/stock configuration you can come up with. However the cost would probably be way on up there!
Yep, this definitely would be a pricey custom job. Custom gunsmithing to curve the lever and tang. Custom to make a stock to fit. Unlike wood stocks that can be carved from a blank, plastic stocks are made from a mold. So, the gun would have to be modified and then a mold made of the finished product, then a model of the new stock created from that mold. Then a mold made from the model to cast the new stock. And all this for only one gun. The final mold just as well be thrown away because it couldn't be used for other custom modified guns. It would be very difficult to exactly mimic the modifications to your gun and make other cast stocks fit other modified guns. Bottom line, this would be an extremely expensive one-of-a-kind proposition - even if you could find someone who does that kind of custom plastic stock work. And I very much doubt that you would.
I very much doubt that you could modify a straight tang Winchester rifle to fit a plastic curved tang Marlin stock. I would be surprised if the tangs are the same thickness, length, width, thickness, etc. More importantly, I really doubt that the Winchester stock retaining bolt placement is the same as the Marlin. You can check with a gunsmith but I think this is mission impossible.
Take a look at a stock, lever, and lower metal for the Winchester Model 64. Not sure if it is a bolt in change, though. Might also just look at a Ruger 96.
ruger used to make a nice little 44. mag carbine lever action not sure if they still do check them out .
If you like the marlin like I do I would try to find one. It will prob cost you about the same once your done with the modifications. I have an old marlin in 32 special. Greatest gun I have ever owned. You can pick up a decent used one for under 200.
Check the 1894 stocks available here:
http://www.precisiongunstocks.com/index1.html
Forgot that they did make some pistol grip 94s. Looks like the stocks and mountings did change over the years.
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