This might be a touchy subject to some and I will be called insane, let me make my case:
I have read more scary stories about new Marlins and their quality than I can think off, but I'd love to have a guide gun length 45-70. So my only choice would be to get an old, pre cross bolt safety 22", and cut the barrel and tap for a new front sight. Please don't hold back, I would really appreciate an honest opinion.
1) Has anybody here on the forum cut a Marlin barrel on the 45-70 ?
2) I don't think it will effect the recoil one bit, right ?
3) Would the value be going down to zero and a sin ( I think I know the answer to that one )
There are some marked JM barreled 45-70's out there, but I still don't like the safety
Hopefully someone will straighten me out and tell me that there are 18" 45-70's JM marked with no cross bolt safety's out there.
I have read more scary stories about new Marlins and their quality than I can think off, but I'd love to have a guide gun length 45-70. So my only choice would be to get an old, pre cross bolt safety 22", and cut the barrel and tap for a new front sight. Please don't hold back, I would really appreciate an honest opinion.
1) Has anybody here on the forum cut a Marlin barrel on the 45-70 ?
2) I don't think it will effect the recoil one bit, right ?
3) Would the value be going down to zero and a sin ( I think I know the answer to that one )
There are some marked JM barreled 45-70's out there, but I still don't like the safety
Hopefully someone will straighten me out and tell me that there are 18" 45-70's JM marked with no cross bolt safety's out there.
