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| Marlin shotgun pattern |
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| Checkered Steel shotgun buttplate on Marlin |
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| Crescent Cowboy stock in high grade Quilt Maple |
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| Treebone Silhouette rifle, Marlin 1894 .44-40 |
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With the popularity of Cowboy action shooting and Lever Action silhouette, the new crop of Marlins
are selling like hotcakes.
Unfortunately, mass production gunstocks lack the style of the early guns, so I decided to
see what I could do about that.
Note the refined lines, slender sculpted combs, and scalloped schnabble pistolgrips.
Forearms are likewise slender and straight as were early Marlins.
Most order these buttstocks in standard walnut- allowing them to strip and refinish the factory
forearm for a reasonable match when both butt and forearm are stained and finished alike.
However, if you want something that is going to stand out, by all means order something fancier
or different. With 5000 dry gunstock blanks in inventory, I'm sure I can find something to suit your taste or budget. Of course
when you upgrade the buttstock wood, you will also want a forearm of matched wood.
These patterns are available for the current crop of Marlin 39, 1894, 1895, and 336 in most variations.
AS ALWAYS- All Treebone stocks are 90% inlet and profiled. NONE are "drop in fit",
so be prepared for some work.
The average person will spend about 20 hours fitting and finishing a stock.
This is not for everybody, but for the person willing to put in the patient effort, the reward is a
one-of-a-kind hierloom that will be a source of pride and enjoyment for more than
a lifetime. You cannot buy that in a store.
This 336 started life in 1968 as a .30-30 RC (barrel band Carbine) I sent it back
to Marlin, who did the Cowboy rifle conversion for me. I restocked it with a nice feather crotch walnut buttstock that went
plain and straight through the wrist.
The forearm came from marlin when they did the conversion, so I stripped it down a bit, then stained
and finished the butt and forearm alike.
This is a fine example of a stock job done by a friend who had NO experience with
stock work. Under the wing of John McGlothin, who kept him out of trouble, Tom turned his old 39 into a pretty nice little
rifle. He stripped and reshaped the original forearm, then stained and finished the new buttstock and original forearm
alike. Nice Job Tom!
| Tom's 39 Marlin |
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| Gloss finish by George Denys |
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| Same stock, rubbed out finish |
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| The Flip side... |
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| Special Select wood |
| Jay Wayman's Marlin |
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This pic was emailed by customer Jay Wayman. I am always pleased to see
work like this. Jay did a great job detailing this, and no doubt has many hours of work in it. Also note the custom lever,
done in the early marlin pattern, this is something I would like to see Marlin offer on the pistolgrip actions. In the meantime,
you have to do it yourself...
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This is my 336 Cowboy, .38-55. Fitted with and MVA Tang sight
and MVA Beach Combination front sight, it is a pretty good all-around gun.
(This stock was refit to a 1894 .38-40 Custom Project
and is featured in SHOOT! Magazine, July-August 2005 issue.)
Shown with my Shotgun buttstock and forearm in Select Extra
Fancy grade American walnut.
Fitted with my checkered steel buttplate, this style buttstock
is designed with the silhouette shooter in mind.
I t gives a high comb for control off hand at longer ranges,
as well as being able to tame the recoil in heavier loads. In standard grade walnut, 90 % inlet and profiled,
this style buttstock and buttplate sell for 125.00 delivered.
This is a good style buttstock for the 1895 Marlin as well as the 1894.
This is the shotgun plate, shown fitted on my 1894 Marlin silhouette
rifle. Shown here to give you an idea what you can end up with after fitting, polishing and a simple cold blue.
These also look great case colored.
Any way you slice it, it beats plastic...
Varmint guns have thumbholes, why can't a cowboy have a thumbhole? All kidding aside, this is a stock I cut because the knot hole was clean and through- unusual enough that I thought
it worthwhile to build for something out of the ordinary. Occasionally I find interesting "defects" and will carve a stock
with them.
I can also offer these stocks in Laminates, but the choice is limited
at this time. This would make a good choice for anyone that feels this offers a weatherproof stock, or just wants something
different on a lever action. Laminate will cost 50. more than standard walnut for a buttstock and forearm.
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