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Offline Curt Dawson

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Long barreled 1895's
« on: August 15, 2009, 02:41:24 PM »
Has anyone gone to the trouble of re-barreling a 1895 with a 26"-30" barrel like some of the earlier Winchester had? And what were the results?
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Offline Rangr44

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Re: Long barreled 1895's
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2009, 03:24:23 PM »
The Marlin 1895 .45-70 Cowboy Model is issued with a 26" tapered octagon barrel.

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Re: Long barreled 1895's
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2009, 09:25:11 PM »
I have the Cowboy, and it has grouped near 1" with a Marble's tang sight and black hills cowboy ammo.

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Re: Long barreled 1895's
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2009, 01:58:15 PM »
I was thinking 30".
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Re: Long barreled 1895's
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2009, 01:19:07 AM »
Curt:  you may wish to contact The Montana Rifleman about rebarrelling your Marlin.  I used them to rebarrel my Winchester Big Bore in 444 to a 26" bbl with full length mag tube and it is both beautiful and deadnuts on accurate, grouping under 1" at 100m with any load I can throw down that tube. 

The Montana Rifleman makes their own barrels, hand laps them before installation and makes certain your headspace and functioning is proper.  I may well go back to them for another barrel for something, someday. 
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