Recent content by gunpac

Unusual M1 Garand Hi, Gunpac here & new to this discussion and I love the photos of the nice grouping. What distance was this? I ask because I own a very unsuual M1 (my first M1) that shoots great but my old eyes will not let me get tight groups like this with the peep sights at 100 yds...

Hi JustsayMo, I can't say whether Marlin makes or sells the octagon barrels anymore, but I have to assume they must have spares on hand for any warranty repairs to previous production models. If not, there is an outfit in Pittsburgh that makes almost any gun barrel cheap. I used to do...

new member intro Hi, I am a new member. I recently purchased a marlin 39 1897 texan with 20in octagon barrel new and probably paid too much as they are no longer in production. What I really wanted was a 39 tds; this was the ultra shorty version made in the 80's and identical to my 1897 from...