black synthetic stock for marlin lever action

[cracked junior]

i have an idea for my marlin 30-30 lever action. i want to make a different evil black rifle just for fun. its still going to be my deer rifle. but i cant find a company that makes synthetic stock and fore end for the marlin lever action. so does someone out there know of a such thing? or will this never happen?

thanks, jeremy

 

[lawson]

Ramline makes one, here's a link to Midway

http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=423876

 

[cracked junior]

thanks lawson. i read the specs and use page. it says work needed- bedding. so what does that mean. like do i have to shape it myself

 

[lawson]

bedding is like a filler between the stock and the barrel, which ensures a solid fit. it's usually in the form of an epoxy filler (glass bedding) or a horizontal posts that the barrel rests on (pillar bedding). have a gunsmith do it for you. while that's being done, you can also have the smith cut the stock to fit you perfectly. both of these will make for a more accurate and comfortable gun.

 

[cracked junior]

how much will the gun smith charge for bedding work? funds are kind of low right now. but i could do the 51 dollars for the stock.

 

[JohnKSa]

I've had remarkably bad luck with Ramline products.

But the only other option for your application that I know of is from Wild West Guns in Alaska, and the price is an order of magnitude higher...

 

[ArmedBear]

Get thee behind me, Satan.

 

[Jim March]

Yeah, I thought of this already, do an "in your face" evil black assault weapon out of a Marlin levergun.

Wild West Guns has an underbarrel tactical weaver rail that bolts to both barrel and mag tube for stability. And XS sight systems has a VERY cool scout scope mount that's low enough profile to allow front and rear iron sights to work with the glass off.

 

[KadicDeshi]

I installed a Ramline stock on my 336. The forearm is considerably less wide than the original. The only problem I had was with the front barrel band. The hole in the forearm for the screw was only just too low for the screw to correctly line up with the seating hole on the other side of the barrel/mag tube. A couple of passes with a box-cutter blade shaved enough off for the screw to seat correctly.

I'm curious about the bedding "work needed" you listed. I didn't bed mine and it never occurred to me to have that work done. Would it really make all that big of a difference considering that almost all of the forearm is in contact with the barrel bands and magazine tube?

Barrett

 

[cracked junior]

ok so is the bedding work really that important. or can i do this myself since i am over 50 miles from the nearest gun store. so i really dont have a local gun smith. i dont have a scope on this gun.