The Marlin 1895 in 45-70 (Almost done)

CBMS

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Well folks its been a journey, and a damned expensive one, however, I finally can say I am only 2 steps from finishing it. All that is left is to get a Trigger replacement (the Zero Creep 3# one at Midway) and some flip up Scope covers and I can call it a day.

Currently on it is a set of Leupold QD (Low) rings and base, a VX-II 2-7 Scope. The recoil pad is a Decelerator. I am shooting 40 Grs of 4198 behind a 405 cast bullet, and occasionally some Remington Jacketed flat Soft point bullets also in the 405 weight.
Currently looking at loading up some Leverution, but am unsure of the case modification required.

In the future I will get a Pelican too, but not yet...


And now the pictures!

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Awesome set-up! I was driving in my truck all day today thinking of that rifle with that scope on it. Looks great!
 
Nice looking rig, but have you fired it with the scope set so far back. With the recoil of some handloads, you might want a first aid kit on standby for the first shot. If you have fired it like that, then disregard!
 
Hawes said:
Nice looking rig, but have you fired it with the scope set so far back. With the recoil of some handloads, you might want a first aid kit on standby for the first shot. If you have fired it like that, then disregard!
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Excellent point I mount my scope as far forward as I can on my 1895GS...
 
I have fired it with the scope so far back, it is tight, but it is great. In future I would go with a longer eye relief as my friend can attest that the scope hurts. His first time shooting it he was fine, but on round 8 or 9 he got a bit too close and has a nice scab going on now.
For myself I have plenty of padding to put the space between myself and the scope, so I am not gonna worry about it. I love this rifle, even with the heavy hitters in it (47-50 grs of IMR4198) it doesn't buck too much, however the thunder coming out of it is terrifying. With the lighter loads (20-30 grs) it is a dream to shoot all afternoon.
I can't wait to take my first deer with this thing.
 
You can get the Wild West trigger from Brownells. No prob geting it sent to Canada, and swapping it out is pretty straightforward. It's a little bit tricky getting everything back together again but if you take your time and read these instructions:

http://www.marlinowners.com/forums/index.php/topic,21932.0.html

...you should be OK.
Getting the hammer screw to line up again was a bit of a trick. I had to loosen two other screws holding the pieces together and work the two pieces back and forth a bit and tap it gently with a soft mallet to get it to go. Now the trigger breaks at about 2lbs 10 oz with no creep. :D
 
Or you could contact Peter Riedel of Rusty Wood Trading Company in Mission, BC and have him do a trigger job for you.

He did mine...
 
Camp Cook said:
Or you could contact Peter Riedel of Rusty Wood Trading Company in Mission, BC and have him do a trigger job for you.

He did mine...
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I did both and an action job, the main benefit of the WWG trigger is that it eliminates the marlin "flop" that I don't think any trigger job can.
 
BTW you're not done yet by a durn sight...now you need to go to Levergun Leatherworks (http://www.levergunleather.com) and get him to make you a buttstock cover and sling, preferably with bullet loops.
 
Edward Teach said:
BTW you're not done yet by a durn sight...now you need to go to Levergun Leatherworks (http://www.levergunleather.com) and get him to make you a buttstock cover and sling, preferably with bullet loops.
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Jesus, Ed, That guy doesn't make Slings, he makes ART!
Those are by far some of the most beautiful work that I have ever seen on a holster. Great, now this broke ass student has to spend another 500 bucks on leather work to get his gun done...More!http://www.levergunleather.com

So we got the Scabbard, plus the matching Sling (carved with 45-70 embossed on a leather patch and thumb loop) The Buttstock cover, and the ammo pouch. All with a Moose and maple leafs done up on it.

Then we can tack on the trigger job, the new trigger, the bearclaw extractor, the FTS scope cover, and the pelican case to take it to and fro places in the truck. Thats another grand into this damn thing :p

What am supposed to do now? I blame you Ed... I Blame you
 
CBMS said:
I have fired it with the scope so far back, it is tight, but it is great. In future I would go with a longer eye relief as my friend can attest that the scope hurts. His first time shooting it he was fine, but on round 8 or 9 he got a bit too close and has a nice scab going on now.
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My face is almost fully healed. :p
 
If you want a nightmare try to load the lever evolution bullets. I finally got it figured out. First thing you may have to change the bullet follower in your gun I got one from Epps but it took several months. On older models its steel and the wrong conture for the pointed bullets. This means the last cartridge in the tube will jam when trying to lever it into the chamber. You have to diss-assemble the gun to clear the jam. Another fix is to load a flat nosed shell in the mag first.
Next problem the case length is 0.200" shorter, so you need to trim them that much. Now that you trimmed the case shorter your bullet seater won't seat the bullets in far enough even screwed all the way down, and won't crimp the bullet. I trimmed 0.15" off my seating die and now I can seat the bullets to the crimp groove and crimp them. Just waiting for a dry day to take them to the range to see if all my work was worth it.
 
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