So I finally got it done! 
She started out as a used Remlin/Marlington 1895GS off the EE here for a reasonable price. When the gun arrived, the walnut buttstock was cracked, the safety was missing and someone had broke a tap off inside the receiver trying to fresh up the threads for the safety detent. The barrel was also out of index. Obviously she needed a little love.
Apart from the noted issues, the rifle had good bones. I indexed the barrel properly so the sights were't canted and ground out the broken tap with a diamond burr tool. Re-tapped the detent to 8/32 and machined a safety replacement out of stainless steel that looks like a factory screw. You can buy these, but the ones I make in the machine shop are individually fitted to each receiver and are nicer, just to toot my own horn
Follower was replaced with a leverevolution-compatible brass follower from Beartooth Mercantile.
The stock was replaced with a "New old stock" OEM factory replacement marlin pepper laminate set meant for an 1895SDT special edition guide gun. I doubt I could ever find another set - these are rare as hen's teeth and look awesome on the stainless guns IMHO. They also have a factory-installed pachmayer decelerator butt pad on them instead of the ugly Marlin factory ventilated pad. By the way, these OEM replacement stocks are NOT a drop-in install. I had to inlet it a little to fit properly.
The entire set of internals were de-burred and mating surfaces slicked up. The casting seams on the hammer were filed off and the affected surfaces re-polished. I put on a spare OEM hammer spur and front sight hood as those were missing when I got the gun.
I'm happy with the result - what do you guys think? For a gun made during the worst years of the Remington takeover, she now runs like a top and looks great too None of the issues were all that hard to resolve and I'm happy with the end product.
She started out as a used Remlin/Marlington 1895GS off the EE here for a reasonable price. When the gun arrived, the walnut buttstock was cracked, the safety was missing and someone had broke a tap off inside the receiver trying to fresh up the threads for the safety detent. The barrel was also out of index. Obviously she needed a little love.
Apart from the noted issues, the rifle had good bones. I indexed the barrel properly so the sights were't canted and ground out the broken tap with a diamond burr tool. Re-tapped the detent to 8/32 and machined a safety replacement out of stainless steel that looks like a factory screw. You can buy these, but the ones I make in the machine shop are individually fitted to each receiver and are nicer, just to toot my own horn
Follower was replaced with a leverevolution-compatible brass follower from Beartooth Mercantile.
The stock was replaced with a "New old stock" OEM factory replacement marlin pepper laminate set meant for an 1895SDT special edition guide gun. I doubt I could ever find another set - these are rare as hen's teeth and look awesome on the stainless guns IMHO. They also have a factory-installed pachmayer decelerator butt pad on them instead of the ugly Marlin factory ventilated pad. By the way, these OEM replacement stocks are NOT a drop-in install. I had to inlet it a little to fit properly.
The entire set of internals were de-burred and mating surfaces slicked up. The casting seams on the hammer were filed off and the affected surfaces re-polished. I put on a spare OEM hammer spur and front sight hood as those were missing when I got the gun.
I'm happy with the result - what do you guys think? For a gun made during the worst years of the Remington takeover, she now runs like a top and looks great too
None of the issues were all that hard to resolve and I'm happy with the end product.
