Don't tell my wife, but I may go that way with my next one. Would you measure the mag tube for me? Is it a 20" barrel, and does it it hold 5 rounds?7.62 Precision wrote:I didn't remove any - it started as a 1952 Marlin 336 SC .35 Rem. Here is a before photo:
I can say that you definitely did not ruin yours! I like the way it turned out.
Thanks, I really like how it turned out too. I didn't really think I'd ruin it, but I figured I'd get some flack for chopping a perfectly good gun and thought I'd beat the naysayers to the punch.
BTW, yesterday 13gr of Herco got me 1438 fps 5 shot avg and it put them into a 2.25" group at 100 yds from a cold barrel. Then 20gr of 2400 averaged 1630 fps and put 3 into 3.25" but I'm starting to get some leading. I honed out my sizing die .001 and will cast some more tonight.