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Re-barrel Marlin 1895?

Horse Plains Drifter
I would like to have one of those cowboy versions of the 1895. After checking here on GB and other places and seeing prices of $450+ I had a different idea. I could get a barrel and magazine for the cowboy and have my 25-30 year old 1895 re-barreled. I looked on Numrich arms(on line), I looked on GB, and I also looked on the Marlin web site and can't find any parts for the cowboy version. Where do I look next, and will this be a cost effective way to go? I figure if this is going to cost me over $250, I might just as well buy the whole rifle.

Thanks in advance for any help.

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  • vytis
    I would check on what your old gun is worth at this point. If it's a straight grip it might be more than you think. At anyrate it's got some collector's value as it ain't got that $#%^! safety that the new ones have. You might be in a position to sell the old gun and buy a new one for less than the price of the conversion parts.
    You could also check with Marlin and see if they've got parts for sale. They're usually pretty helpful.
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  • 4C_Ranch
    If you have the earlier(early 70s) vintage 95 with the straight grip stock, its probably worth almost as much as a new Cowboy 1895. I wouldnt mess with it. Those are getting harder and harder to get. If you must, Marlin actually does rebarreling and is fairly reasonable.
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  • Horse Plains Drifter
    Yes, I think it is mid-seventies at the newest. I got it used in '82 or'83 I looked at the Marlin site and it stated they don't do custom work. I thought that since this wasn't just replacing the original barrel it would be considered custom work.

    Yes it is a straight grip model. Maybe I'll check the Marlin site and see if I can get a DOM.

    According to the information at www.oldguns.net it was made in 1979.


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  • modoc
    Have you considered reboring the original barrel.I had a 38-40 rebored to 45 Colt and now have what I wanted a 20" octagon barreled model 94 Marlin.Now before you old timer get mad,I feel I must tell you that it came from a movie outfit and the original chamber had been bored out to 44-40 so the 5-in-1 blanks would work without resizing them to 38-40.Have you ever considered firing 44-40 slugs through a 38-40 barrel?? No,I didn't think so,neither did I.

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