[Joe S.]

http://www.marlinowners.com/forums/index.php/topic,81034.0.html

i dig it!

 

[Hrdnox]

Neat!

 

[Xd357]

He wasn't scared. Turned out nice though.

 

[Joe S.]

dang sure wasn't scared!

 

[jbpmidas]

I like it! He must have some type of machining or gunsmithing background.

 

[1rulerods]

Not a good way for Marlin to keep customers is it ???

 

[1985 4runner]

I love my 981T.

Great rifle.

 

[NRA_guy]

I have the same rifle (981T). I bought it to have something that would feed Collibri (no powder) .22s. They are shorter than .22 LR and will not feed in magazine fed rifles or handguns. (Yeah, I know: they are made for revolvers.)

From the photos I cannot see all the problems the guy describes. And while the gouge on the crown looks bad---I doubt it affected performance.

Still, the guy is really good for a non-professional gunsmith. And, yes, brave to dig into it. But as he said, it's only a $180 rimfire...

 

[Joe S.]

Most I have done is cut a barrel on a shotgun. Not nearly as in depth as this was. I but like anything else, measure 3 times and cut once. I don't think it would be too hard. But like my offroad toys where I don't touch the brakes, on guns I don't touch the trigger. I'll try about anything else if I had to.

I would imagine the inaccuracy was the problem with the rifling. And while I will say I have herd of bad CS at marlin before I will say it isn't usually the norm. I think he caught someone having a bad day and I would have probably tried again. It isn't typical.