I am finished with one of the guns I will remember for the rest of my life.



In short, I got the opportunity to do this gun for a member on the forum.



What he did was just let me go and do my thing. It has been some time, but all good things take time.
The Marlin is one of my life long loves, but the first part of the 1970’s is when they made the guns I like.
This gun is a 1972 model 1895 45-70 straight stock with no cross bolt safety - the way it should be.




I cut, crowned, silver soldered the sights on, custom fit the rail to the gun, cut the stock to 12-inch lop, fit a buttpad to the stock, had a custom sling made for the gun, did 30 hrs of body work on the gun, and finished it a custom Cera Kote.







What do you think?