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< 16ga. Guns ~ Marlin 90 |
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Sat Nov 23, 2019 5:34 pm
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Joined: 28 Mar 2008
Posts: 1460
Location: Eagle, Nebraska
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Have a chance of buying Marlin 90, its 26" barrel, I think choked m/f
guy cut stock, slip on pad on it, bit of surface rust on receiver, locks up great, rest of gun is good condition.
So, what can I do about the cut stock? can I find an original butt plate? have a pad professionally installed, get receiver re finished or reconditioned or is any of that worth it? |
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Sun Nov 24, 2019 8:22 am
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Joined: 30 Nov 2011
Posts: 1698
Location: Minnesota
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I think I've read here in the past that most 26 in were made as IC/Mod. While their values have crept up a bit, we're not talking a high end collectible so if you put money into it, you probably wont get it back. But that can be ok if you want to do it, I have. |
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Sun Nov 24, 2019 10:11 am
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Joined: 02 Feb 2007
Posts: 1734
Location: Central Missouri
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Buy buy buy you will not regret it , 26" guns are wonderful . |
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Tue Nov 26, 2019 3:10 pm
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Joined: 11 Jul 2017
Posts: 5
Location: Oklahoma
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Try Macon Gun Stocks they have new wood for old Model 90s. |
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Mon Dec 02, 2019 3:50 am
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Joined: 06 Oct 2007
Posts: 2350
Location: West MI
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Check your PM |
_________________ Sorry, I'm a Duck Hunter so shouldn't be held strictly responsible for my actions between Oct 1st and ice up. |
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Wed Dec 11, 2019 9:00 am
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Joined: 16 Nov 2006
Posts: 367
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if DT, the use a magnifier and check the barrel / breech area , as the DT were stamped with the choking.
If single the take a dial caliper and get barrel end measurement. the compare against the listed choke measurement listed else where on this forum. |
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Sun Dec 29, 2019 4:29 pm
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Joined: 17 Jul 2008
Posts: 765
Location: Great State of Kansas
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Marlin 90's have a certain fascination for a while...I went and bought 5 or 6 of them..all gauges except .410...Had a 26" inch 16 bore liked ok Spent a bunch on a 30?inch 12 bore..screw in chokes yadayada...Came to the conclusion that the longer barreled ones made good fence posts...the others? Not so much |
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Posted:
Mon Dec 30, 2019 9:40 am
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Joined: 02 Feb 2007
Posts: 1734
Location: Central Missouri
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Last dollar I can tell you the ones that make fence post , made after 1952 are the fence post , the ones before the war , alot of those are effortless guns .
The Rangers are almost all golden in my book .
12 GA , good guns , 16-20 GA lot of those are effortless golden guns .
As always a few fence post thrown in for good measure.
Regards Nick |
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