Upgraded Marlin 1895 Cowboy

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Upgraded Marlin 1895 Cowboy

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I spotted this upgraded Marlin 1895 elsewhere, and thought it looked authentic enough to interest some here.

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The owner said that he replaced the shotgun butt (stock) with an entirely new crescent buttstock/plate, then refinished the forend to match the buttstock.




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I like it.
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I love the looks, but, them crooked back ends hurt my shoulder :oops:
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Brutal is the word that comes to mind.
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I would call that downgraded.
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looks nice but I bet it hurts with hot loads! :shock:
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Looks like an 1893 with a round bolt.
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Love the look and have thought of doing it to mine but then i go shoot the 86 with same config and change my mind. :)
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Not a fan of the curved buttplate.

Looks good, but the arm is functionally degraded, IMO.

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I like it Sure he does too.
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I like it a lot! Classic. The crescent butt requires a different mount than a shotgun butt.
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I think that it looks great! I like the looks of a curved buttplate; when I shoulder mine, I position the buttplate just off of my shoulder, the bottom of the crescent is pointed just under my armpit. (kind of hard to describe). I also usually have a jacket on when I shoot it which does help dampen the felt recoil.
To me, long octagonal barrels (24"+) combined with a curved buttplate are the most attractive of all of the leveraction rifle styles.
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damienph wrote:I think that it looks great! I like the looks of a curved buttplate; when I shoulder mine, I position the buttplate just off of my shoulder, the bottom of the crescent is pointed just under my armpit. (kind of hard to describe). I also usually have a jacket on when I shoot it which does help dampen the felt recoil.
To me, long octagonal barrels (24"+) combined with a curved buttplate are the most attractive of all of the leveraction rifle styles.
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Grizzly, can you describe how to accomplish that mount?
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Re: Upgraded Marlin 1895 Cowboy

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I though about doing the crescent butt stock and plate from Treebone, or precision buttstocks, but for a 45-70, I was a-skeered. I do like the looks though of the crescent stock with the long barrel.
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Eye-Bite! wrote:
damienph wrote:I think that it looks great! I like the looks of a curved buttplate; when I shoulder mine, I position the buttplate just off of my shoulder, the bottom of the crescent is pointed just under my armpit. (kind of hard to describe). I also usually have a jacket on when I shoot it which does help dampen the felt recoil.
To me, long octagonal barrels (24"+) combined with a curved buttplate are the most attractive of all of the leveraction rifle styles.
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BlaineG wrote:I love the looks, but, them crooked back ends hurt my shoulder :oops:
With all due respect to you, Blaine, and to the others who've commented on how "bad" a Crescent Butt might be, as Damine & Grizzly Adams posted, they weren't designed to be shot from the shoulder - where they're guaranteed to hurt a shooter.

I've found that they're best when shot with the CB positioned on the juncture of the upper arm & shoulder or directly on the upper arm - where muscle curvature usually more nearly matches that of the CB.

FWIW, I've shot a CB from my shoulder - keeping the boolit weight under 350gr - and found it comfortable enough, but 400-500 grain boolits shot much easier when held as described above.

IMHO, the .45-70 has enough boolit weight/diameter/oomph, that "hot loads" are unnecessary.




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Mescalero wrote:Grizzly, can you describe how to accomplish that mount?
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I've found that they're best when shot with the CB positioned on the juncture of the upper arm & shoulder or directly on the upper arm - where muscle curvature usually more nearly matches that of the CB.
+1 on what Pete44ru has described. I position the rifle the same. In mounting it, I bring the rifle up at about a 40-50 degrees to the horizontal plane, and when on the upper arm, I twist it straight to "lock it in." The result is that the toe of the crescent is under the arm pit and kinda braced against the side of the upper rib cage.

I think military training and the increased use of bolt action repeaters, pushed out this style of shooting.
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Re: Upgraded Marlin 1895 Cowboy

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I believe KirkD posted some detailed photos a few years ago showing the proper mount for these curved butt plates. Maybe he'll chime in again. It all made perfect sense after I saw his pictures.
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