I blame Ray Atkinson for this.
I have a Marlin 336 SC made in 1949 in .30 WCF, and will have John Taylor Machine in Washington thread, chamber and install a Wind River octagon .25 barrel from Brownell's. (They have one left in stock, and will then discontinue this tube.) Twist is 1:10 instead of 1:8 of the originals, but I believe it will still be plenty accurate with the classic 117-grain round nose. Wish me luck on putting another .25-35 to work in the woods this fall.

I have one of the winchester carbines made just about a year before production ceased. It is a fun round. Hope your project works out allright.

Your going to love it...I have an old Marlin 30-30 that I might just have to do that with..but then I have a couple of 25-35 Win. My favorite being an old saddle ring carbine given to me by a dear friend, and it shoots very good groups. I take it about everywhere I go..It's also my Mule Deer rifle, but last year I shot some hogs and deer with it and many moons ago I shot my first 3 elk with it and the 117 gr. Win. and Rem ammo..It worked then and it still works today, but you must be careful and place the bullet in the heart or lungs, but then that applies to the 300 Win doesn't it!

Good evening fellas,

I've got a model 94 in 25-35 that was built in 1907. It's still in working order, but is in pretty tough shape cosmetically.

I am thinking about restoring it (it was my grandfather's, and I plan on keeping it in the family for at least one or two more generations), and looked up Doug Turnbull's restorations page.

From the short time I was on his page, it looks like I could easily spend $3,000 to $4,000.

While I don't want to cut any corners, I was wondering if there is anyone who does quality work at a more "reasonable" cost.

I put reasonable inside of quotes, because there are any number of intangibles on which we could pontificate!

Thanks for the advice!

friar

Try Dennis Olson in Plains Mt. 406-826-3790...He is very reasonalbe and everything he has done for me has been very good indeed.

Thanks Ray, I'll give him a call right now!

friar

I picked up a .32 Special at a fair price, a while ago. It was built in 1942 and has a Lyman peep on it. Not being a fan of the .32, I decided to rebarrel it. I put a 22" 10-inch twist tube on, and trimmed the magazineback two inches. It's fun to carry, and shoots as well as I could want.
The plan was to use cast 64gr gascheck pills at 1200-1900fps...It works great. You have heard of "barking" squirrels? If you get it to hold right, you can plant 'em in the head and cause very little collateral damage. AND...the next one down the tube can be a 117gr softpoint for deer. Oh, yeah...mine's a .25/35 Improved and in a Winchester....
Have fun,
Gene

Gene: Sounds like a sweet little lever gun. John Taylor rebarreled my Marlin, but now I need to order some Treebone wood, fit the stock and have the metal polished and reblued.

I couldn't find an M92 I could afford, so I could have a .25/20, so I load it down, and being a little longer than the usual carbine, she points like a charm.
Many's the time I wish I had a Marlin, so I could mount a small scope, but sometimes ya "gotta dance with the one what brung ya." Sometimes ya even marry 'em and later you're not even sorry.
have fun,
Gene

Hell it won't shoot far enough for a scope!