Marlin 1895... Info Needed

[WAYNO]

A cousin has an option to buy a Marlin 1895, but the recoil pad in the photo just doesn't look right. I've found photos of stock 1895's with/and without recoil pads. I also can't tell by the photo if the stock looks shortened. I don't have an opportunity to see it in person.

Any 'educated' opinions?

Thanks.

 

[Bear Paw Jack]

PM sent.

 

[trapperon]

Wayno
Looks like one of the first variation 1895 marlins
Introduced about 1972. They were straight stock but had an original style thin hard rubber butt plate. And im not positive but it may have been slightly curved. I think an original butt plate may even be hard to find.
All original its a great marlin. These first ones were not micro groove either!
I couldnt live with the pad but we are all individuals!
Ron

 

[kmoore]

Hard to be sure, it looks like a pachmayer model 325 in brown. That would be a aftermarket add on. You need to measure length of pull, some just add the pad while others cut the stock to keep factory LOP.

 

[WAYNO]

Thanks to all. My speculations have been reinforced.

The butt pad is not my cup, either, but is tolerable, and more so, replaceable, but only if the stock was not shortened to make room for the pad.

I do not have the rifle available in person, thus the questions.

 

[Chief 101]

I have a stock 336 made in 1969 with the same recoil pad, the stock on mine is Walnut...hope this helps

 

[Kevin]

That stock sure does look short to me. But, it could be the camera angle or some other factor.

 

[kmoore]

Wayno, If it's a fair to good price to me it would be hard to pass up. Worse case, it's been shortened. You can find another butt stock with a factory butt plate at some point.
Besides the Gun Parts Co. I have had good luck finding factory out of date gun parts on ebay. It took several months to see a Winchester 1886 cartridge carrier or some call it an elevator made in 1800s or early 1900s. When no one had any anywhere at a shop, I called and emailed for days. Not long ago I found a butt stock for the same rifle.

 

[WAYNO]

Thanks again. The price was so fair, it would be embarrassing to post it. I told him to buy it now. :mrgreen:

 

[6GUNSONLY]

That stock has most certainly been cut. Not a deal breaker if it's cheap enough. An easy but not necessarily cheap fix.

 

[kmoore]

Wayno, you gave him good advice.

 

[WAYNO]

Okay...I took a scientific approach. :shock:

Our friend, Trapperon sent me some photos of his otherwise identical 1895. Thank you.

I printed a photo of his, and I printed a photo of the rifle in question.

Using dividers, I scribed a line from the outside of the butt pad, and the marriage of the wood to the receiver. I then transposed this dimension from the lever hinge pin to the forward end of the forend. The LOP is definitely longer on Trapperon's rifle.

So if, including the butt pad, the LOP is still shorter on the rifle in question, then someone lopped off quite a bit of the stock.

 

[buckeyeshooter]

Wayno
Looks like one of the first variation 1895 marlins
Introduced about 1972. They were straight stock but had an original style thin hard rubber butt plate. And im not positive but it may have been slightly curved. I think an original butt plate may even be hard to find.
All original its a great marlin. These first ones were not micro groove either!
I couldnt live with the pad but we are all individuals!
Ron

the 72 was hard rubber and had a slight curve I own one with a serial number under 2000 which I bought new. A replacement plastic butt plate for it is near impossible to find. If you added a pad, length of pull would be longer, thus many were cut in adding a pad and cutting was necessary if the correct aftermarket pad was not purchased. That looks like a Pachmeyer pad to me.

 

[kmoore]

Yeah I said same thing in post 4. Looks like a 325 model "white Line" if my old brain is working. Browning and Weatherby used them for years with their names imbedded on them. My opinion there are better recoil pads nowadays. But for many years they were the go to pad in different widths and colors