Hey fellers.
I thought I would post a pic or two of my new Marlin 336 Cowboy conversion in 30-30.
We are all well aware that Cerebus/Freedom/Remington is closing the Marlin plant in North Haven CT. In fact all new leverguns are now being built in the Remington plant in Illion, NY. The bolt action and rimfire rifles are being built in Remington's Mayfield, KY plant. NO more guns will be built in the old Marlin plant and all the Marlin employees have been or will be let go. The service shop at Marlin will close on Sept 7th.
Anywho, about 3 weeks ago I emailed a feller I know in the shop and asked if he happened to have a CB 30-30 barrels hid out somewhere. He wrote me back and said the few barrels they had left over were reserved for Marlin employees who wanted the CB conversion but he had already taken care of those folks and had a barrel left. He went on to tell me to send my donor rifle to Marlin service and he would perform the CB conversion for me. I sent my beloved model 30TK as it was the only 30-30 I had that didn't have sentimental attachments. It had been used hard since new in 1989 and needed rebluing but Rem had already moved the bluing equipment to NY so he done what he could do with it. I sent it to Marlin last Monday, it arrived Wed, and was back in route to me by Wed evening. It arrived at my house Friday evening. You should have seen the grin on my face as I took it out of the box.
The best, or worst?? part is this is the very last 336 Cowboy conversion of any caliber to ever be done in the old Marlin plant and most likely the last one ever. It came with a letter of authenticity stating that it in fact is the last one and signed by the folks in the Marlin shop. It turned out beautifully and is a real treasure to me. I consider it a great honor to own the last 336 CB rifle and wanted to show everyone how it turned out.
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I thought I would post a pic or two of my new Marlin 336 Cowboy conversion in 30-30.
We are all well aware that Cerebus/Freedom/Remington is closing the Marlin plant in North Haven CT. In fact all new leverguns are now being built in the Remington plant in Illion, NY. The bolt action and rimfire rifles are being built in Remington's Mayfield, KY plant. NO more guns will be built in the old Marlin plant and all the Marlin employees have been or will be let go. The service shop at Marlin will close on Sept 7th.
Anywho, about 3 weeks ago I emailed a feller I know in the shop and asked if he happened to have a CB 30-30 barrels hid out somewhere. He wrote me back and said the few barrels they had left over were reserved for Marlin employees who wanted the CB conversion but he had already taken care of those folks and had a barrel left. He went on to tell me to send my donor rifle to Marlin service and he would perform the CB conversion for me. I sent my beloved model 30TK as it was the only 30-30 I had that didn't have sentimental attachments. It had been used hard since new in 1989 and needed rebluing but Rem had already moved the bluing equipment to NY so he done what he could do with it. I sent it to Marlin last Monday, it arrived Wed, and was back in route to me by Wed evening. It arrived at my house Friday evening. You should have seen the grin on my face as I took it out of the box.
The best, or worst?? part is this is the very last 336 Cowboy conversion of any caliber to ever be done in the old Marlin plant and most likely the last one ever. It came with a letter of authenticity stating that it in fact is the last one and signed by the folks in the Marlin shop. It turned out beautifully and is a real treasure to me. I consider it a great honor to own the last 336 CB rifle and wanted to show everyone how it turned out.
