Kutter: You're most welcome.
Nice dimensions on that gun, and very good weight. I suspect that the wood will look quite nice when you're done with it (the difference between the wood on my Quality 1 and Quality 2 is quite striking). As far as the butt plate goes...I'm guessing it was replaced at some time in it's now distant past. Gutta percha is pretty tough stuff but it's not indestructible and something has obviously happened to it... was the stock ever shortened by any chance?
It just now dawned on me (slow, I know) that you used-to work for Col. Brophy at Marlin!
Pretty neat stuff in my book. You should talk to the folks over on the LC Smith webpage (Dr. Drew?) about your experiences with Marlin. I'd bet your insights would be fascinating to at least some of them over there. You clearly have some first-hand information concerning that period of history that nobody else would be privy to.
Last edited by Lloyd3; 04/21/26 05:42 PM.
