Marlin 30AS

[Rally]

Has anyone ever cut a stock on this rifle? I just bought one from my grandson and pulled the plate off the stock when cleaning it. Looks like the stock is laminated with a birch replica and a particle center. Metal is a 336, forearm has a metal cap in place of a second barrel band. I've seen plenty of these around, just never paid much attention to the wood.

 

[RicinYakima]

My suggestion is a hollow ground rotary blade with Formica cutting teeth. High RPM and slow feed. Stabilize the particle board with Benite and let dry for a couple of days. You may have to drill and plug where the butt screws will go. It is tough working with s##t.

 

[Ian]

Any reason not to buy a replacement walnut stock from Midway and cut it down instead?

 

[Bret4207]

Nope, just that fitting it will take time.

 

[Rally]

I’m not intending to cut the stock, just always assumed the stocks were birch with a red stain. I’m just surprised the stock was filled with “particle board!” Lol Have to admit I did look at Hogue website to see if they were offering replacement stocks yet. I really like the “Mono grip” stock on my 10/22. No luck there. My Lgs probably has several walnut stocks ,in stock , if I get the notion to change it. Put a Redfield 3x9 compact wide field on it last night that’s been collecting dust in my shop. Never cared for the scope much because the eye relief is so critical on it.

 

[Ian]

When I bought my .35 Remington 336 from a Boolits member years ago, a finished birch replacement stock was included as part of the large package deal because the original was cracked and oil-rotted at the tangs. I fitted and bedded the replacement in about an hour just for function and the ugly boat paddle is still on there serving its function. It seemed a whole lot more like poplar than birch when final-fitting the tang slots but I never took off the butt plate, either. After reading this thread I'm just going to stick my head back under the rock and pretend it's solid wood!

 

[Rally]

That’s what i’m Doing also Ian. I didn’t need the rifle anyway, but the grandson has a new baby, and I paid him $50 more than it was worth! Some previous owner put the sling swivel stud in at about a ten degree angle off of even obvious center! Lol had to have been about four shots under his/her belt before installation. I just try to ignore it, but some walnut replacements may be in this rifles future.

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

I cut a Marlin 1894 stock for my lil sis many moons ago.
What I did first was got a hardwood dowel and drilled two holes in the stock before I cut it to length, to accept the dowel. Then I cut it with a thin kerf blade so I could add the pieces back on, as she grew. To cover the ugliness I just use the slip on recoil pad.

CW

 

[Ian]

Brilliant idea to drill for dowels BEFORE cutting. Went down that road with a couple of rifles as a kid and either lost the cut-off or screwed it up trying to drill them later. That's how I got into making my own stocks.