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Installed a safety delete on my Marlin
bullshot
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I installed a Beartooth Mercantile saddle ring safety delete on my 45-70 Marlin today, it looks 1000% better and took about three minutes (so easy a cave man could do it [:D]). I hated that cross bolt safety with a passion.
Beartooth Mercantile makes a really nice replacement, you'd never know it wasn't factory.
Beartooth Mercantile makes a really nice replacement, you'd never know it wasn't factory.
"Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you"
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That being said, I love the character that gives the gun. Do they make a blued version too?
Jon
I like the saddle ring in place of that stinking sorry liberal safety.
Good job!!
the saddle ring makes it
I completely agree. [8D]
Thanks for posting this bullshot. I may have to buy one myself, but I have a cousin who will want one for sure. That is a really reasonable price.
Jon
link[?]
Yes
http://beartoothmercantile-2.myshopify.com/products/saddle-ring-safety-delete
I'm not familiar with these. What did it look like before and what did you have to do to be able to fire?
It was just your standard cross bolt safety, you just had to remember to push it to the fire position but I never could remember as for the majority of my life there never was a safety on a lever gun. Old habits ya know.
quote:Originally posted by calrugerfan
I'm not familiar with these. What did it look like before and what did you have to do to be able to fire?
It was just your standard cross bolt safety, you just had to remember to push it to the fire position but I never could remember as for the majority of my life there never was a safety on a lever gun. Old habits ya know.
Good looking rifle.
Also bullshot how come yours got stainless trigger? Mine has a black one.
quote:Originally posted by yoshmyster
What's the "saddle ring" used for, for us slow kids? Is it used to dangle a strip of leather and beads?
Also bullshot how come yours got stainless trigger? Mine has a black one.
The 'saddle ring' was attached to a sling to retain the rifle/carbine for mounted troops (cavalry)
quote:Originally posted by yoshmyster
What's the "saddle ring" used for, for us slow kids? Is it used to dangle a strip of leather and beads?
Also bullshot how come yours got stainless trigger? Mine has a black one.
So it's like the tactical AR bungie of the day and not attatching it to a horse saddle like I thought? I thought there was a hook on a saddle that the ring went on. Good to know Maybe I might do that to mine (since I don't need a saddle).
quote:Originally posted by iceracerx
The 'saddle ring' was attached to a sling to retain the rifle/carbine for mounted troops (cavalry)
quote:Originally posted by yoshmyster
What's the "saddle ring" used for, for us slow kids? Is it used to dangle a strip of leather and beads?
Also bullshot how come yours got stainless trigger? Mine has a black one.
So it's like the tactical AR bungie of the day and not attatching it to a horse saddle like I thought? I thought there was a hook on a saddle that the ring went on. Good to know Maybe I might do that to mine (since I don't need a saddle).
That is what I thought as well.
Jon
What's the "saddle ring" used for, for us slow kids? Is it used to dangle a strip of leather and beads?
Also bullshot how come yours got stainless trigger? Mine has a black one.
I thought that all stainless marlins had stainless triggers. This is the only stainless rifle that I own so I really can't answer that, unless it is because the rifle was a limited production.
quote:Originally posted by calrugerfan
I'm not familiar with these. What did it look like before and what did you have to do to be able to fire?
It was just your standard cross bolt safety, you just had to remember to push it to the fire position but I never could remember as for the majority of my life there never was a safety on a lever gun. Old habits ya know.
I am the same way
thanks I can now buy a newer lever gun and do what you did
I like [^][8D]