Any truth to this

[Road King]

Here is a statement I found on another site and was wondering if there is any truth in this.
Quote" In pondering what factories did 100 years ago to avoid waste some interesting examples come to mind. I have two vintage Marlin 410 lever action shotguns. The earlier one has a barrel that is different from the other. I have learned that Marlin made the barrels for some of these out of .38/40 M1894 barrels. Now that is a fair bit of work to not waste something.

[Brent]

What kind of action are your 410 barrels on? The .38-40 is really a 40 caliber barrel so making it a 410 shotgun would just require a little reaming and rechambering. But a 94 action wouldn't handle the cartridge so it would have to be screwed on something bigger like a 93 action at least - maybe a 95. Not sure if the thread sizes are the same for the 95.

[Road King]

The gun that he is referring to is the Marlin .410 Lever Action Shotgun produced between 1929 to 1932. They are basically action and receiver size as the Model 93 rifle.