1894 Marlin

Elfelfbabi@aol.com · Post by **Elfelfbabi@aol.com** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 9:30 pm

Great site fellas!!

Just stumbled across this site this evening, and after reading yalls forums,I have a couple questions. I own an 1894CS in >38/>357 that I dearly love, except when I shoot lead through it, it fouls quickly and accuracy goes to pot. Yes, it is the old Micro Groove, and yes, I know they now come from the factory with Ballard-type rifling. My question is, at the risk of sounding "out of the loop" From what I saw in your forums, there are now aftermarket companies out there that sell hex bbls.Are they Ballard cut?If so, anyone out there who has had this conversion done give me some feedback as to how they shoot, accuracy,price, and dealers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

SteveW · Post by **SteveW** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 4:11 am

The micro-groove barrels can be made to shoot cast bullets accurately. Slug your bore & buy or cast bullets a couple thousandths over that. I have good results with hard cast, gas checked bullets from http://www.proshootpro.com I've never had a rebarreling job done. SW

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:07 pm

You need to keep the velocites down, and use hard cast bullets, to get good accuracy, without leading in the Micro-Groove barrels. They will shoot well if this is done.