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Originally Posted by Grayfox
The Marlins are good rifles no doubt. But they always felt kinda bulky to me. Fore end and stock are wider than I like.
I do have a 9422 XTR. The Winchester's slimmer design just feels right in my hands. Its a tack driver too. 
I'll still own this rifle until the day I die.  |
The older Marlins are as sleek as any Winchester. I had a Marlin
1895 late 60s production. It had more timber than necessary and I decided to skin it down to flush. The forend didn’t make that much difference. I remove a lot of wood off the stock. What you don’t think about when you remove a lot of wood from stock you are also reducing the area of butt plate. This made the rifle float in your hands. That’s the good news. The reduced area of butt plate made recoil feel like you got hit with blunt end of axe.