My Marlin 25N project

[spongejosh]

After finding a renewed interest in my Marlin 25N I decided the barrel "needed" to be floated for better accuracy. I promptly removed the stock and started sanding away. After about 20 minutes I was proud of my work and put the rifle back together...

Not enough planning showed itself when my assembled rifle acted like a see-saw. That is when I started trolling Rimfire Central for a fix or replacement stock options. I saw a thread with pics of a bedded 25 and decided I would try that before buying a Boyd's or Marlin stock.

I decided to pillar bed the receiver with brass pipe fittings and a Miles Gilbert Bedrock glass bedding kit for about $25. I also planned on refinishing the stock so I wasn't too worried about the existing finish while bedding. The finish is Minwax Special Walnut 224 stain and 4 or 5 light coats of Tru-Oil. The shine was knocked down with some steel wool.

Also some non stock related upgrades I did were polishing the trigger and experimenting with some springs to get it where I like it. I removed the front sight post and fashioned a plug out of the stock screw so the hole is filled. The cheek rest is made out of some 1/4" ABS plastic molded with a heat gun and sanded to shape.

Here's my starting point.
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Bedding job from the top and bottom.
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Stripped and sanded stock. Reassembled to decide if I wanted it blonde or to stain it darker.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/spongejosh/guns/Marlin/th_db68b899.jpg (http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/spongejosh/guns/Marlin/db68b899.jpg)

After 1 light coat of walnut stain.
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Finished rifle on the bench (as a comparison to the starting pic)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/spongejosh/guns/Marlin/th_757d6b43.jpg (http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/spongejosh/guns/Marlin/757d6b43.jpg)

And a picture of it in the sun after a day at the range.
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[ray1970]

Turned out nice. [Awesom]

[spleify]

Nice job, good work there

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

I'll take it! Looks great, thanks for sharing.

[spongejosh]

Thanks. She'll be making an appearance at the steel dogs match on Saturday. [AR15]

[Great-Kazoo]

Nice unit, wheres the threaded muzzle for your can? Them marlin ba's run like tops. A suppressed BA is something to enjoy to it's fullest extent. Enjoy range time.

[cstone]

Thanks. She'll be making an appearance at the steel dogs match on Saturday. [AR15]

Nice to see another Marlin on Saturday. We'll put a hurtin' on the CZ crowd [ROFL1]

[Great-Kazoo]

Nice to see another Marlin on Saturday. We'll put a hurtin' on the CZ crowd [ROFL1]

If i didn't have a class and could lay prone i would be happy to prove you incorrect regarding said rifle. Although the marlins are excellent shooters, stock. Not like the 10/22 need another bbl and trigger group to have good accuracy.

[1200fps]

Very nice spongejosh. Did it improve the accuracy?

[Slapps74]

Looks great! My father in law gave me one of these. Accurate already but did it get any better?

[spongejosh]

I never really shot for groups with it. Luckily I didn't hurt the accuracy at all. I'm easily on 6" steel out to 150 yards repeatedly. The past P-Dog match I was at I did shoot a perfect string with it. It shoots as well as my wife's new Marlin XT-22VR.