I took my Marlin 1895GBL to C.a.R. Firearms in Kent to have the barrel threaded, and I picked it up today. This was a tricky job because there wasn't much muzzle sticking out past the mag tube; Fred had to cut the mag tube back a little to make it work.

Here's the muzzle before he started:



And after he finished:





And here's the whole rifle, with and without suppressor:





I shot a .45-70 with a Silencerco Hybrid at SHOT Show, and I was immediately in love. I ordered the Hybrid, and I took my Marlin down to CaR to make this happen.

My Hybrid still isn't here , so the photo above is with a Silencerco Omega suppressor . . . wrong bore size so I can't shoot with it, but the mount is the same. By the way, I can still fix six rounds in the tube, though I had to give #6 a pretty good push to get it in there.

I'm absolutely thrilled with Fred's work; it looks like it came from the factory like this. I couldn't be happier. And of course, Christa was awesome to deal without through the process, very informative and helpful.

Now . . . I'm just waiting on the damn ATF.

You suck like a Thai whore when the Navy is in town and just got paid.

Ha! Steve, THAT. IS. AWESOME!
Mmmm, which body part to sell to make this happen

Oh my god.

I have the same rifle and I think I just decided this has to happen.

Me next!

That....is....AWESOME!

I don't care what the guys say about you, that rifle is man card worthy!

Sweet bud!

Thanks, guys. I'm really happy with it.

I had an opportunity to shoot basically the same gun at SHOT Show, with the Hybrid suppressor and Critical Defense ammo:


https://vimeo.com/152226774

HELL YEAH!!

Well, my Hybrid is still awaiting .gov approval . . . but Massivedesign's Hybrid isn't.

We had a chance to take it to the range today. The suppressor threaded on beautifully, nice and tight all the way -- thanks for that, Fred. And when we shot it -- wow! Typically the .45-70 is a brutal gun to shoot, but the Hybrid really tamed it and made it FUN.

We were shooting two steel plates, one 4" and one 8", at 100 yards. Those 405-grain bullets SLAMMED those plates! The smaller plate (actually PLATES, as I have two of them back to back to add weight) did a complete spin around the bar when we hit it! What an awesome rifle.

Here's Dan shooting it:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiZFXK48eCw

And here's Dan's blog about the Hybrid: viewtopic.php?f=41&t=74008

That gun was the perfect way to end the session... Amazing rifle, and an amazing can to complement it. Watching that plate rack dance was a nice bonus.

So much suckage here. Mmmph

Sweet!

That's pretty awesome Steve!

Thank you Steve for the compliments. It was a bit of a challenge to do the job within the parameters we had, and I'm very pleased you like it.

Wow, man. So much awesome.


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