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magazine tube replacement
cactus joe:
I have a old marlin 94 in .38-40 probably manufactured in the mid 1920's. I would like to change out the beat up mag tube. My question is instead of only limiting my search to tubes that hold .38-40 rounds can i also include .44-40 tubes? I'm not sure but aren't the rounds pretty much the same size?
Coffinmaker:
:) Cactus Joe ;)
Yes.
greyhawk:
Dont know what Marlin did but we used to use a piece of old electrical conduit to replace winchester tubes (still have my dolly/thingy under the lathe that I used to expand the conduit to correct size) ----
these days a piece of 16mm chinese curtain rod from the homemaker store is exactemo fit for the mag tube rings on a winchester - takes all the 44 size rounds (winchester 30/30 group was same size tube although they a little smaller rim size)
18mm tube from the same store is same exactemo fit for the 1876 uberti (45/75)
This stuff is thinner wall but perfect OD -- cheap --and it works.
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cactus joe:
Looks even expanding my search for a mag in .44-40 is coming up empty. Thought there would be more available.
greyhawk:
--- Quote from: cactus joe on April 19, 2021, 10:42:09 AM ---Looks even expanding my search for a mag in .44-40 is coming up empty. Thought there would be more available.
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check my reply 2# above
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