Hello
As the title states I'm completely new to guns and pretty damn ignorant. I've been wanting to get a lever action Marlin csbl. It appears to be more of a collector's gun and is quite expensive and difficult to find.
As a compromise I was looking at getting the Henry big boy x model (.357 mag). Its cheaper and appears to be more available.
I'm curious as to how easy it is to get a smaller barrel? The csbl barrel is 16 1/2" and the henry is 17.4". No matter which way I go I'm gonna want to get a modified barrel. If I got the csbl I would be looking to get it threaded and for the henry i would be looking to get a smaller barrel.
Is this even legal to get modifications to your gun if its within regulation? Thanks for the help in advance and sorry if this isn't appropriate for the donald.win
Nothing under 16” is allowed unless you get a tax stamp from the ATF. Are you going to run a silencer? If not look at the Henry Big Boy .357 carbine. The new x models have side loading, the others will not. The x are also the only series to have threaded barrels. I have the carbine, one of my favorite all purpose rifles. Excellent weapon. I only have the 45-70 in the x model but I wanted to run a silencer on that big a caliber. It all depends on what you want the weapon to do. Many guns, many purposes.
I do want a silencer because I've read they are designed to prevent ear damage when using a gun inside. If worse comes to worse and I need to defend my wife and kids I dont wanna go def in the process.
I was leaning toward 16 1/2" or 16 1/4" so I'm still comfortably inside regulation but a small as possible.