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