SERVICES OFFERED

I offer the following services for traditional lever-action rifles*.

Please e-mail specific questions on potential orders, for this work only, to: micmacgs@fone.net. I recognize that this is complicated, so I am happy to help you fill out your order and make decisions that will make your lever-action the best that it can be for your needs and budget.

Package A:
Marlin 336, 1894 and 1895:
$100, plus return shipping and insurance cost;
Winchester and replicas:
$125, plus return shipping and insurance cost.

Package A+B:
Includes work done in Package A plus foreend and buttstock bedding:
Marlin 336, 1894 and 1895:
$200, plus return shipping and insurance cost;
Winchester and replicas:
$225, plus return shipping and insurance cost.

Package A+B+C:
Includes work done in Packages A & B plus through-bolt buttstock attachment:
Marlin 336, 1894 and 1895:
$275 plus return shipping and insurance cost;
Winchester and replicas:
$300 plus return shipping and insurance cost.

Package A+B+C+D1 & A+B+C+D2 (minimum 8-week turn-around, minimum 4-week on rush orders):
Includes work done in Packages A, B & C plus custom headspace adjustment, recrowning (if necessary), and permanent friction-proofed electrolysis nickel plating of finger-lever, bolt, locking lug(s), carrier, hammer, loading gate, extractor and ejector, for the ultimate in smooth and slick action manipulation (NP3, is a Robar proprietary PTFE-saturated electrolysis nickel plating, which cannot chip or flake, has an attractive dull gray color, is essentially corrosion proof, is as slick as ice, requires no lubrication, will last through more than ten thousand action cycles, and is easily refurbished):
Cost for plating action parts only (D1):
Marlin 336, 1894 and 1895:
$575, plus return shipping and insurance cost;
Winchester and replicas:
$625, plus return shipping and insurance cost.
Cost for plating all metal parts (D2):
Marlin 336, 1894 and 1895:
$800, plus return shipping and insurance cost;
Winchester and replicas:
$850, plus return shipping and insurance cost.

Package AL (cost & work separate from above packages):
Action Action Lengthening** (cost & work separate from above packages):
Marlin 336-based (modern long) actions:
Lengthened to accept 2.68" cartridges:
add $125 to cost of other work and shipping and insurance;
Lengthened to accept 2.73" cartridges:
add $250 to cost of other work and shipping and insurance.
Marlin 1894-based (modern short) actions:
Lengthened to accept 1.65" cartridges:
add $100 to cost of other work and shipping and insurance;
Lengthened to accept 1.73" cartridges:
add $250 to cost of other work and shipping and insurance.
Browning designed rifles: M-92 & M94 based actions:
lengthened as much as is feasible:
add $275 to cost of other work and shipping and insurance.

Package RPI:
Recoil Pad Installation (cost & work separate from above packages):
Any action with a two-piece stock, adjust LOP, install Kick Eese recoil pad and refinish wood with hand-rubbed Tung Oil:
Straight Grip Stock: $175, plus return shipping and insurance.
Pistol-Grip Stock: $225, plus return shipping and insurance.

Package HSR (cost and work separate from above packages):
Hammer spring reduction, to further smooth operation (only on guns used specifically for Cowboy Action and plinking and only upon specific authorization and discussion with author – provide e-mail or telephone number). This service only applicable to guns not having rebounding hammers or hammer block mechanisms, etc.:
Lightened as much as is feasible:
$125, plus return shipping and insurance.

M.L. McPherson

Ship rifle, by United States Postal Service, insured for value to:

M.L. McPherson
c/o Ken Banks
P.O. Box 1240
Cortez, CO 81321

Print out and complete the order form, fill it out and include it with Postal Money Order inserted into a standard envelop that is packed inside shipping box with rifle.

Thank you,

* No work on any rifle with an illegible serial number. No work on any valuable antique rifle (any basic rifle or chambering no longer in production or with a market value exceeding that of a similar new rifle). No work on older rifles with rusted screws that will not loosen. If in doubt, use a properly fitting screwdriver to loosen all action screws before shipping rifle. If a screw will not turn, soak threaded end with penetrating oil until it will. For each significantly damaged screw head, add $25 (for screw removal and replacement).

** Actual maximum cartridge overall length depends upon bullet nose profile; this work does not include alteration of chamber throat, therefore some bullets may not allow greater cartridge length, due to rifling engravement considerations. In addition, note that many foreign produced Browning replica rifles have twist rates that are too slow to produce accuracy with heavy bullets.

Note:
It is absolutely legal for any individual who legally owns a legal rifle to ship that rifle for the above noted purposes through the United States Postal Service.  Should any postal worker give you any grief in this regard, just ask to see the supervisor and keep pushing. Refusal constitutes a felony offense.

You must be ready, willing and able to verify that the properly packaged gun is unloaded – NEVER ATTEMPT TO SHIP LOADED CARTRIDGES OR PRIMED CASES, doing so is illegal.

If you are ordering action lengthening and if you have a specific bullet that you would like to use at a specific overall loaded cartridge length, include three bullets and three dummy rounds loaded with that bullet, to the desired length (dummy round = bullet in resized case without primer or propellant). These can be legally shipped.

Packaging must be of sufficient quality and strength to tolerate necessary handling and inevitable mishandling; you must seal box sufficiently to keep it closed – use plenty of plastic "boxing" tape. I recommend the following approach, see note at end of this section:

If necessary, purchase a lightweight and affordable hard gun case, such as the Gun Guard, or similar type (you need such a single-gun case and a cardboard container in which that single, single-gun case was shipped);

Securely tape an address label (with your "From" address and the above noted "To" address) to gun;

Insert additional foam rubber or bubble-wrap into case, as necessary, so that gun is centered in and is positively prevented from moving around inside case – with sufficient added foam rubber or bubble-wrap, case will be rather difficult to close and latch;

Securely tape an address label (with your "From" address and the above noted "To" address included) to outside of gun case;

Insert cased gun into box in which gun case was shipped add Styrofoam "peanuts" as necessary to prevent gun case from moving inside cardboard box (as necessary, completely mark out all exterior markings on box, using a black permanent marker);

Leave end of box open.

Take boxing tape and a "Sharpie" style permanent marker with you to post office;

Either label a clear area of largest side of box with your proper return "From" address and the above noted shipping "To" address (preferable method) or securely tape an address label to correct area of outside of gun case box (run tape wraps fully around box, as necessary, to completely cover address label);

After purchasing proper postage stamp for entire package (which will include cased gun, shipping box and a manila envelope containing completed order from and a Postal Money Order), apply postage to upper right-hand corner of addressed side of box;

Obtain Postal Money Order in correct total amount to cover costs of all services ordered plus cost of return shipping and insurance; I suggest a minimum of $750 insurance (return shipping and insurance will be significantly greater than cost of shipping & insurance for shipping to Shooters World, you can get this amount by adding the value of the money order to $750 and asking the postal worker for the cost of that much insurance and shipping on the same package);

Insert completed Money Order with your completed order form into a manila envelope, seal this envelope and write M.L. McPherson on outside;

Insert this sealed envelope into open end of box;

Securely seal box using boxing tape;

Apply several layers of tape over each end of box in each direction, run tape ends about 4 inches down sides of box end;

Apply tape wraps around box, near each end (to lock tape across ends of box);

Apply tape wraps at center and 1/4th points around length of box;

Apply tape wraps in any other area of potential weakness;

Mark box "fragile" and post.

If you cannot ship the gun packaged as described above, include an additional $50 to total costs to cover my time and costs required to properly package it for safe return posting.