Help! My Marauder is just too danged heavy. What can be done/changed to sut weight? Any aftermarket stocks out there that are lighter? Used to be an aluminum air tube, are those still available anywhere? Help!
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Chris
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Chris
Diet for Marauder
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I had a Gen 1 Mrod and reworked the stock removing 1 pound of wood. Made the ugly stock much nicer.
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I'll poke around for a composite stock then. I forgot to mention, it is a gen 1. Any other weight reducing mods I can make?
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One thing I found with the composite stock is it torques a decent bit, too much for my liking. Maddog stocks might be a choice, Ive never used one though. Boyds doesnt save much weight. Besides that mods to make it lighter would be lighter tube, lighter scope, short shroud, light hammer, light scope, shave off ounces to save a pound. O just remove mass from the factory stock.
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There isn't much you can really do for them except get the lightest optics you can find and mount them low. Let's face it, she's about 8 lbs without her clothes on. I've seen some conversions that have no wood stock. It was Citrus Airguns, I believe. They used the Marauder pistol trigger group and an adapter to accept an AR buffer tube and buttstock. That would remove some weight, but I doubt the balance gets any better with that monstrous steel tube hanging in front of the trigger. And it appears they may no longer be in business,
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Agree the optics is the biggest game changer on weight. Look on ebay for an old (20-30 year old) 3-9 variable Weaver. Light weight, and it has a lifetime warranty. No frills but solid mechanics and glass. Made in the USA, and plenty accurate for me to shoot one-hole groups out of my P-Rod at 15 yards.
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Look at the Clearidge 3-9 with AO and mildots. It is a Japanese scope and has great glass, lifetime warranty, and focuses down to 10 yards and is light.
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I'm using a 4-12(I think) bug buster, pretty light all on it's own. I'll pull the stock apart and see where I can remove wood. Most likely under the buttpad is a good place. And under the inletting...
Chris
Chris
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Do you what your stock weighs by itself? I have a Marauder Boyd Thumbhole stock that comes in at 2lbs. 15oz.
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I have a gen 1 that looks very similar to the previous one posted. I run a BSA sweet 22 2x7x32 on it and it is pretty light.
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Glad to know I'm not the only one that thinks Marauders look fat.
"Fat girls are like scooters; a lot of fun, but no-one wants to be seen with one."
"Fat girls are like scooters; a lot of fun, but no-one wants to be seen with one."
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I just got done with putting my Marauder Semi-auto on a diet. To make it balanced and pull to the shoulder easy I cut off 6" of the forestock and a total of 1 1/4" of the butt including the rubber pad.
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Just under a pound total. The weight up front was the real-feel-deal for holding better on target. For example, hold a 12oz. can of beverage (.78 lb) out at arm's length and that is just about the amount of weight that got taken off up there.
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I am considering a stock chop myself, but I've decided to experiment with losing the optics all together and going with peep sights. I've done all I can myself by creating the front blade in OpenSCAD and printing it. I have a DFL Tanto I swap between the Dreamline and the Mrod and this slips tight enough to grip the knurl on the part of the adapter that attaches to the shroud. So it is sorta clickable and easy to center up. Then the thread protector holds the deal in place. It isn't fool proof, but it'll do. Now I just have to pony up about $80 for a proper rear sight, weighing somewhere around 2oz. If it works out, I save 24oz of top-heavy scope weight.
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Well, tomorrow I'm gonna take my stocks (thanks Chris-M3) to the mill and bandsaw. We'll see what remains at the end of the day...
Chris
Chris
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