45/70 beach gun

So we had an individual contact us about fixing up his old marlin 45/70 so he could easily carry it when fishing the beaches of Alaska. He wanted a short, fast action, low recoil gun that weather wouldn't bother it. So we created a muzzle device that became part of the barrel, shortened the barrel, lapped the action, added ghost ring sights and scope mount, and Cerakoted it is sniper grey. We had the walnut stock laser engraved for a better grip surface. Then we stained and sealed the wood. Upon test firing this beast I was surprised to find the felt recoil was equil to a 243.  The shooter feels more muzzle blast than actual recoil into the shoulder. We tested a number of different loads from 300 grain to 400 grain bullet and found a person could really shoot this all day without shoulder fatigue. Love the way it turned out and hope the owner enjoys it.