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Old 19 July 2024, 21:27   #1
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STEPPED tubes why and views please
Hi I saw a marlin for sale and cant find much about stepped tubes :
is it only a marlin thing ?

whats the pros?
whats the cons?

are they easy to replace?

thanks Mark
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Old 20 July 2024, 08:16   #2
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Can't really see any advantage/disadvantage with stepped tubes (see a few around). Shouldn't be harder to replace/repair - but I'm not a tube repairer
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