The V2A1 version includes a suppressor-ready barrel, and on it the factory stock is swapped for a Chisel Aluminum Skeletonized Stock, a product designed via a Mad Pig Customs collaboration.
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On both, the receiver and forend gain real estate that’s ready for magnifying and night vision optics and a bipod, plus with right-mounted irons (the latter are included). Two other 16.5-inch barrel models are optimized for nighttime hunting and guide/brush gun use called Thumper V2 and V2A1. With the SilencerCo product up front, a prominent, modern profile remains on the plain rifle, but with the option to add a suppressor. SilencerCo has been a partner with Mad Pig Customs since the companies made the connection at SHOT Show a couple years back, and now provides their suppressor-ready ASR muzzle brake as an alternative to the Mad Pig brake. Of course, the package receives a custom Cerakote job to make a one-of-a-kind rifle for its owner.Ī variant on the V1A1 model is also offered for those who prefer a quieter ride sometimes. On top is an XS Sights Sight rail and a Skinner Sights Bear Buster front sight. Standard forends are replaced with a Midwest Industries M-Lok handguard.
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It’s named the V1A1 Costa Ludus, and is a Henry or Marlin with the barrel cut down to 14.5 inches then threaded and fitted with a Mad Pig Customs signature muzzle brake that’s pinned and welded to bring the total barrel length to a portable yet non NFA-classified 16.5 inches total – not to mention bringing the “Thump” factor.
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The pinned and welded Mag Pig Customs muzzle brake lends a ported-barrel look and tames recoil.įirst in the Thumper series is the company’s original, popularized in Chris Costa YouTube videos. Each is enjoying growing popularity for Henry and Marlin owners who are ready to enjoy modern features on their rifles. Tyliszczak says his shop is simply “adding modern utility to an already-useful platform.” There are several variants of these customizations to which Mad Pig Customs has given the name Thumper. The shift he refers to is an overhaul of the furniture and/or barrel of a lever gun to create an eye-catching and functional combination. Soon it became necessary to get an FFL, we had more people wanting what we do.” Around that time, Midwest Industries released their aluminum M-LOK handguard, and that started the shift. A good friend who was into Marlin lever guns originally just wanted Cerakote.
For a time we were just a Cerakote shop, but we are lever-gun gunsmiths, too. I replied to a Facebook ad looking for cerakoting for rails. “At one time I was an emergency management consultant and had less work and lots of time. Tyliszczak says the inspiration for Mad Pig Customs has evolved over the past couple years. Think of a stagecoach from Bonanza crashing into a tank from Mad Max and a firearm is born from the cross-century union. If those rifles looked fashion-forward at SHOT two years ago that puts Mag Pig Customs’ rifles on the level of avant garde. which leads me to wonder if their new lever-action models should be called Rooglin or maybe Marler, but I digress. Of course since then, Marlin has been acquired by Sturm, Ruger, & Co.
Cerakote finishes, full-length Picatinny rails, and MSR-style sights lent a look to the Marlin booth, the likes of which were unlike any other. SHOT Show 2020 was the first to bring modernized lever guns to the forefront. Marlin rifle with the V1 Costa Ludus treatment Luckily for me, being a writer is a perfect excuse to indulge that curiosity and request a phone interview to learn the backstory on these unique carbines and short-barreled rifles (SBRs). My curiosity was doubly piqued when I noticed the page garnering props from some of the industry’s heavy hitters on both the manufacturing and retail fronts.
The first time I saw a photo of one I was tantalized by the mean-looking combo of modern accessories and color on a classic action. Mad Pig Customs, once just a Cerakote shop, is now teetering on the brink of fame thanks to their modernized yet practical lever guns. Steve Tyliszczak (pronounced like TYE-lis-shack) is a member of the Army National Guard based in Connecticut, but he has an off-hours gig that’s gaining a big following on-and-off social media where I first discovered his shoot-able ‘wares. AllOutdoor Review: Mad Pig Customs – Lever Guns Go Avant Garde
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