Resurrecting the Marlin 336

[Mainehunter]

It’s been awhile that I posted but have been checking in from time to time. Just been too busy with family stuff or the house addition/renovation which seems a never ending project so I’m trying to get back into the swing of things. sloooowly! I thought I shard some before and after pictures of a 1951 Marlin 336SC that I acquired in trade a few months ago. As you can see from the before pictures she was rode hard and put away wet…literally! I had such a hard time separating the upper and bottom receiver I had to use a crowbar to split it uncovering about 50+ years of dirt, grim, rust and God knows what else was in there. I did all the prep/finish work on the metal and wood stock myself. I have done various cold or hot bluing salts on guns in the past but this was my first attempted on rust bluing and I think it came out nicely. I like the look of older guns so I didn't’t want to get her back to factory condition. If you handled the gun you can see in some areas there are still some deep scratches/ pits in the metal. I was hesitant to redo the wood but the fore and but stock were cracking and starting to split so I had no choice. This is going to be my truck/woods bumming gun so now I just need to decide on which peep sight to get either the Lyman or Williams and start making some loads for her.

Mainehunter

Before pics:







After pics:

[Dave]

That gun looks very nice now. You did a great job.

[TedH]

Nice job, good way to keep the ol' girl in service.

[Leverdude]

Nice work!

The only thing would bug me personally is the high tangs, but in the "before" pic you can see somebody oversanded before you even got it. Kinda hard to put wood back.

[Nath]

You tidied that up a treat, well done

Nath.

[Pete44ru]

That's a darn-fine job, your status as a Mainiac notwithstanding !

Please tell us it's a .35............


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[Mainehunter]

That's a darn-fine job, your status as a Mainiac notwithstanding !

Please tell us it's a .35............


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Sorry about that it is a 35 Remington and thanks for all the kind words!

Mainehunter

[pokey]

Nice work!

The only thing would bug me personally is the high tangs, but in the "before" pic you can see somebody oversanded before you even got it. Kinda hard to put wood back.

just what i was thinkin'.

there is a 71 on another thread that needs the same treatment,
maybe you could post your recipe for that rust bluing?

[O.S.O.K.]

Good job on the restore! Yep, you can't remove any wood from the tang - or you see it. I found that out myself first hand... but it still looks good to me.

[edsguns]

GOOD JOB !!

[Rusty]

Nice job

[Alan Wood]

Very well done!

[stretch]

That old 35 Remington looks great now.

(Of course, if it was in 30-30 it wouldn't be as pretty.....)

LOL

-Stretch

[Mutt]

WOW!! ,,,,Great work. with envy

,,,,,,,,,,,Mutt,,,

[Swampman]

Great looking old gun. I love the early Marlins. What year was it made?

[gamekeeper]

You did a real good job, that old Marlin now looks great...

[Tristan]

Ya did good, Mainehunter!

That's a trunk gun for the owner of exceptional taste!