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Much less finding a working VCR

had to do it

Man, I do like me some old berettas. PM sent

I have two more to submit here in the next week or or so.

Certified my new suppressor today and my Form 4 is officially submitted. Let’s see how long this takes.

Wow. Beautiful. GLWS

I’m looking specifically for a Marlin 336 (RC, C, T, or A) chambered in .30-30 manufactured in 1979. It a project for a buddy(his birth year). Condition doesn’t need to be perfect (especially the wood) as I will be refurbishing it.

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Wasn’t this the weapon of choice by Mr. Lee Harvey Oswald?

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So I have more to add (the 45-70, but I’m doing a little work on it) but here is my newest project. Marlin 1893 chambered in 38-55 circa 1900. It’s only a barreled action. So she will need a bit of work. I have a stock and forend on the way (although they are for a carbine) which need finishing as well.

(and 7th).

I bought two on the last day of 2023, hoping it would last me a bit. I made it to Jan 6. LOL.

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The “Winchester Stock Oil” I use is a product a restorer sells on eBay. It is boiled linseed oil and some tint. Supposedly very close ti what Winchester originally used. I cut it 2-1 with mineral spirits. The Watco Danish Oil I use straight from the can. It has worked really well on a lot of stocks. I use the natural color but they have tinted.

It really depends upon the situation. I have developed a process the last couple years. I always start with rubbing the wood down with denatured alcohol. This will get off any grime and kind of let me know what I’m dealing with. Often, someone has added a poly type finish at some point in the life of the rifle. This comes off best with denatured alcohol either scrubbing it with 0000 steel wool, or a combination of steel wool and scraping with a thin plastic scraper (if the finish is really thick). I will also use a wipe/scrub with acetone if there is from water or oils, or if I want to get the wood back to a more neutral color. I avoid using sand paper if I can. I don’t like to remove wood. However, I have on a couple rifles (this one included) sanded a fair bit. The Model 12 stock was really wavy and coarse feeling so it got more sanding. 220-400-800-1000 grit. When sanding, you really have to be careful not to sand the edges where the tang and the butt plate interface with the stock. It can be really easy to take off wood and then the metal is proud to the wood and it is pretty obvious the wood has been sanded too much. I then go back usually with several applications of Danish oil applied by hand and rubbed in. Sometimes I will start with an application or two of Winchester stock oil if I want a a reddish tone.

It was in rough shape when it got it at auction. I had to fix 5 cracks in the stock and one in the forend. Then I cleaned off rust, etc and cold blued the scope and rifle, and refinished the wood with a hand rubbed oil finish (before photos from the auction site)

The Remington with the G4 scope weighs about 5lb 7.5oz loaded.

How about a 1910 Remington Model 12 I’ll weight it when I get home Run some CCI Quiet 22 and it sounds like a pellet gun.

Up for sale is a beautiful 1936 Remington Model 11 16ga Shotgun “The Sportsman”. The Sportsman is a 3-shell version of the Model 11, to comply with waterfowl regulations. It is an early 1936 as it still has the three bird roll mark on each side (which stopped sometime in early 1936). Beautiful hand checkered American walnut stock and forend. These are finished in a hand rubbed Danish oil finish. The barrel is fitted with a Cutts compensator (most likely original) with a full choke end piece. The original bluing is mostly intact but it has turned a bit more brownish with patina. Includes a mostly full box of vintage Western Expert paper shotgun shells #4 shot. Located in Nashville and for sale to folks who can legally own a firearm. $500 obo Additional photos on request

I like the scout scope set up. The trapper I’m building will have the same set up.

Which one is that?

The bombing of Pearl Harbor is closer to the launch of MTV, that the launch of MTV is to today.