Marlin Rescue Project

[Old Footman]

Under "Muzzleloading" on this forum I posted the following thread titled "Trail Guns Armory Kodiak - Lead Stock". You will see a very unique painted .58 Kodiak double rifle. While waiting for certain parts to be cerakoted the family of the owner who passed away brought to my dealer some additional rifles and shotguns that all had the same "unique look". I bought the two .30-30 rifles to bring back to life (rescue). One is a Marlin 336 and the other is a Ted Williams model 100 (Winchester 94). Click on the pics to straighten them out.






The project begins, I will update the progress with pics.

Old Footman

[elmacgyver0]

Under "Muzzleloading" on this forum I posted the following thread titled "Trail Guns Armory Kodiak - Lead Stock". You will see a very unique painted .58 Kodiak double rifle. While waiting for certain parts to be cerakoted the family of the owner who passed away brought to my dealer some additional rifles and shotguns that all had the same "unique look". I bought the two .30-30 rifles to bring back to life (rescue). One is a Marlin 336 and the other is a Ted Williams model 100 (Winchester 94). Click on the pics to straighten them out.






The project begins, I will update the progress with pics.

Old Footman

There are some things that are just beyond belief.

[Baltimoreed]

They are pretty far out there as camo goes. Wow. He missed the sling swivels on the one. I enjoyed your Kodiak story. Good luck on these beauties.

[TNsailorman]

Those 2 would gag a maggot. I agree, the humaitarian thing to do is to restore them. my .02 anyway, james

[Maine1]

To each their own. There might be an environment and situation where that gun in that pattern is a great and practical solution.

But seeing them back to plain wood is a good thing, as it seems to be practical about anywhere.

[Old Footman]

The project begins. Click on the pics to straighten them out.








Old Footman

[rintinglen]

You could always take some thick, black paint and cover the lenses of an old pair of glasses with it. They wouldn't look so bad then...

Some people ought not be allowed to use paint. Good luck on the restoration.

[HWooldridge]

I would try heavy duty paint stripper on the metal parts - might clean up easier.

[Shawlerbrook]

What he ^^^^ said ! They are attention getters.

[TurnipEaterDown]

You could always take some thick, black paint and cover the lenses of an old pair of glasses with it. They wouldn't look so bad then...

Reminds me about 'How to cook Carp': (some version of) Fillet Carp, remove scales, wash in cold water, season with (your choice of seasonings, make it sound "fancy), place fillet on cedar plank, pre-heat oven to 400 degrees, bake 25 minutes, remove from oven, throw away Carp and eat cedar plank...

[vonb]

Look at the bright side. There shouldn't be any rust with all the paint coverage.

[William Yanda]

Absolutely no one will mistakenly pick up one of those and say;;"Oops, I thought it was mine."

[Noah Zark]

Perfect examples of "just because you can, doesn't mean you should."

Noah

[GregLaROCHE]

To each his own. It’s not my taste but if brings pleasure to its owner, that’s what it is all about. I’ve always been into restoring old guns, however my son enjoys painting them up. Luckily, he only does it to modern AR types. I better never see my Garand, that is his now, painted in multi colors.

[gumbo333]

You can either like wood or not like wood. Like camo or not like camo. But turnipeater “carp” is good. Just gotta know how.

[Old Footman]

The project is moving along and instead of trying heavy chemicals or bead blasting on the action/barrel I decided to try this first. I took this old plastic ruler (I have two of them) and I held it on edge and started scraping. I figured if it didn't work I would try the other options. Well it worked out pretty darn good and as you can see there appears to have been a base primer coat under the camo (ugh!). I used bronze wool and oil with some hard rubbing to get this off. I then dried off the oil and after that I used a large wet patch of "Goof Off" to get off the fine residue of primer coat. So far the finish is looking really good. Many of the small parts are soaking in a 50/50 mixture of transmission fluid and acetone (thank you "725" for the tip). Click on the pics to straighten them out.







Old Footman

[725]

That penetrant get under stuff like no other. You'll be hunting with both of these project rescues this season!

[TurnipEaterDown]

You can either like wood or not like wood. Like camo or not like camo. But turnipeater “carp” is good. Just gotta know how.

All meant in humor. It was rintinglen's glasses reference that got me going.

I grew up on Lake Michigan, and when little my dad was a commercial fisherman, so we didn't eat Carp. We just made fun of them.

Your Carp mention reminds me of hunting antelope: Buddy from college grew up in WY, asked why we were so excited, and recommended they just get made into sausage. I like them fine as steaks on the grille. Taste goes with the owner it seems.

I rescued a couple rifles in the past too, and enjoyed it. One was a M95 Steyr that was also camo end to end. Mostly tape.
I enjoyed it, and for $68 original purchase, I figured I had a free hand. Nice little 416 wildcat off a 30-40 Krag now. Lays out deer great w/ a 0.025" jacket Hawk 300gr at 2000fps. Trigger of course is demanding, but a good teacher.

[TNsailorman]

I am enjoying your restoration project. Keep it coming. james

[Old Footman]

A quick update, the plastic ruler scraping technique is working out really good.




Old Footman