A while back I purchased a Marlin 1893 32-40 Special Smokeless Steel made in 1900. I bought it from a fellow in his 80’s. According to him he got it from his dad who got it from his dad as well. It was in definite need of some TLC with a badly broken stock and a dark bore. I completely stripped it down and got the bore a clean as I felt I could. Glued the stock back together.
Now that I know I can shoot it I have sourced some dies, brass and cast bullets all of which can be a challenge in Canada. I’ll eventually pick up a mold for it. Here’s a few photos of the process:
before
the cleaning process
the finished product
I think it turned out pretty well. I wanted to keep it as original as possible as a number of the parts including the stock have matching serial numbers. I’m hoping to hunt deer with it some day.