Picked up a Marlin 336 in 30-30!!!...

[Bully 749]

... but she's pretty rough. Got a decent price considering what was thrown in on top of the rifle.

 

She was a boat gun. Got a lot of rusty-crusty on the barrel and magazine tube. Forearm screw was so bad that I needed to tig a bolt to it to get it out. Couple of dings in the stock. However the bore looks great. Musta been on the boat for the zomibie attack that never happened. So, now I'm gonna fix her up.

 

Got her all apart and the barrel is clean of rust and Testor's paint that served as impromptu bluing. Gonna sand the magazine tube free of paint in the next day or two. Might try my hand at silver soldering, ghetto style, to fill the pits. Then, it'll be a coat of paint to freshen everything up. Maybe Duracote. Not sure which direction I'm going to go on that just yet. Plan to strip the stocks as well and refinish them, too. Maybe darken them up.

 

Reassemble.

 

Shoot.

 

Wish me luck.

 

C

[hd2000fxdl 422]

Great gun, how about some before pics for now and update them when you do the work..

[johnp 45]

You love them lever guns, don't ya. haha

 

Good luck bud. Let me know when were shooting it.

[AS1431 0]

Sounds like a great project. It would be cool if you can show the before, progress, and after pictures.

[Smokin .50 1,907]

I have a 336-C in .30-.30, a great gun! She loves the 150 gr. soft points! Good luck with the rebuild!

[BlueLineFish 615]

My current transaction might include one . I really want one of these

[Bully 749]

I would love to post pics, however my camera and my computer are in the midst of a breakup, I think, and therefore aren't speaking with one another.

 

I did order a set of screws, in nickel, from Marlin the other day. Great customer service!! Donna looked up all the parts numbers for me since there were about 10 of them and they don't sell a kit. Took my CC info and I was off and running in about 10 minutes. Just awesome.

 

Thanks for watching.

 

C

[hd2000fxdl 422]

If you need a manual and didn't know there were there, well here ya go.

 

Marlin

 

Regardless if your Camera and PC are having a spat, get some photos and if and when they work it out post them up.

[siderman 1,137]

http://njgunforums.com/forum/index.php?/topic/19030-restoring-old-rifle-advice/

 

 

Hey C- you're gonna have a lot of fun bringing an old shooter back to life! Look at the pics on posts #17 & 18 on a old Mossberg 22 that my dad got in 1954 that was another ole rusty-crusty to see what a lot of elbow grease can do. Nothing like the feeling of finishing it then taking it out to visit the range. Enjoy.

[Parker 213]

A great first centerfire rifle.

[Bully 749]

I'm really looking forward to bringing it to life. She'll never look like she walked out of the factory, but I'm ok with that. And, she's not my first centerfire, I have a Marlin 1894c .38/.357 that I absolutely LOVE. Like JohnP said, I have a thing for lever guns.

 

I took some pics and my wife is going to put them in my photobucket, so I should be able to share them later today, the before, that is. The barrel has been sanded of the paint that was on it and you can see how pitted it is. I think I may try to silver solder the pits to fill them, sand smooth, and paint. That's the plan for the moment.

 

C

[Bully 749]

http://njgunforums.c...d-rifle-advice/

 

 

Hey C- you're gonna have a lot of fun bringing an old shooter back to life! Look at the pics on posts #17 & 18 on a old Mossberg 22 that my dad got in 1954 that was another ole rusty-crusty to see what a lot of elbow grease can do. Nothing like the feeling of finishing it then taking it out to visit the range. Enjoy.

 

Hey Siderman.

 

Just read your thread. Really cool. Would love to see pics of it assembled. Feel free to post them here. I'm not all that protective of my threads.

 

C

[Bully 749]

Pics as requested. The good, bad and ugly.

 

C

 

 

 

 

[echo five foxtrot 1]

You got your hands full there. Please post some photos as you silver solder those pits. Good luck

[hd2000fxdl 422]

Looks like a fun project, but if you keep that Pan going this will be nothing.

 

 

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[Bully 749]

HAHAHAHA!!! My pan gets taken care of by a pro. I'm a schlub when it comes to that. It does look like I might be able to fire it up sunday evening if anyone wants to swing by.

 

I will try and post pics of the silver solder. I'm thinking propane torch with plumbers solder should do the trick. We'll see, though.

 

C

[Bully 749]

Silver solder idea didn't pan out. I tried. Probably missing something. Anyway, I hit it with a DA and some 320 and it smoothed everything out pretty well. I think I might just Krylon this thing and put it together. I'll run it to the range and put some rounds thru it. As long as it works, that'll be good enough for me.

 

C

[hd2000fxdl 422]

Silver solder idea didn't pan out. I tried. Probably missing something. Anyway, I hit it with a DA and some 320 and it smoothed everything out pretty well. I think I might just Krylon this thing and put it together. I'll run it to the range and put some rounds thru it. As long as it works, that'll be good enough for me.

 

C

 

Before you out her together or Krylon it check out a few places and see what the folks here say to do to finisher her off before you put any coating on it.

 

Plus I'm interested in seeing what people have to say and what you find out.

 

 

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[hd2000fxdl 422]

Silver solder idea didn't pan out. I tried. Probably missing something. Anyway, I hit it with a DA and some 320 and it smoothed everything out pretty well. I think I might just Krylon this thing and put it together. I'll run it to the range and put some rounds thru it. As long as it works, that'll be good enough for me.

 

C

 

Before you out her together or Krylon it check out a few places and see what the folks here say to do to finisher her off before you put any coating on it.

 

Plus I'm interested in seeing what people have to say and what you find out.

 

 

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[hd2000fxdl 422]

Silver solder idea didn't pan out. I tried. Probably missing something. Anyway, I hit it with a DA and some 320 and it smoothed everything out pretty well. I think I might just Krylon this thing and put it together. I'll run it to the range and put some rounds thru it. As long as it works, that'll be good enough for me.

 

C

 

Before you out her together or Krylon it check out a few places and see what the folks here say to do to finisher her off before you put any coating on it.

 

Plus I'm interested in seeing what people have to say and what you find out.

 

 

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[BlueLineFish 615]

Age getting to you harry. Posting things 3 times. Getting forgetful lol

[hd2000fxdl 422]

Age getting to you harry. Posting things 3 times. Getting forgetful lol

 

iPad and it didn't go through, well at least when I was trying to send kept getting a tapatalk server error.

 

Guess third time was the charm.

 

 

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[hd2000fxdl 422]

Age getting to you harry. Posting things 3 times. Getting forgetful lol

 

iPad and it didn't go through, well at least when I was trying to send kept getting a tapatalk server error.

 

Guess third time was the charm.

 

 

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[hd2000fxdl 422]

Argggg again

 

 

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[BlueLineFish 615]

Lol...this is funny

[Bully 749]

That is funny!!!

 

OK, I'll bite... What would YOU do to finish a mess of a rifle off?? Duracote, Krylon, House of Kolor automotive grade custom paint? All are a possibility.

 

C

[BlueLineFish 615]

This thread has me excited. I am picking up some guns from an estate on monday one if which is a 336. Hopefully the condition is good. If not then i will have a project as well.

[T Bill 649]

Two options to look at that. www.projectguns.com/parkerizing.html or parkerizingkits.com. Very simple to do outdoors at home. Great results.

[raz-0 1,259]

Argggg again

 

 

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Your iPad has some hammer follow there. Might want to have a smith look at it.

[hd2000fxdl 422]

 

Your iPad has some hammer follow there. Might want to have a smith look at it.

 

Lol. FA iPad. 3 post burst followed by a double.

 

 

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