1950 336RC overhaul pics*RANGE UPDATE*

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This is too much fun! I had to post this because my wife is unfortunately not as excited as i am , and what fun is it without showing it off right...
the reason i did it is because it was in shyte condition and a new blueing was an expensive option to have it done right.
I re-finished the wood, metal coated, bolt polished. also I bedded the reciever on both sides to the stocks, and fixed the forestock to the barrel/magtube with RTV high heat silicone gasket maker, and a newly machined grade 8 forestock pin with a size 5-o.9 thread pitch (larger than factory). i also ran a generous bead of silicone btwn the bbl and mag tube. medium locktited all the important screws in place .
Now to hang it on the wall near my woodstove at home to cure for a few weeks.
OLD
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in between
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FINISHED
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that buttplate spacer is a piece of a white bucket trimmed to fit. the engraving looks exactly the same as it did before i coated it which is unreal since there is 6 coats on there. im happy as hell with the results.
 
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Obviously a nice job, and it will add years to the life of the rifle. The Marlin 336 is my fav .30-30 rifle.

May I ask why you put the finish on the action/bolt?
 
Never mind the taste police. I like it too. Has kind of a "combat cowboy" vibe.

Were it mine, I'd be tempted to lay into the forearm with the belt sander and slim it up some. Never understood why Marlin broke up the sweet lines of those lever guns with that big-ass fishbelly forearm...
 
I like it a lot. This is what the finish would have looked like if they had Duracoat in the fifties.
How does the stampings on the barrel look after it dries?
Think about a checkering job on the woodwork and you will have a real show stopper.
 
Dark Alley Dan said:
Never mind the taste police. I like it too. Has kind of a "combat cowboy" vibe.

Were it mine, I'd be tempted to lay into the forearm with the belt sander and slim it up some. Never understood why Marlin broke up the sweet lines of those lever guns with that big-ass fishbelly forearm...
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X1000! I much prefer the newer round forearm profile, but a slim forearm like the model 94 might be sweeter still.
 
I way prefer the pot belly forestock, it was a deciding factor for purchase. but hey some say tomatoes...
I would not advise anyone to buy the duracoat ez kit from lauer custom weaponry. get a single colour instead. the airbrush is apparently useless junk, i used a 0.5 needle hvlp mini detail gun. and if you live in canada like me they charge $50 for the kit, $25 for delivery, and they dont tell you that canada customs charges you a further $35 excise fee to get it across the border which i found out after calling ups to ask how long it would take to ship. i almost did this.
I eventually bought one colour which exempts you from the customs fee because it's under $20, delivered it was under $50. i then bought a $40 mini spraygun and already had some fast reducer and brake cleaner. otherwise LCW is the place to get it, fast shipping, full colour selection.
it isn't cheap to duracoat a gun. 4oz will do 2 rifles so it may be worth it to split on it with someone else. i split with my work and we'll be using the leftover to coat mowing reels.
 
Sweet, +1 on the bucket spacer. That's using the old brain bucket for something. Did you touch up the screw heads with the spray gun & did you do it before or after final assembly?
 
Dark Alley Dan said:
Never mind the taste police. I like it too. Has kind of a "combat cowboy" vibe.

Were it mine, I'd be tempted to lay into the forearm with the belt sander and slim it up some. Never understood why Marlin broke up the sweet lines of those lever guns with that big-ass fishbelly forearm...
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One breath you "never mind the taste police"
Next breath "never understood why Marlin broke up sweet lines etc"

:rolleyes::p

I too say should have left the old girl alone, she looked just fine.
Ageing gracefully :)
If you had wanted a new gun buy one.
 
I too say should have left the old girl alone said:
now you're sounding like my wife:p
honestly i have guns that work fine that arent as much fun. and this gun was suffering from rust and serious accuracy problems due to loose bands, bent pins etc... it was dying. it was also quite cheap and i only have $350 invested to get it to this point. it's now solid enough that my son will be getting it and it'll go for another 60 years or more. i don't like watching a nice rifle waste away to junk. mabey i seem crazy to some, but it's my gun and i'll do what i want with it. i dont let anything mechanical "age gracefully". my car for example, or tools for another. thats when they stop working properly.

and the screws and small pieces were stuck into slits cut into a piece of cardboard and sprayed with the lot fyi.
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The reason I asked was because the finish of the screw heads doesn't look marred at all. I guess you didn't use the old common screw driver / pry bar / chisel... LOL! Again good work on the old girl. If it were a one of rarity I'd probably side with the nay sayer's here. But as you describe it, it sounded like a good candidate.
 
Aside from the shape of the forend, the feature I like the most about the more recent Marlins is the stock checkering. Perhaps your next step is to get a set of checkering tools and have at 'er!
 
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