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Not sure what to do with this one, needs to be refinished. I was thinking of stripping the wood with a paint stripper and finishing with tung oil without sanding it at all, is this even possible? The wood does not appear to be scratched, just the finish. The stock looks like it was varnished or recoated over the original finish. It does not look like it was sanded because the metal is not proud of the wood anywhere. The barrel has a few scratches but it looks like a paint or laquer finish and I have no idea how to fix it, Strip/reblue? The serial starts with 27. this means 1973 I believe. Is it common as dirt and not worth the trouble or would it be a nice rifle to refinish? I kinda like it but it's not a family heirloom or anything, What would you do?


 
Go for it, tung oil will look nice.
It looks like someone painted the barrel, mag tube and forend cap but left the receiver blued?
If you really want to learn refinishing you could try a rust browning process to refinish the metal.
 
Take the plastic pieces off.
If not, be very wary of the chemical effect on the white spacers.
I had an upleasant experience with white spacers many moons ago.
Not a Marlin example, but do pay heed to those items.

I'd do it, learn from it and you may be pleasantly surprised.

Post after photos if you do go ahead with it.
 
If you are looking for a project and enjoy this type of thing, go for it.
If not, it could be more trouble than it's worth.
Maybe you'd increase the value by $100.
$50 in material and 10 hours labour, your call.
 
No, not tung oil. This isn't your woodshop coffee table project.

If you want an oil finish, then double-boiled linseed oil is the only appropriate finish.

It's what has always been used on fine rifles.

The stuff that you can buy today contains dryers that make the process easier than in the distant past.
And, unlike Tru-oil and Linspeed, you will get an actual smooth deep oil finish, and not a cheesy varnished one.
 
Just one coat of tung oil, no stain. Had to go with tung oil, could not find double boiled linseed oil and I don't really like the raw stuff or the boiled.
 
Spar varnish? Jeez, I just bought a nice old Churchill No.4 that must have been done with spar varnish and a mop.

Seriously, is spar varnish a viable gun stock finish?
 
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Good job OP!

Cheers
Jay
 
No chit...............formmadubbly.

Hayya O.P., oww bout posting a photo of the stock product yew yewsed?

Folks say they yewsed this and that and that and this, but golldarnitt,
that terned out better'n I s'pectitted.

I just redid a stawk awn an old 94 using Tru Oil, but I like your results more better'n.
 
Minwax tung oil from Canadian tire, stripped stock and sanded lightly by hand with 220 paper and hardly touched the edges. 8_10 coats of tung oil. All light coats, let dry then scuff all the shine off with super fine steel wool and recoat. When all the pores in the wood are filled and scuffed out go a couple of extras coats to get the shine you want. I put the last coat on heavy and waited 10 minutes then buffed it off with a clean cloth.
 
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