I tossed out a bid on a 1954 336RC in 35 rem in an online auction. It had some surface freckles as advertised but the metal looked good otherwise and the screw heads were unmolested. It is a nice old perch belly wood, butt stock is clean, recoil plate is mis-sized. Well darn it, I won.
I just received it today and it does not look like I will be able to do a steel wool refinish on the receiver after a brief test. It is otherwise functional, bore is clean.
The million dollar question: Refinish? Clean it up as best as I can and use it? Re-bore to 356 and Cerakote, sort of an Alaskan? Just kicking around some options. I did not get hurt on the purchase price so have some leeway...
