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Wish I had some pics of this one when I bought it 3-4yrs ago. Rough is an understatement. Blueing was over half gone, the thick finish on the stock was about half gone too. However, I noticed it had very nice figure in the wood and I couldn't see any deep scars in the wood. It originally had a 4x BSA with see-through rings. It languished in one of the local pawn shops for a while marked at $250. Finally the manager told me I could have it for $200 OTD since nobody wanted a 35Rem, only 30-30s. I'd been wanting to try my hand at refinishing a stock, and I figured I couldn't hurt this one much. Lots of elbow grease later I got all the old finish off and all the minor scuffs removed. Many coats of Watco Danish Oil later, it really is a nice looking stock. I then decided to take the BA to a local smith who is fantastic at re-blueing older guns and making them look original. At that point it had a Weaver style rail mount with some cheap rings and a Vortex 2-7x32 up top. Serviceable, but I've never been wild about those rails and I've always thought a straight tube scope looked better on a lever gun. Recently bought a Burris base here in the classifieds and got a good deal a while back on a Monarch UCC 1.5-4.5x20. Finally got it all put together and ready to use this fall. I bought some LeverEvolution to work up some loads. I've hunted with it sporadically over the years but never bloodied it. I plan to change that this year. I figure I'm about $500 in the whole setup, plus a good bit of my time and effort, but I think it's turned out to be worth it.
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Very nice. Definitely feeling some gun envy here.
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That's awesome! What year is it?
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Kudos for restoring a nice firearm back to its past glory.
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That's awesome! What year is it? Thanks! 1982
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Great Work ! Nice looking rig.
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Oh yeah. That'll do.
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Nice work putting new life into an old gun, still one of my favorite winter pastimes. Next time, try rust bluing yourself. Not that hard and gives a nice finish for minimal cost.
Nice choice on the optics as well.
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That turned out nice. I've killed quite a few critters with my old 336 in 30-30. Carried a 336 in 35 several times as well, just never broke it in.
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Beautiful rifle!......enjoy!!.......Hb
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nice wood on that one. i love bringing a beater back to life. i've done it several times and those will be the last guns i get rid of.
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From personal experience I can guarantee it will work You and the the smith did a great job!
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DEWD very very cool.
I've always wanted one of those 35s. To be able to have one that you can invest in is really awesome.
Nice work!
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Great job on restoring this Marlin! It will look even better after you knock something down with it.
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That's awesome! What year is it? Thanks! 1982 Beatiful rifle. Those 336's are so cool and classic. Good job on the restore. Looks great..
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