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Latest edition of Rifle included an article celebrating the Marlin 39A, the world’s longest continuous production rifle, now at an end under the malign ownership of Remington.
That production started in 1891 with the eponymous Model, a rifle Annie Oakley made famous and used to shoot her famous one hole card. In 1892, the Model 1891 was modified to remove the tedious side loading gate and replace it with a Mag tube reloading gate. A takedown version was introduced in 1897, and in the inter-war period, it became the Model 39. After WWII a final modification yielded the Model 39A which today is only available from the Remington Custom Shop parts bin at exorbitant prices.
This is a Model 1892, given to my grandfather in 1905 on his 16th birthday. It’s the rifle that I learned to shoot with. I still use it today in a local 100 yard competition and it is very, very accurate with a fantastic trigger.
Took it out for the Great Corona Cleanup and realized the forend is pretty much devoid of finish and there are bare spots on the wrist.
So, wanting to touch up the stock but not do a total refinish. Need advice. My proposed course of action would be to degrease, give everything a moderate rub with #0000 steel wool and then apply Waterlox (a Tung Oil finish). Does this seem like a sensible approach ? Any pitfalls or reasons to do this differently?
That production started in 1891 with the eponymous Model, a rifle Annie Oakley made famous and used to shoot her famous one hole card. In 1892, the Model 1891 was modified to remove the tedious side loading gate and replace it with a Mag tube reloading gate. A takedown version was introduced in 1897, and in the inter-war period, it became the Model 39. After WWII a final modification yielded the Model 39A which today is only available from the Remington Custom Shop parts bin at exorbitant prices.
This is a Model 1892, given to my grandfather in 1905 on his 16th birthday. It’s the rifle that I learned to shoot with. I still use it today in a local 100 yard competition and it is very, very accurate with a fantastic trigger.
Took it out for the Great Corona Cleanup and realized the forend is pretty much devoid of finish and there are bare spots on the wrist.
So, wanting to touch up the stock but not do a total refinish. Need advice. My proposed course of action would be to degrease, give everything a moderate rub with #0000 steel wool and then apply Waterlox (a Tung Oil finish). Does this seem like a sensible approach ? Any pitfalls or reasons to do this differently?