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I finnished a Marlin 1889 I'v been fooling with for a few years yesterday. Its a 44/40. I had it lined & fit a stock to it & left it like that.
Then I noticed the stock I fit to it was inletted crooked. It was a precision gunworks second, I bought a bunch & most had obvious defects, this one wasn't so obvious. It was off by 3/4" or so & once I noticed it I couldn't sleep anymore. So I fit another one to it & replaced the forend which wasn't right anyway.
After I fitted it I polished the metal a bit & Oxpho blued the whole thing. Then I steel wooled it until I thought it was done. I might go over the barrel once more but I dont think so. To my eyes it looks like a 115 year old gun should.
Next in line is a 1889 38/40. Probably be awhile before I get it done but I took it apart & found half a case stuck in the chamber and a bulged barrel. It's getting lined in any event but I may use another barrel.
You can see the case in the second picture but might not make out the bulge, I can see it but I know its there too.
I wish I could work on firearms like that. I have 3 different projects that are in complete peices right now. One of which is the 103yr old Winny I reeeeaally need to put back together.
That really looks like fine work there, Leverdude. Congrats!
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