39A Rescue and Attempted Restoration

jdad · Post by **jdad** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:55 pm

My local shop has a rack of "junkers" out of the public view and I found this 1949 39A waiting to be rescued. The previous owner had varnished over the wood AND buttplate, spray painted over the metal with Black automotive paint (they didn't even remove the inner mag tube or mask the wood & sights), and replaced the "bullseye" with a screw. The positive points were the age, the vintage steel Lyman 66MC, the Merit aperture, Lyman 17A front Globe and the early production.

Here is the before.

jdad · Post by **jdad** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:57 pm

.....and here is the after. I soaked the rear sight and aperture, in Break Free, and was finally able to take them apart and get them working.

Many thanks to my patient son for posing the rifle.

Pisgah · Post by **Pisgah** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:03 pm

Now, that's just fine!

I love it when a good rescue-and-rehab comes together.

salvo · Post by **salvo** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:05 pm

Nice save jdad. It really cleaned up nice!

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:07 pm

That's a great rehab! The perfect stoppping point, as it looks great, and shows honest wear too.

Post by **Chuck 100 yd** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:11 pm

I like to see that.

I have a couple that I rescued also.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:35 pm

Kinda brings a tear to my eyes.

Rusty <><

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:50 pm

Good job. I just love it when a firearm is rescued from being a durge into a pearl.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:53 pm

Looks 1,000 times better! Great save!!!