The 115 year old Marlin. (A bit of a read)

[ovenpaa]

Thanks chaps! Looks like I have the "gate pass" from the better half for Saturday and fortunately, it's a 100 yd zeroing and grouping day at the club and I've got 100 factory rounds that need turning into empty cases!

Where do you want close up pictures of, Dave? My beaming grin, perchance?!!!

Nah, I have seen your beaming mug before and this is a family forum

Receiver, lever action, cut back screw - anything really as I am very impressed with what I have seen and always like to see how the detail work was done.

[matdoodson]

Hello Sim,

Sorry to drag up an old topic... that said this is a really good read and the finished product looks great!

I have an Enfield P53 here and the exterior of the barrel is in poor shape. It looks like it's had some sort of abrasive cloth or paper taken to it in the past and its got surface rust appearing. I'd like to try and restore the brown finish, hence finding your write up.

I just wondered if you could recommend the browning product you used?

Cheers,
Mat

[25Pdr]

Bloody well done that man. I've a few guns I could be doing up myself......One of these days razz

[snayperskaya]

Lovely rifle, you've done a cracking job there and that bore is superb

[Sim G]

Hello Sim,

Sorry to drag up an old topic... that said this is a really good read and the finished product looks great!

I have an Enfield P53 here and the exterior of the barrel is in poor shape. It looks like it's had some sort of abrasive cloth or paper taken to it in the past and its got surface rust appearing. I'd like to try and restore the brown finish, hence finding your write up.

I just wondered if you could recommend the browning product you used?

Cheers,
Mat

Wow Mat, this is a blast from the past....!

In short, Birchwood Casey Plum Brown.

I used a blow torch to heat the parts up, nothing major, a butane gas one from B&Q. I found the secret was to do little and often, over several days with some nice rusting in between seemed to even the finish off lovely. To start with, I reckoned I took more brown off in between applications, then was left on! But persevere with it.

Oh, and it ended up shooting as good as it looked! Still not had it past 200 though....

[matdoodson]

Good stuff, thank you very much for information and tips... I think I'll give that a go on my old P53 barrel.

Cheers,
Mat