Should have taken some before pics but didn't plan on completely redoing it when i first pulled it apart.
A simple cleaning job ended up with 5 cycles of Perma Blue, stripping stock, 13 coats of Tru Oil, and Williams FP sights install. I know the stainless front sight hood doesn't match, i just happened to already have it in the parts bin.
Like mentioned in an earlier post a lever gun was high on the want list. Didn't really want a 30-30 but ran up on this at a local pawn & gun for a sweet deal.
This is my first attempt at cold blue and Tru Oil. Could have used a few more coats of tru oil but i'm tired of rubbing on it and want to shoot it today. The wood turned nicer than i was going for but once started the Tru Oil experiment quickly began turning out nicer than imagined. Probably could have had a glass like finish with about 20 coats.
The cold blue is a neat process. You're supposed to strip the old blueing off but i tried a couple small pieces. One part i stripped the old and the other was left with the old blue intact. Leaving the well worn blue on resulted in what i think is a niffty marbled look so i left the worn blueing on the rest of the gun. Someone that knows about it would probably look at it and say, "ha whoever did that didn't strip the old blue off." Did everything including screw heads.
Best i can tell it's an 81-82 model with walnut stock. Not really sure which 336 model it is, maybe 336C?
Now if the big loop levers weren't so stupid expensive...
AFTER
only before i have
tear down pic, took so i knew how everything went back
A simple cleaning job ended up with 5 cycles of Perma Blue, stripping stock, 13 coats of Tru Oil, and Williams FP sights install. I know the stainless front sight hood doesn't match, i just happened to already have it in the parts bin.
Like mentioned in an earlier post a lever gun was high on the want list. Didn't really want a 30-30 but ran up on this at a local pawn & gun for a sweet deal.
This is my first attempt at cold blue and Tru Oil. Could have used a few more coats of tru oil but i'm tired of rubbing on it and want to shoot it today. The wood turned nicer than i was going for but once started the Tru Oil experiment quickly began turning out nicer than imagined. Probably could have had a glass like finish with about 20 coats.
The cold blue is a neat process. You're supposed to strip the old blueing off but i tried a couple small pieces. One part i stripped the old and the other was left with the old blue intact. Leaving the well worn blue on resulted in what i think is a niffty marbled look so i left the worn blueing on the rest of the gun. Someone that knows about it would probably look at it and say, "ha whoever did that didn't strip the old blue off." Did everything including screw heads.
Best i can tell it's an 81-82 model with walnut stock. Not really sure which 336 model it is, maybe 336C?
Now if the big loop levers weren't so stupid expensive...
AFTER
only before i have
tear down pic, took so i knew how everything went back
