Nice little pick up this morning

[KDerekT83]

So I picked up this little Marlin 60 this morning from a fellow BS member.. He wasn't kidding when he said the rifle has seen better days.... After thinking about it, I figured, people take rustoleum to their $1000+ AR's, so why not do it with a $80 dollar .22 rifle that's 30 years old.... So I Went and bought some sandpaper and other items, and started sanding it down to get rid of the surface rust. I'll post some updated pics once it's done... I decided to do it flat black and put some green in there somehow (haven't decided how yet)...I'm no gunsmith and it by far will not be perfect, but it'll surely be good enough to teach my 10yr old son how to shoot with...

any opinions on a pattern or method to apply some green (dark foliage green) would be appreciated....

 

[TheMole68]

Get some of those fancy lady fishnet stockings and go to town man. Maybe plastidip the whole thing? There's a thread around here somewhere about the stockings pattern.

ETA: https://www.bayoushooter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=158939

 

[KDerekT83]

Coming out pretty good so far... At least for a rattle can rustoleum job

 

[KDerekT83]

So I got a pattern... Now to let it dry for an hour, then I'll hit it with 2/3 coats of satin clear coat.....surely not a professional job, but it's better than some I've seen...

 

[KDerekT83]

And she's done. Guess I should pick up a small optic for this thing and shoot it now huh....

 

[John_]

Looks good Kevin.

 

[KDerekT83]

thanks... I wanted the green to come out a little more, but now that its cleared and done, I'm kind of liking how the green fades in and out from me varying the distance of the rattle can... I just wish i could get a better picture of it. That pic doesn't show the pattern as well as I'd like it to.

 

[Pas Tout La]

Nice! It's hard to beat an old Marlin 60. Mine has to be one of my favorites in the safe. Fun to shoot and accurate as Hell.

 

[TheMole68]

It looks good. Now to see if it'll shoot!

 

[KDerekT83]

that's my intention. My family has some land in southern plaquemines parish a little past jesuit bend. I'm planning to go out there this weekend and punch some paper with it.....

 

[ShootJ123]

Pretty good job on painting, nice pattern.

 

[KDerekT83]

Ok. So it's got a basic little scope on it... For punching paper at 20-30yds, it should work fine... When I tightened down the threads mounting it, I put blue loctite on it, since it's not a great scope.. Hopefully that will help hold it true.... At least a little bit... So my $100 dollar Marlin 60 project is done... Yay... New rifle...

 

[BarneyFife]

Fun thread to follow. Enjoyed watching your project come to life. Nice job and thanks for sharing.

 

[John_]

Ok. So it's got a basic little scope on it... For punching paper at 20-30yds, it should work fine... When I tightened down the threads mounting it, I put blue loctite on it, since it's not a great scope.. Hopefully that will help hold it true.... At least a little bit... So my $100 dollar Marlin 60 project is done... Yay... New rifle...

You'd be surprised. I picked up a cheap Bushnell 4x scope with grooved rings at walmart about 4 years ago for my Mossberg budget semi auto .22LR rifle. It was sealed in that all plastic clear packing/nobox. Still works great, even at 100 yards. That scope might have been $25.

 

[sgt z]

Great job. Really polished up a turd as a buddy would say, betcha she shoots just fine. There are some cheap improvements that can make her shoot better too. Google Fu experiment gun, lotsa fun.