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  • mrmike08075
    Imagine that Marlin restored with bone charcoal color case hardened receiver and hot dip blue refinish...

    Mike
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  • David Nunn
    I think the Marlin is too far gone for restoration. Polish the pits out and there won't be much steel left.
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  • kannoneer
    About 50 years ago my dad had a Marlin Model 17-S. It was similar to your Model 42 except it had a button on the side of the receiver and it was an older gun. There were rumors that the breechblock could come back into the shooter's face so we got rid of it.
    This is also the gun dad shot our new '66 GMC pickup with. He was standing at the rear with the muzzle pointed towards the cab while he cycled the shells out. Somehow he absent-mindedly pressed the trigger and of course got a slam-fire. An ounce and a quarter of #4 shot went through the rear wall just over the gas tank and erupted onto the dash, mangling gauges, blowing half the 4-speed shifter knob off and chipping the windshield. Took out the heater controls and just did a great job of messing things up. Nothing was fixed; it stayed as-is to remind everyone who got in it to THINK when handling a firearm.
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  • mrmike08075
    I agree - and you posted it's condition clearly

    What about new wood and take the bbl down to 20" and use it as a patina intact cowboy action gun or retro self defense piece???

    Love the exposed hammer and the architecture of the receiver

    In you opinion is restocked and cleaned and lubed and inspected is it a shooter???

    Thanks David - you have some interesting stuff as usual

    Mike
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  • David Nunn
    I would not attempt to fire that Marlin shotgun, and I don't recommend that you do. I sell it as a non-shooter.

    That stated, if you own it, you're on your own.

    It comes with the Oklahoma warranty. If you buy it and it breaks into pieces, I guarantee that you own all the pieces. [:D]
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  • mrmike08075
    I may not be a buyer going forward...

    But the lines on that gun and the exposed hammer just make a bad ash starting point for a cowboy action or vintage trench gun project

    I am with you - handled a lot of pieces that were just to far gone but would have been fun

    I have a massive Belgian double underlever 10 gauge with Damascus barrels that has wonderful embellishments like stockade fences and sparingly applied scroll work and a series of amazing proof marks on the water table - must weigh 14 lbs

    But it's one of only 3 guns I have never fired - or never will

    I don't think it's reasonable even though it locks up tight and even if someone skilled agreed to restore it the cost would be absurd

    Personally I like to imagine the damascene coils would hold and the action would remain intact - but chances are it would blow

    Perhaps you have had one or two that you wished could have been saved

    I have as always enjoyed discussing things with you

    Mike
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