(older) Marlin Bolt actions

toyfj40 · Post by **toyfj40** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:46 am

I've bored you-guys with the "Santa Carry" thread...
as I was visiting the After-Christmas-Santa-Shops looking for a 1911,
I was finding "deals" on some descent Marlin Bolt rimfires...
I've got to find a cure for my advanced case of "Rugertoid Marlinitis"...

The Model-10 is a '69 model and has a home-made stock,
modeled after the traditional squirrel-embossed stock and nicely done.
The Model-81 is early '60s (I think, as it is sans S/N back then).
The Model-881 is '95 and Gently-Owned... except that it musta been
a diesel-mechanic that owned it... the lifter-mechanism was packed
with Brown-Thick-Axle-Grease !!! the trigger, too...
I guess he pawned it because it wouldn't cycle/fire in cold weather!
The Walnut-Targetted(tm) stock is really nice.

I should have taken a before/after photo of the grease-cleaning,
it was a real-hoot! ... but the budget for "firearms and cameras"
got used up before I got to the camera-store... and my older camera
needs daylight to take an acceptable image...

There were cheap-slings on the 81&881 and basic-RimFire scopes.
I'll re-install them later...
after some cleaning and oiling they all "feel fine"...
I need to go aim them at some paper and see what happens...

-- toy

Marlin 10, 81, 881

Marlin 10, 81, 881

Marlin 10 stock

Marlin 81

Marlin 881

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:27 am

Tex, you must really like them Marlins, as bad as I am with the Ruger 22/45's and the 10/22'. No reason to really need that many of them as you can only shoot one at a time unless you do one 22/45 in each hand as I have been know to do on more than one occasion At the indoor range a few years ago, I questioned the range master by asking, Can I shoot one gun in each hand as to meeting safety regulations, his answer was, I don't know, can you ???

Post by **Bullseye** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:14 pm

Nice set of Marlins you have there. Must be tough deciding what you're taking to the range.

R,
Bullseye

toyfj40 · Post by **toyfj40** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:07 pm

Bullseye wrote:Nice set of Marlins you have there.
Must be tough deciding what you're taking to the range.

a "no-brainer"... the '77 Marlin 39a

Post by **Bullseye** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:47 pm

If you're like me, I end up taking too many firearms to the range and shooting them each very little. I have my favorites but many times I over pack.

R,
Bullseye

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:55 pm

Bullseye wrote:If you're like me, I end up taking too many firearms to the range and shooting them each very little. I have my favorites but many times I over pack.

R,
Bullseye

I thought I was the only one that did that, never can have too many guns, eh????

Post by **Bullseye** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:06 pm

Sometimes that is the problem. Oh well, at least I get a work out from hauling all that equipment back and forth.

R,
Bullseye

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:23 pm

Bullseye wrote:Sometimes that is the problem. Oh well, at least I get a work out from hauling all that equipment back and forth.

R,
Bullseye

Jf you shoot up enough ammo at least that lightens the load to carry back into the house, unless you are a real brass scavenger.

toyfj40 · Post by **toyfj40** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:37 pm

bearandoldman wrote:unless you are a real brass scavenger.

Hey!!! have you been spyin' on me AGAIN!! ???

-- toy

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:39 pm

toyfj40 wrote:
bearandoldman wrote:unless you are a real brass scavenger.
Hey!!! have you been spyin' on me AGAIN!! ???
-- toy

No, just looking in the mirror, man when I used to belong to that indoor range that closed a year ago, they let me clean the floor and keep whatever I wanted to take and give it a loving home. Hard to scavenge brass at an outdoor range with the firing line covered with wood chips.