Marlin 75C Project
Posted: 08 Feb 2018 07:30
Bought a 1983 75C (think Model 60 with a short 16.5" carbine barrel) with "finish issues" ......
.....for $90.00 shipped including a Bear Creek scope and tip off rings. Seller shipped before he even got my check in the mail (TX to TX deal). When it arrived it had a crack in the wrist and a piece broken off the trigger guard.
It wasn't worth shipping back or filing a $50.00 insurance claim with USPS so he tore up my check.
Right now I'm in the process of "resto-modding" it. So far I have bubba-blued the barrel and mag tube and refinished the receiver (blurry pic but it's semi-gloss).
It has a couple small dark spots in the bore but I cleaned most of that. A good used stock is on the way for cost of shipping and I can get a trigger from MidwayUSA for $30.00. By the time I get the stock refinished using materials I already have and the scope mounted with lower rings, I'll probably have $55 in it.
.....for $90.00 shipped including a Bear Creek scope and tip off rings. Seller shipped before he even got my check in the mail (TX to TX deal). When it arrived it had a crack in the wrist and a piece broken off the trigger guard.
It wasn't worth shipping back or filing a $50.00 insurance claim with USPS so he tore up my check.
Right now I'm in the process of "resto-modding" it. So far I have bubba-blued the barrel and mag tube and refinished the receiver (blurry pic but it's semi-gloss).
It has a couple small dark spots in the bore but I cleaned most of that. A good used stock is on the way for cost of shipping and I can get a trigger from MidwayUSA for $30.00. By the time I get the stock refinished using materials I already have and the scope mounted with lower rings, I'll probably have $55 in it.
