Marlin 1897

I restored an old and tired 97 marlin in 22 this winter. I made a few parts for the action, relined the barrel with a Redmans liner, made new stocks, rust blued the barrel, nitre blued the small parts, and casehardened the action. I am still working on the finish on the wood that is essentially hand rubbed tung oil finish. I did do a couple coats of Shellac for sealer after the first few coats of oil. It now shoots great and is a lovely little rifle. I also had a Lyman tang sight from an English Express rifle that I reblued and installed as well.