Turnbull and a Marlin 39A

[boykinlp]

Great 39A's ALL! I know that everyone on this forum agrees with me that there is NOTHING finer than fine wood and blued steel.

OP, Turnbull did a fantastic job on your rifle, and while it isn't inexpensive, it's definitely worth it. In fact, knowing what Turnbull is really known for, I might have been extremely tempted to have him do a case color job on it too!!: You only pay for it once, but get to look at the results forever.
Larry

 

[CZU]

OP, Turnbull did a fantastic job on your rifle, and while it isn't inexpensive, it's definitely worth it. In fact, knowing what Turnbull is really known for, I might have been extremely tempted to have him do a case color job on it too!!: You only pay for it once, but get to look at the results forever.
Larry

If you look at the stock closely you'll see some dents and dings, those were there when I took ownership of the rifle. I asked Turnbull to just repair the damage that I caused. I wanted it to remain as it was when I first saw it. To me, that was the right thing to do, just fix what I broke, no more or less.

To your point though, when I first saw it and the work that was done it did cross my mind as to what do I have that would be a good candidate for a restoration. I have a 1911 Colt Commercial transitional that was built in 1923. Typical Colt blue but with some of it flaking off. Tempting, but it wouldn't be the way I found it and it's character would then be gone forever. Just a fleeting thought..