Marlin 39-A

[ToddsPoint]

Actually, I’d tend to have a machine shop precision drill a scope mount plate that will use the existing threaded holes your dad tapped.

They can be really good at high tolerance work.

The rifle had a scope mounted on a V strip on top of the receiver. I’ll put it back on and add a peep site I just bought. No scope for this one.

 

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[Tesorodeoro]

The rifle had a scope mounted on a V strip on top of the receiver. I’ll put it back on and add a peep site I just bought. No scope for this one.View attachment 2173097View attachment 2173098

So the mount uses factory screws?

 

[Tesorodeoro]

I’m jealous. My dad has one and my younger brother bought one.

Fantastic (although heavy) squirrel guns.

As a side note. I highly doubt they failed to machine or finish a part during that era. They were hand fitted.

Perhaps someone replaced a part which didn’t mate with the fitted part?

 

[Retired Sarge]

I like the dimensions of your forend. That’s what I’m going to shoot for. I think about the time they added the white spacers they updated the forend and thinned it down. You can see on this pic of my ‘48 model with the factory wood how thick it is compared to yours. View attachment 2173085

If it helps you, I can trace mine and send you the results, so that you can use it as a rough pattern. That way it'll put you in the neighborhood and then you can hone it to your liking

 

[Tesorodeoro]

The forarm is kind of fat from the factory. Maybe to fit on a shooting rest better? Maybe use a caliper to measure it in a couple places?

 

[detectorcowboy]

Wow, look at you, nice work.

 

[ToddsPoint]

If it helps you, I can trace mine and send you the results, so that you can use it as a rough pattern. That way it'll put you in the neighborhood and then you can hone it to your liking

If you could measure it that would be a help. The old factory forend measures 1.6”, both the width and the height.

 

[ToddsPoint]

So the mount uses factory screws?

This strip mounts on the receiver and the peep sight mounts on the strip. I need to find some screws and I’ll get it mounted.

 

[ToddsPoint]

Wow, look at you, nice work.

Thanks! I made my first gunstock in 1980. I’ve made dozens. Nearly all were semi-finished stocks. I have made several from scratch though. When I was a kid I’d go in the gun shop and see guns with beautiful wood. Those guns were always way out of my league price wise but I was determined to get some wood like that. I ended up cutting my own wood and milling it. Now I have my pick of some of the nicest walnut in the Midwest.