[spam4einstein]

My father had a perfect cond 1964 39a mountie. I say had because he droped it about a year ago and broke the buttstock in half. For anyone who is curious the mountie has a straight butt stock where the regular 39 has a pistol grip. Anyway, it was made of a real beautiful burrled black wallnut(hence why it broke so easy). I finally convinced him to get a replacement stock, sadly, all that could be found was a aftermarket straight grain wallnut one. It will need to be finished when it arrives, any idea what kind of finish marlin used? it has a satin matte look, mabey tounge oil? would be great to know so I can match it as best as possible.
thanks
joe

 

[JohnBT]

I know they were oil finished up until 1969 or 70, but I have no idea what kind of oil. If you don't get a definite answer here, try calling Marlin or posting at Marlin Talk on the Marlin site.

Nice rifles. I have a '63.

John

 

[spam4einstein]

I should just stop in, they are walking distance from my house, so is mossberg, and winchester is 5 min drive. so are several others Interesting thing living here in New Haven. You would think CT would be more firearm frendly

 

[Doc Sharptail]

The older 39-A's, and Mounties had a linseed oil finish from the factory. I'm not sure when Marlin went to the Mar-Shield finish... coulda been early to mid 60's.

http://www.marlin-collectors.com

Someone there should be able to tell you the proper finish for your rifle.
Hope this helps...

Regards,

Doc Sharptail