gun for the ole lady for christmas
 

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So the ole lady wants a gun for Christmas that she can take to the range and shoot with us. So I decide instead of spending a lot of money on a new one that I would build her one of my old marlin model 60 semi-autos. I'm going with the tactical stock,compact barska 3-9x40 scope,iwill also retrofit an accesory rail up front under the stock to hold a UTG 3.5 inch foregrip,bi-pod and red laser sight. I'm gonna polish the ramp and bolt for her and later down the road drop in after market trigger assembly to crispen up the trigger. The model 60 is the gun at the bottom broke down.

you don't happen to have an old Ruger 10/22 stock lying around do you?

My brother does. You need one?

Yes he do.
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Been keeping an eye out with no luck.

yes, I do. I want one to cut down for my 8 year old so she can handle my 10/22 better

Keep them all shooting, I would say that women appreciate a nice wood stock more than the tactical stuff from my experience.
just a thought.

Well Willy not true with all women. Lol!!!!! Her dad just tricked out an AK-47 and she fell in love with his set up. She liked the all black. Plus I can't afford one of those laminate thumb hole stocks.I will talk to my brother about his factory stock.

Well Kracker give what she wants, and get out of her way:clap:

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Polished the aluminum reciever on the Marlin today. She is like a mirror son!!!

That came out nice, going to send you some work LOL

Willy I became a master of polishing aluminum while building my motorcycle. It's very simple to do. Go to Home depot and by the cotton polishing wheel kit for 10 dollars then stop into wallmart and buy you some mothers metal polish. Sand your aluminum material down with 1000 grit all strokes in the same direction. Then put cotton wheel on a high speed drill wet wheel with polish and let her rip!!!! That's it. Comes out like a mirror.

This is the 2nd time my daughters boyfriend took her to a Turkey Shoot...and she won each time!...she doesn't even shoot regularly and keeps sayin' she's just lucky...good thing she got her eye-hand coordination from her mom is all I can say...

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Well here she is all done. I think she turned out awesome!!

Looks good, You can't beat the Marlin Model 60's. I have been planning on getting that stock for my son for Christmas and myself a new AR and S&W XD.

I'm thinking about doing something with the stock. It has a lot of weight forward and its narrow on the rear, so I might foam the rear of the stock then shape it with a sure-form and rough sandpaper then glass over it to add a little shape to the *** end of the gun and a little weight. And it will also look a little different then the rest of 600,000 dragunov ATI stock conversions.

I learned my aluminum polishing skilz in much the same way. My father-in-law, brother-in-law and I used to buy wrecked motorcycles dirt cheap, strip them down to the frame, and then rebuild them for sale. I always found that J ewelers rouge (red rouge) on a cotton wheel worked the best for me. No sanding needed... just press the rouge bar lightly against the cotton wheel while it's spinning to apply. Even though it's usually used for gold, silver and other soft, precious metals it also produces a mirror shine on aluminum with very little pressure and almost no work. Makes aluminum look like chrome.