Thread: Walnut and blued steel,

Been keen to get another lever action lately and have been looking at those big loop Marlins. Walked into the GC sale on Saturday to pick one up when I saw this Laminate/Blued 2nd hand one for $600. Weighty, but they’ve got a nice solid feel to them.

I hope you dont mind, but here are some more photos of the sako .22
With such a nice piece of wood and a factory finish being what it is, I decided to refine it a little bit.
I applied a few coats of light schaftol stock oil, followed by some real fine sandpaper (1500 to 2000g), then rubbed it with a rag and repeated a couple times. Came up pretty good I reckon.

What's the other side like, I suspect you are just showing us the good side☺

@Marty Henry You are right, the other side is just like a stained brown fence paling
Na, The other side is similarly as pretty. That's all the excuse I need to post more photos.
Will get her out tonight.

Originally Posted by ChrisW

@Marty Henry You are right, the other side is just like a stained brown fence paling
Na, The other side is similarly as pretty. That's all the excuse I need to post more photos.
Will get her out tonight.

That’s one of the best I’ve seen, usually the striping doesn’t get from one end to the other. Impressive.

Originally Posted by ChrisW

@Marty Henry You are right, the other side is just like a stained brown fence paling
Na, The other side is similarly as pretty. That's all the excuse I need to post more photos.
Will get her out tonight.

Have you shot it yet I'm thinking of a new .22 but although it looks bloody awesome it needs to shoot awesome as well.

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Originally Posted by 25 /08 IMP

Have you shot it yet I'm thinking of a new .22 but although it looks bloody awesome it needs to shoot awesome as well.

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Na haven't shot it yet. Hopefully ill get a chance to this Friday or weekend.
I have no doubt it will shoot great though. They are generally very accurate & have nice triggers. It is of course also covered by Sako's 5 shot sub-moa guarantee.

@Marty Henry here is the other side.




Here is a right hand side shot of it looking at it from the alternate extreme angle. Its like a tiger eye gem in that is changes with the angle that you look at it and how much light is on it.


Aaand I just thought these pics were pretty sweet

Stunning wood!

@FRST that's what she said lol
but yes agree. Yup that's bloody nice

Very pretty...

Goddam!

Holy shit

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Holy shit

This was a diamond in the rough. It’d been on display at the last few shows on the rack (shot / sika), looking pretty plain unless the light caught it right. (don’t cherry pick guns to display). No one of the several thousand who saw it said “I want it”.
I’d noticed it and thought it had potential.
Time came to obtain a .22, traced back serial number , found it was still sitting in inventory, obtained it, schaftol’d her up and here we are. I didn’t actually check any other rifles
There are many stocks that never realise their potential. A couple hours extra finishing can really turn a good stock into something exceptional.

I wonder how this would brush up compared to the Sako...?