Glenfield 60 Restoration project

I picked up a few squirrels over the past month or so. This one was in very bad shape. 1972, rust, pits, you name it...
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First disassembled the whole thing to see just how bad it all is.

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The barrel looked like the feed tube.

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The stock was not in too bad a shape, just alot of wear.

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Put the barrel on the lathe, sanded and turned it to get the rust and pitting gone.

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The barrel was an experiment, did some creative bluing and got it to turn Bronze/Brown

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Bead Blasted the receiver, trigger guard and front sight.

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Refinished the stock.

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Sorry no pics of bolt, it has been polished accurized and jeweled. The Trigger group has been cleaned and trigger pull down to 4 lbs. Thinking about opening up again and getting it down to 3lbs.
Also waiting for Duracoat to arrive so I can finish the job. Either going glossy black, OD green or Dark Earth.

Stay tooned!!!

 

Actually the lifter spring is ok. It is an earlier model and the spring in tucked into the side of the housing and does not come up over the feed throat. I see how you would think that from the picture.

 

Zach, using a dremel for all the work = a whole lot more work. Get some bigger tools to borrow if you can. It will make working with the pieces a little faster and more uniform. Using a full sized buffer or even a scotch brite ball on a drill if you are stipping metal pieces. I am not exactly sure what your build entails.

On the stock, I used Citristip to remove the finish, hot water and a towel to help remove some of the old stain. An iron on hot towels works good for that too. I then stained it and I use a two part catalyst sealer (used in woodworking/cabinet and furniture) call Krystal. (Satin...comes out glossy) 4 coats sprayed on.

Bluing - I use Arts Belguin Blue (Midway USA) or Oxpho-bue (Brownells). Both work well. There are alot of Youtube videos on how to use them.

 

Good luck with your build, don't forget to take alot of pictures. Feel free to PM me if you have an questions or just ask on the forum if you want a dozen answers....hehe...

 

Thanks ya'll... Still got a bit to go. I finally got delivery of my Duracoat and did some spraying today. "Woodlands Tan" I think is the color I went with. It is a flat finish but I am thinking of giving the parts a quick spray of satin clear to complete the gun with the same overall finish. I will pre assemble it first to see what it looks like.

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So while waiting for the paint to dry I got a little itch... pulled out one of my pawn shop aquisitions.... 1972 no serial number, no barrel markings Marlin 989. So I disassembled it to get ready to start another one... going to make this one a back to original restore. The walnut stock is cracked and the gun has been used, alot...

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Stay tooned... more to come

 

Zane, I have three more Squirrels to restore. (1972, 1979 and 1981) I am going to do one with OD green and a black/dark charcoal stained stock. I am toying with glazing the squirrels and pressings in a lighter grey for affect. We will see... that will probably get started next month.
Not sure if the others will get the special treatment or go original.