Day dreaming

I was checking my 1950 Marlin 39-A in anticipation of the rain stopping and the weather getting warm so I could go out and shoot my Marlin.

I again started day dreaming of what could be done with a 39-A.
One idea that I could easily do would be to shorten the barrel to 20 inches and have a Short Rifle.
I'd do this to my 1950 model, but there's just "something" about the long 24 inch barrel that just "fits" and is a major aid to accurate shooting over all the normal carbine length .22 rifles around.

Another day dream depends on winning the lottery. (An old joke about the lottery ends with God saying... "Bob, help me out here, buy a %[email protected]#* TICKET").

If I won, I'd buy a late 50's or early 60's Marlin 39-A with Micro groove Rifling, and the later heavier barrel then my 1950 model has.

It would go off to Doug Turnbull to have the receiver, butt plate, grip cap, and fore end tip color case hardened.
Turnbull used to have info on their web site that they'd studied all the old factory bluing and color casing methods and could duplicate them.
As I recall they said that Marlin used a color case process that gave red colors instead of the usual Colt blue.

I'd have a fancy figure walnut stock fitted with a Neidner type checkered steel butt plate and grip cap.
The wood would be stained with the old "Pre-64 Red" stain and would have my Minwax Antique Oil stock finish.

I'd build a blade type front sight to to replace the bead sight, which I did for my 1950 model.

The rear sight would be an older original steel Lyman aperture receiver sight.

This would be plinking in high style.
Maybe I ought to start one of those "Go fund me" things.