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MARLIN 39 MANUFACTURE DATE

GunBuffGunBuff Member Posts: 167 ✭✭✭
edited April 2008 in Ask the Experts
I have a marlin 39 with serial # 1206
Could any one tell me what date it was made.
Thanks
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  • Spider7115Spider7115 Member Posts: 29,704 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I assume it's a 39A? If so, it was made in 1988.
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  • GunBuffGunBuff Member Posts: 167 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It is not a 39A has an octagon barrel, case colored frame, slim forend, and S shaped grip, with a 97 type magazine latch,and says marlin model 39.
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  • kimikimi Member Posts: 44,719 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Is there a letter(s) prefix to the serial number you show? Also, what does the barrel and upper tang markings read?
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  • Henry0ReillyHenry0Reilly Member Posts: 10,892 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by GunBuff
    I have a marlin 39 with serial # 1206
    Could any one tell me what date it was made.
    Thanks


    http://armscollectors.com/sn/marlinlookup.php

    quote:The year of manufacture for serial number 1206 is Before 1883.
    I used to recruit for the NRA until they sold us down the river (again!) in Heller v. DC. See my auctions (if any) under username henryreilly
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  • Spider7115Spider7115 Member Posts: 29,704 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Henry0Reilly
    quote:Originally posted by GunBuff
    I have a marlin 39 with serial # 1206
    Could any one tell me what date it was made.
    Thanks


    http://armscollectors.com/sn/marlinlookup.php
    The year of manufacture for serial number 1206 is Before 1883.

    That's why I asked if it was a 39A and Kimi asked if it had a letter prefix. The Model 39 wasn't introduced until 1922.
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  • GunBuffGunBuff Member Posts: 167 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I believe this is pre S prefix,the tang reads marlin mod. 39.
    The barrel reads,22 S L & LR on the left and the top reads, marlin firearms corporation New Haven Conn. US Patented.
    Also has xx wood.
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  • dcs shootersdcs shooters Member Posts: 10,870 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Also try www.rimfirecentral.com They have a lot of info.
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  • Emmett DunhamEmmett Dunham Member Posts: 1,418 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have one the the 39 Model Marlins with out a letter prefix they were manufactured in the early part of the 1920s and no clear record of the date of each rifle. The rifle I have is in the high serial number range and so may have been manufactured in 1924. The rifle I have does not look great but functions like a fine clock and I love it, I hope you enjoy yours.


    Emmett
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  • kimikimi Member Posts: 44,719 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by GunBuff
    I believe this is pre S prefix,the tang reads marlin mod. 39.
    The barrel reads,22 S L & LR on the left and the top reads, marlin firearms corporation New Haven Conn. US Patented.
    Also has xx wood.


    If the serial number is not preceeded by an S, or an HS, it is probably a first year Marlin Model 39 manufactured in 1922. Brophy, in his book Marlin Firearms, notes that those without a prefix would cover the range that yours would be in. As a matter of fact, Brophy notes that the earliest recorded Marlin 39 had the serial number 1002. Therefore, with yours being serialized with number 1206, should make it a highly desireable piece among Marlin 39 collectors, most especially if the condition is high.
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  • GunBuffGunBuff Member Posts: 167 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    thanks for the info. guys it is much apprciated.
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