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Cleaning out yet another closet! Lookie what I found now! Plug!

gearheaddadgearheaddad Member Posts: 15,096 ✭✭✭
edited April 2019 in General Discussion
Yup, another shameless plug!
And there looks to be a little more iron in the back of that closet!
As usual, NO reserve, Penny Start, and FREE shipping to Forum Members!
Cool Classic Old Shotgun

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/809438555

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  • mac10mac10 Member Posts: 2,539 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    dont forget to look in attic,under floorboards,behind the tub,the shed ,doghouse, :o
  • babunbabun Member Posts: 11,054 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Those shotguns are made for a max of 7,000psi chamber pressure when they were NEW.
    There was even an option offered for 2 of the 4 grades of that gun sold...."Smokeless Powder Steel Barrel"
    But the barrel isn't the scarey part....the bolt comes back into your face when it blows up.
    It may fire okay while testing, then blow back the next round.

    I won't shoot them on a bet.

    From the Marlin website...

    "" From the serial number, we can approximate that it was made about mid to late 1900. The only existing records start at 19,600 in early 1901.
    Since your receiver serial number and barrel serial number are pretty close, most likely they are original to each other.
    The "F" in the barrel serial number indicates that the barrel is a full choke barrel, either 30 or 32 inches in length.
    The Model 1898 is a takedown action whereby the barrel can be unscrewed from the receiver for ease of cleaning and carrying.
    The Model 1898 was made from 1898 to 1905. The records are incomplete, and serial numbers are intermixed with other model numbers, so we do not know how many were made during the production run. There were 4 grades of the Model 1898 produced. The "A" grade or standard grade, the "B" grade, a better gun with checkered walnut stocks and a Special Smokeless Steel barrel, the "C" grade, an engraved gun with fancy walnut, better checking and a Special Smokeless Steel barrel, and the "D" grade gun, which had more and better engraving, Circassian walnut stocks with fancier checking, a Damascus barrel and gold plated screws and trigger.""
  • gearheaddadgearheaddad Member Posts: 15,096 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    babun wrote:
    Those shotguns are made for a max of 7,000psi chamber pressure when they were NEW.
    There was even an option offered for 2 of the 4 grades of that gun sold...."Smokeless Powder Steel Barrel"
    But the barrel isn't the scarey part....the bolt comes back into your face when it blows up.
    It may fire okay while testing, then blow back the next round.

    I won't shoot them on a bet.

    From the Marlin website...

    "" From the serial number, we can approximate that it was made about mid to late 1900. The only existing records start at 19,600 in early 1901.
    Since your receiver serial number and barrel serial number are pretty close, most likely they are original to each other.
    The "F" in the barrel serial number indicates that the barrel is a full choke barrel, either 30 or 32 inches in length.
    The Model 1898 is a takedown action whereby the barrel can be unscrewed from the receiver for ease of cleaning and carrying.
    The Model 1898 was made from 1898 to 1905. The records are incomplete, and serial numbers are intermixed with other model numbers, so we do not know how many were made during the production run. There were 4 grades of the Model 1898 produced. The "A" grade or standard grade, the "B" grade, a better gun with checkered walnut stocks and a Special Smokeless Steel barrel, the "C" grade, an engraved gun with fancy walnut, better checking and a Special Smokeless Steel barrel, and the "D" grade gun, which had more and better engraving, Circassian walnut stocks with fancier checking, a Damascus barrel and gold plated screws and trigger.""
    And?
  • babunbabun Member Posts: 11,054 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    And.......

    Your's is a black powder gun, and should be sold as one.
    "low pressure" shells mean low brass target loads to most shooters today.
    Todays smokeless powders have a totally different pressure spike than black powders.
    Even the lightest smokeless shotgun shells of today exceed the pressures of that gun.
    A warning to use blackpowder style cowboy loads made especially for those things would be wise.
    JMHO
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