The company has some serious quality control issues. My partner and i like, trigger I found just what exactly I’m having a look with regard to. I need a part or two and was wondering if someone could direct me towards a source. My two son’s are both grown and now the biggest question is which one of them will get to keep it most often at their house. any exploded views of parts for this gun so we can figure it out? Shoots great, no problems.  Fun is hard to quantify (except perhaps in dollars, laughs or pints) but we had more of it after running 200 or so rounds through the Marlin than we did after running 400 rounds through my Evil Assault,  er, Modern Sporting Carbines. I just acquired a 1922 Model 39 ser. All model 336’s, and all other models of centerfire lever action rifles produced by Marlin, as well as lever action rimfire rifles (39, 39A, etc) made by them will have serial numbers. The parts fit like a glove. i fixed the crack on the butt with two wood screws. I am lucky to own two Marlin model 39-A’s. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Now I'm shown a field to enter the serial number and the web site comes back with the model number, a photo of the model, the … Mod.39 excellent condition ser#hs4622 for sale,make offers. not in the class of browning but is physically a full size gun compared to others.I will let you know after i have run a 1000 rounds thru her. A crescent shaped buttstock with a black plastic butt plate. They've changed that. We have never adjusted the sights and this rifle is still dead on. Winchester Model 95 that started life as a .30-06. I HAVE A MARLIN 39….HAS “S” BEFORE S/N…( MY DAD GOT IT FOR HIS 10TH BIRTHDAY,,,I GOT THIS RIFLE FOR MY 12th BIRTHDAY….”NEVER” HAD A PROBLEM….. No, I really meant it.  You can’t buy that kind of fun from Marlin; not today.  The virtues of this fine old rifle, sadly, are not embodied in the modern Model 39A’s on the rack at Wal-Mart.  Marlin’s historic Connecticut factory is an empty and shuttered ruin.  The clean lines of the Model 39’s receiver are now blemished by an ungainly cross-bolt safety with a plasticky look and feel.  The bright blued octagonal barrel is a thing of the past, replaced by a round barrel with a rough Dremel Tool finish.  The receiver halves of modern Model 39A’s no longer fit together tightly, and wood-to-metal fit is atrocious. Small parts are strawed. It’s sad to see Marlin going the way they are. With the twist of a nickel, the split receiver opens like a Faberge Egg, revealing a marvelous lockwork of hand-fit Steampunk intricacy.  This particular rifle was built between 1937 and 1939, with essentially the same lockwork that Marlin had been using for 30 years.  The craftsmen who built this gun knew what they were doing; even almost 75 years later it still fits together and runs like clockwork.  The only exception is the bolt itself, which seems as though it might have been a replacement part, transplanted from another rifle at some point.  It doesn’t fit with the same precision that every other part does, but it still fits better than the bolts I saw on new-manufacture Marlin 39As at a gun show last month.  And speaking of fit and finish…. The lever and trigger are better than a brand-new Marlin, which may be scant praise, but also slightly better than the action and trigger of a heavily-customized race gun like my .357 Magnum Model 1894.  The old Marlin is at least the equal of the finest brass-framed lever guns I’ve ever fired like Henrys and Ubertis, and that’s the highest praise I can give. WOW right out of the box. My dad gave me a new 39A in 1951. I have a mod.39it needs a bolt,can any one help??? They have a LOT of parts for old firearms. Powered by vBulletin® Version 4.2.3 Copyright © 2021 vBulletin Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. I have a Model 39, hex or octagon barrell acquired from my grandfather in 1967. Welcome Tom, I am the other Tom and I have a 39A built in the late 1970s which was not so great. Thanks in anticipation. Not a scratch on her. Thanks. Instead of pulling out the plunger with the magazine spring inside it, you press the detent button (above) and pull out the outer magazine tube itself.  When pulled out about 18 inches the outer tube locks in place, and this reveals an inner magazine tube with the little cartridge-shaped cutout to slip the rounds into.  Since the outer tube locks in the ‘open’ position, you can tip up the muzzle without the plunger ramming itself back down, and one-handed loading is suddenly made simple. Finally got an old spacer of a 39 and it finally worked. — Maybe it was 39″ long? I had a local gunsmith bore and sleeve it in the ’70s. While it’s still slower than feeding cartridges through a receiver loading gate, the Model 39’s design is infinitely better than the ‘modern’ (read: cheap) loading design of my Model 60 and of the Model 39As.  It doesn’t take two people to load a Model 39!  Why do so many modern tube-fed rifles get it so wrong?  If the Henry Rifle Co. would switch to this much more elegant loading system it might cost a few more bucks, but could gain them legions of shooters who simply cannot abide their loading procedure. This is great timing to find this article. � 2017 OODMag.com - All Rights Reserved. “More minor changes were made in 1921 and the gun was renamed the Model 39, even though it wasn’t 1939 yet. Keep in mind though that several factors go into firearm valuation. It had a 28″ barrel and a spring loaded sleeve over the magazine which made it look like a large calibre rifle. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. i just got a model 39A couple days ago, the whole butt was wrapped with electrical tape, because it was cracked. Toward the later part of the Model 39s long production run it became apparent that the old bolt design wasn’t strong enough to handle then-modern ‘high-speed’ .22 Long Rifle cartridges.  The bolt was redesigned to handle the higher pressures, and those Model 39s were designated with an “HS” prefix to their serial numbers.  Our test gun was such a rifle, happily safe to shoot with any .22 Long Rifle ammunition ever made. Marlin may yet rescue this design from a shameful demise (I keep hoping they’ll make it) but for now, if you want a good one, you have to get an old one. Wouldnt even chamber a round/ eject a round/ the lever was so sharp it sliced my glove. I have looked but cant seem to find it. The only S/N on the gun is under the lever on the tang. It was also perfectly zeroed, right out of the gun case, with no fiddling whatever.  Neither of us are crack marksmen with iron sights (thanks for my crappy eyesight, law school) but Kurk and I discovered that we simply could not miss with this rifle; the trigger was so clean and the handling was so steady that even firing offhand at 50 yards we rarely missed a tin can or clay pigeon.  Or a bottle cap.  Or a fragment of a clay pigeon. Great article just recieved this gun for my 56 th bday.I perchased the gun in Austin I new it was rare but had no idea it was that rare.I have the same gun in a 30 30 and have shot several deer with it!You were dead on the craftsman ship is exceptional!! I’ve been having this problem, and I’m not sure if the firing pin has gotten worn down or if there is a spring missing internally. The classic lines of a classic rifle that Marlin should never have changed.  Wish it still had its original buttplate, though. Any information would be so helpful. Serial number is H11724. Hi guys from Australia. My, similar vintage octagonal barrel, 39 has a Marble’s tang sight installed 😀. The Marlin Model 39 claims to be the oldest continually-produced cartridge rifle in history.  Its parent design was born during the unexceptional presidency of Benjamin Harrison, whose bust never even made it onto the Mount Rushmore Commemorative Paperweight.  Unlike that former Commander-In-Chief, this 19th Century Fox was blessed with what sales and marketing types like to call ‘legs.’  Legs so long, in fact, that it’s still a perennial favorite here in the 21st Century. San Antonio ,Texas. 8462 !! How do you ‘rate’ a pre-’64 Model 70?  Or a pre-war Colt 1911, or a K98 Mauser?  The Model 39 is one of those designs that helped define what a firearm should be. It was the best 22 I’ve ever owned. Didn’t Anne Oakley make a name for herself using the 1891 for her trick shooting of putting something like 22 shots through the ace of hearts in 27 seconds at 25 feet? Need the following: Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Since some of you are looking for information about your vintage Model 39s, here are a few of the resources I used when I researched my test model. ... Nice Winchester Model 37 Red Label single shot .410 Gauge shotgun. In Scotland I owned a .22 Marlin lever action rifle. The serial number is either 516923 or S16923, the first character is either an S or 5. Very accurate. The top of the tang is marked Model 39. The Model 39 is so old-school that they hadn’t invented that kind of silliness yet. I am lucky enough to own two model 39-A marlins. Just bought it this week. Machining could have been better and I do not think the barrel to reciever is quite right. It was a marvellous rifle – I could hit anything I aimed at regardless of range. The 39 D was a carbine version of the 39A. 2: 304 : 983 sold for $1925.00 on Gunbroker !!! Oh, and ‘my’ 39A is better than ‘yours’ because mine holds 19 rounds of .22lr. I have a Marlin model 39 serial 921. Both rifles are in beautiful condition ! A very short gun with a lot of accuracy. Hi,I have a marlin 39 carbine serial y17383. No commercial manufacture from sometime in 1941/’42 until 1945, due to WWII production & retooling. 🙁 but after lubing the loading port and working it a whole lot, i found that you cannot rough the loading, you have to be smooth and after some practice get the the feel of it.    Like most .22 lever-actions it will also feed and fire .22 Short and Long cartridges, although we didn’t have any to run through our test rifle. You have entered an incorrect email address! Notes With Nikko Stirling Game Pro Side Plex 3.5-10x44 scope; Serial Number B606088; Condition New-in-the-box; Caliber.243 WIN Love the look and the way they shoot, SWEET! Our god Cheers man. Aesthetics: ***** jes. The Marlin Model 1889 was made from 1889 to 1899, with approximately 55,000 manufactured. Is the little star stamped in the receiver some kind of indication the gun passed some test? Hah! So much so that I recently tried to find one for a Christmas present for my boy. Howdy, quick question, have you ever had an issue with the gun not firing when pointed even slightly downward? My dad gave me my first Marlin, a 39M, for Christmas in 1976. Regards Nelson .Australia, I have a model 39a it shoots great probably the most consistent of any rifle i have ever been around. Buttpad. Any ideas? The newest one is a Golden Mountie, with the Gold trigger. The serial number is on the bottom of the tang and is marked HS and the serial number 1515. Coors Light NASCAR Car Hood Wall Mount Signed Sterling Marlin #40 $50 (Walla Walla) pic hide this posting ... 2 Sets of Large Vintage Service Station 2-Sided Gas Price Numbers 1-6 $15 (RICHLAND) pic hide this posting restore restore this posting. It looks exactly like the pictures above except for the cross hare site that is mounted on it. Cool gun…MANY problems right off the bat. He bought it on Christmas Eve at Service Merchandise, on closeout for under $100. Is there of telling when this gun was made? PERIOD! Our Model 39 is truly a family heirloom, It is fitted with a “Wee-Weaver” scope and we still have and use the special slide-in breech ejector spring protector for cleaning. But for now, it stands guard in my home. I have two Marlin 39 octagon barrel . 01-09-2021 11:18 PM by jrothWA. the browning has a really excellent build but the 39a tops the scores more often than not. Could you please tell me where to fine the serial number on this gun. Bye, I have a model 39 s# S 55xx there is also a (star) by the name model 39.It has a pop up peep sight marbles gladestone mich. that works great.Iam now 72 and have the 39 for 50 years.All original and has a good butt plate in good condition.Do you have any ideal of a ballpark value?Thanks,Royal. Gun had a lot of problems with the magazine tab and would jam. I’ve tried to give Remington the benefit of the doubt recently, but I’m still hearing horror stories from too many Remlin buyers and I just can’t bring myself to buy a REM stamped gun. Some of which do not line up with this serial number - date of manufacture … Can anyone tell me where I can find a complete magazine tube with springs etc.? What year(s) did Marlin produce the best Model 39’s? For sale in excellent con…they are rare…. They all shoot well, especially the 39. The rear sling swivel is located behind the trigger guard. Also check out Gun Broker. than found out on the internet that it’s a marlin. Dealer advises that earlier in 2012 marlin had revisited the problems aand made them good. My family used to own marlin. the first thing i did was strip the paint of the whole gun. I appraise firearms for a living and I always present the Client with current Comps that area verifiable. 9mm; 96% blue, 95% straw, good bore, very good grips, 4'' barrel, Matching numbers down to firing and toggle pins, except for magazine. one has a sn 29xx and one is sn85xx Several people have expressed interest in buying them but I don’t know their worth. Marlin charged us nothing for the repair. Unfortunately, being young and dumb, I sold it when I got hard up for money. The other one is a Golden Mountie, which has been shot very little. The Model 39 is a little different in operation from a modern rimfire lever-action.  Which is to say, it’s a little bit better.  The despicable cross-bolt safety that has infected most of the lever-gun biosphere (although not the Henry) simply didn’t exist back then, and neither did the awkward and easily-broken tube magazine plunger. It was said when we sold it. ... was actually manufactured in 1919 and is one of only a few guns with two visable serial numbers showing, visable on the frame and on the backstrap. Love it. ). I have model 39 ser #105xx and I believe it was made in 1922. Incendiary Image of the Day: Old Carbine Tequila, Diamondback DBX57 Video Review: 5.7x28mm Piston-Driven Pistol, Obscure Object of Desire: Norinco Sporter Hunter. The Model 39 is descended from the Marlin Model 1891, a solid frame lever-action .22 introduced in…wait for it…1891.  The 1891 used the same side loading gate as the Winchester series of lever-actions, but jamming the tiny rimfire rounds through the tiny loading gate proved to be a major pain in the ass and Marlin switched to tube-loading the next year.  In keeping with their cryptic product designation codes, Marlin called this slightly-revised design the Model…1892. I’m still looking but I think it’s going to be mine. Right now they are selling for $550 to $4,799.00. I was somewhat disappointed. I have a lot of memories in this rifle and would like to get it back to good, if not new condition. Model 39 was made from 1922-1926 without an “s” preceding the serial number. Plus, it was an absolutely gorgeous gun. Couldn’t agree more, I have two .35 Whelen’s, a Remington 700 Classic and a custom modern mfg. If this is your first visit, you will need to. Employ a terrific working day. Sights came loose as well. Had to replace the part that holds the lever firm against the stock right after I got it. I inherited mine from my dad in 1960. Ninety years young and still going strong. We have now placed Twitpic in an archived state. The rifle has matching serial numbers, except for the barrel band, trigger guard plate and the buttstock sling swivel (the matching serial numbers are stamped on the receiver, barrel, buttplate, bolt body, bolt head, bolt cocking piece, safety lever, front sight … One of my best friends growing up had a 39 rifle and a 39 carbine. In 1966 a new Winchester Model 94 Carbine sold for $84.95, a Marlin 336C sold for $89.95, a Savage Model 99DL sold for $145, and a Centennial '66 rifle or carbine sold for $125, so it was not outrageously priced. bought a new 39a last week. Hi Marilyn, Find a trustworthy gunsmith. Until this week, every time I looked up a serial number, Ruger's web site presented me with a table (list) of a models' numbers and approximate date of manufacture. The Finger Lever is also loose and I’m wondering if either or both it and the Finger Lever Screw are worn out. has there ever been a 22 mag in a 39 a model? no. maybe action too old and sticky, but it fires. I had it rebarreled at the factory and now the 39A and 39M are about equal in accuracy and ready for another 50 yrs. About thirty years ago I found an old man who was liquidating his gun collection, and was able to buy a model 39-a, in mint condition for a sum I will not quote here. None of these guns have the ugly cross-bolt safety and I refuse to by a 39 that has one. Sign up for the Ontario OUT of DOORS Newsletter. I have a model 39. With my experience with my 39A I can believe it. More recently I found a ’69 vintage 39M. Thanks. He used it to kill hogs at his butcher shop and the muzzle apparently became flawed with all the moisture you would expect in a kill room. Most likly you would be on the high side of that. Front Sight Ramp Hood But come on….. Remington now owns Marlin and they are building them cheap so that Wal-Mart can sell them cheap. I’ve also checked out the links about age of the gun, but there was nothing specific about the Model 39. woodwork is well done and fitted.overall finish is not to bad. right now more buffing on the barrel and sanding on the wood parts. The rest of the rifle works exactly the way you’d want a lever-action to work.  Once you’ve loaded up the tube with sixteen rounds, you’re ready to rack and roll.  Unlike modern Marlin triggers, this old-school rifle sports a solid one-piece trigger which will not flop around.  It also uses a one-piece firing pin, which makes it more theoretically vulnerable to slam-fires if it’s dropped on its muzzle while loaded.  Since I’ve never done this with any firearm, I wasn’t concerned about it on the Model 39. One even still has the original tag telling how to take apart and put together. In 1963 while firing modern ammo in it, the bolt broke. It’s all original. He had traded for it and did not particularly care for it. Marlin made a great little rifle for a bunch of years. Only minor changes were made throughout the evolution of the 1891/1892/1897/39/39A design, and most parts and dimensions remained constant from one year (and one model) to the next.  The 1897 has as much in common with a brand-new 39A as a 1980s Gen1 Glock has with its own latest iteration.  It’s not too much of a stretch to say that the 39A has been continuously produced since 1891, although there was a 4-year break in production during WWII. Marlins: Marlin or remington manufacture by serial number, http://www.gunvaluesboard.com/marlin...ture-1664.html, [COLOR=#8a0520]http://guncollectionsonline.com/marlinmodel60.htm. We found we at I think is this very gun in a garage in a case. I also have a 39 Carbine in the safe for my grandson, and my daughter just had another boy a few months ago, so I’ll be in the market for another 39 soon. The wood is still in remarkably good shape.  75 years have caused some shrinkage away from the metal in places, but it still boasts a wood-to-metal fit that puts modern Marlins to shame.  The only jarring ‘character mark’ on the whole rifle is the hard plastic buttplate.  It’s a poorly-fitting replacement part, not made for this rifle, and the heel of the buttplate sticks out about 1/4″ proud of the wood of the buttstock itself.  It’s a pity, but I wouldn’t dream of having it ‘repaired.’  A gun like this can be ‘restored’ by an expert restorer (more akin to a museum conservator than to a gunsmith) using period parts, but never ‘repaired.’. WHEN WOULD THIS GUN HAVE BEEN MADE AND IS IT WORTH ANYTHING. I remember shooting it as a kid and it’s just as fun to shoot today. I hope you find them useful: http://www.wisnersinc.com/additional_info/marlindatecode.htm, http://armscollectors.com/sn/marlinlookup.php, http://www.marlin-collectors.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2288&sid=0d6bce235f9c8f4d0d48aea33447effe. Thanks for your marvelous review of the beloved Marlin Model 39. backed up with a 5 year warrenty. My first gun was a new Marlin 39A in 1963. How much are these currently worth? 01-06-2021 11:56 PM by vinco. Mine is set up as a competion rifle. The problems people were running into with the newer rifle occured after Remington acquired them. The Marlin Model 39 is a lever-action .22 rimfire rifle, manufactured by Marlin between 1921 and 1937.  It has a 24″ fully octagonal barrel, a color-blued receiver, and a tube magazine that holds 16 and maybe 17 rounds of .22 Long Rifle.  The sighting apparatus is  a beaded front post and a drift-adjustable semi-buckhorn rear with an elevation ramp. pipestone. A couple of small parts I was able to buy on line. I know we are talking the model 39 here, but I need to vent on Marlins recent manufacturing..I just purchased (12/24/2012) a new marlin lever gun 1895G in a 45/70 Govt. WITH 22 SHORT,LONG,RIFLE LONG OR THE GUN ITSELF, IT LOOKS GREAT….NO RUST….SHOOTS GREAT ,,CANT TAKE IT TO THE RANGE…FOLKS WANT TO LOOK..TOUCH…SHOOT…THIS RIFLE IS FOR MY GREAT-GRAND CHILD ..SHE,S 3YEARS OLD.. I’d love to own another 39 D. I owned one roughly 38 years ago. I recently bought an x7 .308 as well. I’m looking at Uberti and Henry as well as Rossi for a classic .22 and hope to try one soon. Marlin/Glenfield Model 25 bedding. Reply I tested the two rifles for accuracy and the 39M was much more accurate. Feeding and functioning was, um, perfect.  The old Marlin fired all the contents of my ‘remainders’ bag of .22s: standard and high-velocity  roundnoses, hollowpoints and truncated cones from a half-dozen brands, randomly fed into the magazine tube.  Somehow the point of impact didn’t shift more than a quarter-inch at 30 yards from one brand of ammo to the next; I’m not sure that’s physically possible, but there it was. Though the finish is worn and somewhat pitted and the left buckhorn tip is broke, it still shoots like a dream.

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