Here's a 1973 Marlin Original Golden - 39M my father purchased new from the Rod & Gun Club at Zaragoza AB, Spain in 73. It was the first gun I ever fired/carried for hunting, I was responsible for its upkeep and cleaning from 75-77 while we were stationed at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho. He bought the sling at the same time and they've been together since. The rifle has the Bullseye decoration on the bottom of the buttstock, which Marlin has done to walnut stocked guns for sometime. Pain to get a picture of it due to the sling. The scope is some cheap TASCO thing my dad put on it to shoot rats, possum, and other varmints from the porch later in life.
I inherited the rifle in Sept 2011 a week or so prior to my dads passing. The gun was stored in less than desirable conditions for some years prior to me getting it.
1973 Marlin 39M
1973 Marlin 39M
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Re: 1973 Marlin 39M
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Re: 1973 Marlin 39M
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
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Re: 1973 Marlin 39M
Nice! The 39 was by far the finest .22 lever action ever made. They are usually match rifle accurate.
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invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, conn a ship, write a
sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the
dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve an
equation, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a
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Re: 1973 Marlin 39M
Very nice.
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Re: 1973 Marlin 39M
My bucket list grows again.entropy wrote:Nice! The 39 was by far the finest .22 lever action ever made. They are usually match rifle accurate.
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Re: 1973 Marlin 39M
Love the lever arc, trigger and stock shape. The guys that designed the 39 truly made it a work of love.
Re: 1973 Marlin 39M
I like the Mounties, but I have never seen one for sale in my budget range. Guess I'll have to be content with this one.
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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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Re: 1973 Marlin 39M
I always thought the Mountie was a 39A variant, never knew the M on the 39M stood for Mountie. So the Mountie was both a 39A and 39M variant. I had to Google that to learn that.millman wrote:I like the Mounties, but I have never seen one for sale in my budget range. Guess I'll have to be content with this one.
So what do Mounties go for these days?
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Re: 1973 Marlin 39M
Mounties are shorter and have a straight grip. Other than that they are the same as a 39a.
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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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Re: 1973 Marlin 39M
There is one on GB right now with a starting bid of $850. That is about what I thought the retail price would be. They aren't making the pre cross bolt safety rifles or mounties( of any kind I don't think) anymore, so I would say it is a sellers market.ffuries wrote:...
So what do Mounties go for these days?
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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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Re: 1973 Marlin 39M
Good Gawd I better take care of mine then. I've got to wonder what my dad paid for in 73? Well he might not have paid for it to think of it. He had the 22 and a Wichester Model 94 30-30 Antique one he bought and one he won at the Zaragoza Rod & Gun Club. So either he bought the 22 or won it.
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Re: 1973 Marlin 39M
Mine is a 1984 model 39a. It is one of the few years that had a blue trigger instead of a gold one. I think it is the next to last year to not have the modern safety. I got it for my 13th birthday. My grandfather got it at Target and paid leas than $200 IIRC. Yeah Target sold guns then.
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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
C. S. Lewis
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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Re: 1973 Marlin 39M
I'm watching a older scratch & dent model that's gonna sell under $400. It's not bad, got a little character and looks broken in.millman wrote:There is one on GB right now with a starting bid of $850. That is about what I thought the retail price would be. They aren't making the pre cross bolt safety rifles or mounties( of any kind I don't think) anymore, so I would say it is a sellers market.ffuries wrote:...
So what do Mounties go for these days?
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