Is there a guide or resource in buying a used Marlin 1894C that would tell me for a certain year of manufacture if the rifle will have a safety vs. no safety, Micro-Groove vs. Ballard rifling, smooth vs. checkered stocks, one style of sights vs. another, etc.? Or does anyone have a general idea when...

Marlin 1894 limited set of 4 different calibers up for auction on GB...sweet, wish I had the dough to buy them!

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewIt ... =185042588

Hey Don, if you aren't already aware of it, please check out Calguns.net...it's where CA gunnies gather to keep informed and coordinate our efforts. Actually, at this point, with the anti-gun liberals very much in control of the legislature, and Arnold signing most everything they pass, trying to ke...