Marlin 94 date of manufacture?

Tumbleweeds · Post by **Tumbleweeds** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:32 pm

SN 21148***

Straight grip, no safety, so it's not new. Chambered in .44 mag, so not an antique either.

Anybody have a lookup book?

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:49 pm

Tumbleweeds,

I think yours falls into the serial number system where you have to subtract the first two digits from 100 and the result is the year of manufacture.
100-21=79, so if I'm right that would be 1979 which sounds correct for a 44 mag with no CB safety.

I don't have a look up chart though.

Joe

pharmseller · Post by **pharmseller** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:15 pm

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

Is the serial number 21,148,XXX or 2,114,8XX?
The former is outside the range stored in the database (high).
The latter is mfg year 1955.

Quinn

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:19 pm

Joe iscorrect, it's 79.

JerryB · Post by **JerryB** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:14 pm

I reckon we ain't up to snuff on ciphering. My grandson's 1894 .357
# 21059XXX comes up as not there. I tried the link for the Marlin numbers.

Tumbleweeds · Post by **Tumbleweeds** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:53 am

BTW there were no .44 mags in 1955, except on the drawing board.

Marlin 94 date of manufacture?

Marlin 94 date of manufacture?

Thanks a lot, guys. 79 it is.