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My amateur photo skills do not do this rifle justice. It's a 1946 "c" 39a that has the pre-war style stock set, with the high gloss varnish. The early high gloss blue is in great shape and whomever owned it took great care of it. I haven't even had a chance to clean it yet. The real nice part was that the screws have not been touched and even have that dried 77 year old gunk, in the slots. The takedown case was bonus. No, I did not get it for $300, but I also did not pay more than fair market.
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Nothing wrong with those pictures. Nothing wrong with the rifle, either.
It looks like a good example of the finest field grade .22 ever made.
Congrats on your acquisition. My two are from the early 60s.
I have quite enough firearms to keep me satisfied the rest of my days (sad because i'm a mere 41 yo) ------- however, an opportunity at a find like that would surely have my collection of 10/22's and Henry .22's jealous as all get out !
redlevel42 wrote:Nothing wrong with those pictures. Nothing wrong with the rifle, either.
It looks like a good example of the finest field grade .22 ever made.
Congrats on your acquisition. My two are from the early 60s.
+1.
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That's fantastic looking. Was it in the case all those years?
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That's better than any 401 K plan. Can I have it? I've owned more than a few of those early post war marlins and yours sure is a special one as I never did see one with the high gloss varnish.---------------------6
Sixgun wrote:That's better than any 401 K plan. Can I have it? I've owned more than a few of those early post war marlins and yours sure is a special one as I never did see one with the high gloss varnish.---------------------6
Jeepnik,
Thankfully this was not stored in the "moisture attractant". I've seen what was once probably a mint Colt that had spent years, in a leather holster.
Sixgun,
I have seen several other early post war (1946) 39a's where Marlin utilized left over stock sets before the "new" post war style were started.
Here is a pre-war 39a I had. You can see the same, low comb & "thinner" forearm, stock style and a better picture of the "high gloss" varnish.
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Very nice find. Thank you for posting those photos to admire.
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It's a 1946 "c" 39a that has the pre-war style stock set, with the high gloss varnish. The early high gloss blue is in great shape and whomever owned it took great care of it. I haven't even had a chance to clean it yet. The real nice part was that the screws have not been touched and even have that dried 77 year old gunk, in the slots.
