39A info needed

xtratoy · Post by **xtratoy** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:42 pm

I just picked up a Marlin 39A. Ser# P26**. It has a 20" barrel, a straight type lever, but it has an odd pistol grip stock which is Marlin and has the bullseye and butt cap. I haven't had time to pull the stock and look for a serial # there and am not sure where it would be. It appears to have been maufactured in 1957. Any marlin gurus have any ideas on this gun? The forearm and stock finish match so if refinished they did both at the same time. I have looked close and can't see any evidence of the the lever being straightened out from the curved lever on the regular pistol grip stocked guns or of the lower tang being altered to match a straight lever. The gun is in great shape and funtions and fires flawlessy.

Regnier (gunrunner) · Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:23 am

Xtratoy;

Clearly, this is not a Marlin butt stock. Grip caps can be purchased and the bullseye pried out of the original Mountie butt stock. What is the barrel marking on the side of the barrel?
The shape is incorrect, and Marlin would never had made such an odd looking shape to send out to the public. Someone went to a lot of trouble to have a short barreled pistol grip stocked .22 caliber lever action rifle. To me, it would have been easier to get a 39-A and either put a Mountie barrel in it or cut the barrel down. Unless the butt stock was broken, and this was the fix. The gun (a Mountie) will function properly since the action was not fooled with, only the shape of the butt stock.
I hope this helps.

xtratoy · Post by **xtratoy** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 5:23 pm

I am thinking of of locating a proper stock. I was looking at e-gunparts.com and it looks like the stock for the 336T, 336TS and 1894 also will work??? I will use it as it is for now. thank you for your insights.

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 5:54 pm

I'd say that's most likely a Marlin buttstock, but probably off a 39a PG, and cut ot fit the straight grip Mountie. A easy, and cheap fix would be to cut the grip cap section off, and shape it into a straight grip stock. There's plenty of material there, and it would work and look better until ou found a correct Mountie stock.