1893 DOM

[ochoco]

Would like to narrow down date of manfuacture for a Marlin 1893. I know it is later manufacture. On the tang it has "Marlin Model 93" On the receiver it has "Marlin Saftey" On the barrel it has "30-30", "Special Smokeless Steel", and on two lines "The Marlin Firearms Corporation New Haven, Conn. U.S.A. Patented". There is nothing on the butt plate. I'll ask for value also. 20" octagon barrel, full magazine, cresent steel butt plate, blue very good loss on sharp corners and forend cap. Case color on everything but the butt plate, but not bright like when new. I know pictures would be helpfull, but I don't own a computer or digital camera. Just general estimate, I already paid what I thought. The serial number under the lever is "A2302". The wood is in very good shape also, a few small dings but no scratches. Thanks for all your help.

[Regnier (gunrunner)]

Ochoco;

Your Marlin Model '93 would have been made sometime between 1921 and 1935. Without more details about the gun, that is about as close as we will get right now.

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22g2p2

Ochoco;

Your Marlin Model '93 would have been made sometime between 1921 and 1935. Without more details about the gun, that is about as close as we will get right now.

What are the other details about the rifle you require?

[Regnier (gunrunner)]

Ochoco;

Well, you told one of them with the Corporation barrel marking. Now, we need to know if it has a black and white plastic bullseye in the toe of the butt stock. Also, is there a small, six pointed star on the upper tang, near the model marking?

[Ochoco]

There is no plastic bullseye or star on the tang. Thanks again for all your effort.

[Regnier (gunrunner)]

Ochoco;

The lack of the six pointed star does not mean all that much as it was an inspection mark started about 1926. Some guns made after that date had the star, and some did not.
The fact that your gun has a Corporation barrel, and lacks the bullseye would tend to indicate that your gun may have been made about 1921/1922. The bullseye first showed up on the cover of the 1922 catalog and Marlin started putting it in the toe of the gunstocks about that time.
This is pretty much a "guesstamate" from the features you describe. The are no records from the era, and we have to go by the features, and when they first appeared on the guns themselves.
I hope this helps.