Model 89 30-30
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Model 89 30-30
My buddy inherited a Marlin, round barrel stamped 30-30, marked "Marlin Safety" on the top of the receiver, "Marlin Model 98" on the tang, SN A20## under the lever. I've been able to find nothing though the Marlin website said based on the SN it was manufactured before 1883. But since the 30-30 wasn't born then it seems very odd, Help!?
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Regnier (gunrunner)
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Re: Model 89 30-30
en coAlKing;
Your friend has a Marlin Model '93, not 98. The "A" prefix serial number indicates that this Model '93 was made in 1916, after the Marlin family sold the company to a corporation that went on to manufacture machine guns for WW I. The corporation continued to make a few sporting arms during the war to keep employees busy between contracts.
Your friend has a Marlin Model '93, not 98. The "A" prefix serial number indicates that this Model '93 was made in 1916, after the Marlin family sold the company to a corporation that went on to manufacture machine guns for WW I. The corporation continued to make a few sporting arms during the war to keep employees busy between contracts.
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The growing federal deficit = generational slavery to the national debt.
If the world was perfect.......it wouldn't be.