The first consisted of 500 39A rifles in 1998 which were offered to the general public with another 100 offered only to their employees. Marlin has since made two 'special runs' of Annie Oakley commemorative 39A rifles to honor Oakley's achievements and fame while using their brand. On the same day she also produced another jagged one-hole group through the center of an Ace of Hearts playing card, while shooting off-hand. On MaAnnie Oakley used a Model 1891 to put 25 shots through one jagged hole in 27 seconds at a distance of 36 feet (12 yds or 11 m) using 22 short cartridges. The Mountie has a magazine capacity of 20 Short, 16 Long or 15 Long Rifle.
These rifles have been alternately called Model 39M or 1897 Mountie. Additionally 'mountie' versions have been produced at various points in the rifle's life which featured a shorter 20' barrel and a straight stock. It is also the best-selling lever rimfire in U.S. The Golden 39A is still considered one of the finest examples of a lever. The Model 39-A did not have a cross hammer safety, whereas the current Golden Model 39A has had one since introduction in 1983. Changes between models were so minimal the rifle is considered to have been continually produced to the same basic specifications for over 100 years. The 39 was produced until 1983 when the current Golden 39A was introduced. The Golden Mountie Model 39A was introduced in 1954. The 1892 gave way to the takedown Model 1897, which became the Model 39 in 1921 and Model 39-A in 1939. The tubular magazine was changed to front-loading with the Model 1892, due to the difficulties of receiver feeding the small rimfireround. 22LR and the magazine was loaded through a conventional side gate in the receiver. The Golden Model 39A started life as the Marlin Model 1891, the first lever action rifle ever chambered in. Starting in 1973, the year of manufacture maybe determined by subtracting the first two digits of the serial number from 100:Įxample: SN 2512345 would have been made in 1975. Marlin's year of manufacture for the 39A is determined from the following list of letter/numeral prefixs to the serial number: If I made a mistake I'm sure that someone more knowledgeable will let you know of any corrections that need to be made. Was easier to cut and paste this list from my own file and as far as I know it should be correct. This question comes up from time to time and I'm sure the information has been already posted but could not locate it with a quick search.
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