I got another marlin 22 today.

[jmarriott]

I went to my local gun pusher in Anderson Indiana.

I asked for large magnum pistol primers and he just said he saw none getting in any anytime soon. I did pick up a pound of lil gun for 21.99 Then I saw a bull eye on a stock that did not have the marshield finish on it and asked to see the 1894 rifle on the rack. He said it was not an 1894 but a model 39a mountie. I think he saw my eyes light up a bit.

It is near prefect, no front sight hood as so many are missing them. 18 prefix serial number even color walnut but nothing real fancy on the grain. Pre safety from 1982 with a blue trigger instead of the gold one. A screw messed up on the barrel band but the blue was great and not a single bit or rust or flaking.

I looked at the tag and it said 438.00. I said I will go 400 and tax and he said no but I will go 420 with tax. I said OK. Hey I knew the deal was not that bad and he has to make a living so I did the paper work and went to my bank and withdrew 450 from savings and came back and the 4473 form was ready and I was out the door.

I know I like my lever action rifles and this one is a nice one. With the new ones made costing 538 plus tax i will buy a mountie like this one at 400 everyday if I could afford them. Not as good a deal as the 1958 model for 250 I got for dad this spring at the pawn shop but these mounties are gaining a cult following and I could turn it at the gun show or gun broker for 550 600 easy enough. I won't do that anymore as I am only a buyer or maybe a trader now not a seller.

We are still working on the browning deal but it seems to old man want to keep the model 52 browning sporter and a buck mark pistol and the model 52 was the gem in the bunch. This week dad and I will make him an offer on them that is fair but more on our side since the sporter and the BLR are the only ones we really wanted.

MArk the marlin model 39a mountie off the bucket list and make room for something else.

[jmarriott]

I did have to put back the lil gun powder.

[Jack]

Congratulations ! Those 39A's are classics.

[dovehunter]

You'll love that Mountie. If it shoots anything like my son's, it will be a tack driver too. It's his favorite squirrel rifle.

You'll like that Mossberg Palomino carbine too if you can find one. Because it's a Mossberg it probably won't cost you as much as the Mountie, but I'll bet it'll be a lot harder to find. It was my understanding that they didn't make many.

[jimh]

i had a '56 Mounty a while back and it too did not have a gold trigger, i don't recall any of the Mounty's haveing the gold trigger. i sold that rifle a few years back (about 5) for 375.00. they sure are going up in price these days, but then again what isn't? i never had a feed issue with that rifle and it shot well, you'll be happy for a long time i'm sure.

[jmarriott]

my digital camera took a crap but i will get some pic soon. WIthin the last year I found 3 22's for the bucket list.

I always keep a list of 10 firearms I want to buy and the mountie, and 39a golden and a bl-22 were on the list. SO that adds in the b-78 a palomino and maybe a 96-22 ruger since they don't make em any more.

[popplecop]

Have a 53 39A, with a Redfield receiver sight, very accurate rifle. This is a pre Micro Grove and has the older Ballard style rifleing. Don't know if there is much difference in accuracy, as both seem to highly sought after in 39As.

[jmarriott]

I picked up dad a mountie from 1957 earlier this year at a pawn shop in Anderson IN for 250 plus 6% out the door. It had no front hood and missing the bulleye in the stock put in fair shape. It was the only firearm in the place with a good price on it.

I don''t know about all the 39a's but the only ones with a factory blued trigger were 1982 and 1983. I think dad's 1957 is gold. I will check it out next time I go over to see him.

Nice to be back at work and making purchases every once in a while.

[Jack]

My Dad has a 39A rifle, I believe he got it in 1956. No gold trigger on that.
He put a peep on it, too, and it's always been a fine shooter.

[dovehunter]

My son's Mountie, I believe it was from the late 50s or early 60s, has the gold trigger. Come to think of it, I don't recall ever having seen a vintage model 39 that didn't have the gold trigger. My dad's first 39, one of those gawd-awful 24" barreled things, also had the gold trigger.

[jmarriott]

I think if one was to shoot one for long enough with salty sweaty fingers the gold plating will come off. Wild west guns happy triggers are blued and are very fine replacement triggers. I think the 90th ann. . and the century limited had blue triggers.

I looked at dads mountie last night in 1957 the triggers were gold. The main difference was the butstock, the old one had a v cut into it on the top the 1982 does not a time saving feature i guess. and there is a hole in the side to see if a shell in it the chamber on the 1982 and no hole for the 1957..

My regular 39 is the 24 inch god awful things but it will outshoot all my other rimfires.

[dovehunter]

Jun 28, 2010 4:58:13 GMT -5 jmarriott said:

...My regular 39 is the 24 inch god awful things but it will outshoot all my other rimfires.

I don't doubt that at all. My dad's was great shooter. However I have always felt that a 24" barreled model 39 looked as bad as if you were to cut the Barrel of Quigley's Sharps down to 16" - it just doesn't look right. Beauty, however, as always, is in the eye of the beholder.

[jmarriott]

Here are the pics that seem to be missing.


notice no gold trigger.


No 24 inch barrel no pistol grip.


dad's 1958 version with gold trigger and round lever loop.

it still is not a winchester.

[dovehunter]

Your Mountie is a clean one! That Win. 94-22 is (IMHO) by far and away the prettiest of any of the .22 lever actions. It's almost too pretty to shoot. However, (also IMHO) the Marlin is still the best gun.

[jmarriott]

I am getting a few levers in the safe. I have the bl-22 also almost as pretty as the win 9422. The full size 39a is real accurate without a thing done to it. I have not shot the mountie much yet as the temps have been over 90 in evenings and after a shower post work I don't feel like sweating it up much.

I almost got a great deal on a nylon 76 remming in apache black but after my interest in buying it the owner looked up on the internet for what they run. The 300 dollars I offered was quickly came back by him as 750 and I let it stay with him. I can believe what they bring lately.

Still on the lookout for a palimino, a ruger 96 a nylon 76, maybe a good cheap ithica, and any-other lever that screams buy me now. I have an offer in on a fairly beat up marlin 1894cp with the 16 inch barrel ported. It has been a truck gun and is not in the shape i normally purchase them in but I offered 250 and he seemed to want to move it to me. It would never be a real collector piece but a lever that shoots 38's in a ported 16 inch barrel would be a hoot at the range and behind the seat.