Marlin Serial Number
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Marlin rifle with serial number on bottom stock tang, behind trigger. Marlin rifle with serial number on top stock tang, behind hammer. There is some confusion about.
The Marlin Model 336 is a lever-action sporting rifle and carbine made by Marlin Firearms. Since its introduction in 1948, it has been offered in a number of.
MARLIN Manufacturing Date Code FIREARMS INFORMATION. For example a Marlin model 39A with a serial number of N12478 would have been made in 1955.
Marlin rifle with serial number on bottom stock tang, behind trigger.
Marlin rifle with serial number on top stock tang, behind hammer.
There is some confusion about how Marlin Firearms used their serial numbers to ID the year of manufacture.
Some people are under the belief that all one has to do is subtract the first two digits of the serial number from 2000 and that is the year of manufacture. This is only partially true.
In order to find the year of manufacture one needs to know the first two character s as a minimum, either letters, numbers, or a letter number combination on the firearm. In addition to the first two characters of the serial number it s also imperative in many cases to know the model number.
The serial number depending on the model of rifle, will be located either on the upper or lower stock tang, bottom of the receiver, or side of the receiver.
Below are the manufacturing date codes, which are the first one or two characters of the serial number.
Please note this list is NOT INCLUSIVE of all Marlin firearms. Only those manufactured from 1941 through 2011 which have serial numbers on them and with the caveat mentioned elsewhere in this blog..
If your rifle has the single letter V serial number prefix, that indicates a 1962 year of manufacture.
Notice there are no I, O, or Q serial number prefixes in use. Too confusing with the number 1, and 0 - zero
No commercial manufacture from sometime in 1941/ 42 until 1945, due to WWII production retooling.
Sometime in 2011 the serial number prefix became MR. This was done in conjunction with the sale of Marlin, and subsequent move to the Remington plant in Ilion, NY. Speculation is that once receivers started being manufactured at the Ilion plant the prefix became MR.
While potentially not relevant to this specific thread. As of late 2013, a Marlin. 22 RF rifle XT-22 Mag had a serial number prefix of MM reported and verified. It is unknown as of December 2013 how Marlin Remlin will continue with their serial numbering convention.
Also while not specifically relevant to the model 336 s. It is important to note that some budget Marlin Rimfire rifles that were manufactured prior to 1968 did not have a serial number. These had letter codes on them that will help ID date of manufacture. See here for these guns.
All model 336 s, and all other models of centerfire lever action rifles produced by Marlin, as well as lever action rimfire rifles 39, 39A, etc made by them will have serial numbers.
NOTE - Marlin made various Limited Edition / House Brand guns which do not line up with this serial number - date of manufacture convention. One such example is at least some of the OTASCO Oklahoma Tire and Supply Co rifles manufactured by Marlin. While these rifles are in essence model 336 s, rebranded under the OTASCO name. Their serial numbering convention was different from what is shown above.
Until the Gun Control Act of 1968 GCA 68, long guns sold in the USA were not required to have serial numbers on them. After 1968 all firearms manufactured or imported into the USA were required under US Federal law to have serial numbers on them.
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