Marlin really made some nice lever action guns back in the day. My new to me Marlin model 39 Century LTD 100 Anniversary 22. Made in 1970 20 inch octagon. Anyone else have a Marlin model 39 22 if so post pics

Mine is around a '69 vintage, but unfortunately, the pics I had of it are lost in my old photo bucket account. I'll have to take more someday.

Love those century models with the straight stock!

I want a 39 for my rimfire collection, congrats!!

HK Ag

Have a Marlin Golden 39A that I have owned since 1973. It has the pistol grip stock but still shoots great after thousands of rounds.

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No, but I sure WANT one.

One of my bucket list guns, lusted for one since I was 10yrs old.

One day, I will buy one.

39's are great rifles, very accurate and reliable.

Miss my 39a too, not terribly fond of my 9422, doesn't have the solid feel of a Marlin.

My first firearm was a Marlin 39M.

Nice rifle! I've been lusting after a 39m for a long time, but they are nearly impossible to find, and the few I've seen have been stupid expensive. I've almost dropped the hammer on a Henry a couple of times, but I'm a Marlin guy at heart, and I keep holding out. My 1895G, 1894, and 336 Texan need a little brother...not a bastard step-sibling .

Nice Century. I have both the 39A Golden and the Mountie and love both of them. They just ooze quality, even compared to my slick little Browning BL-22's.

If Remarlington could manage to manufacture any variation of the venerable 39 without it being a complete train wreck, they'd sell a bunch of them.

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If Remarlington could manage to manufacture any variation of the venerable 39 without it being a complete train wreck, they'd sell a bunch of them.

I agree! The price of fairly clean Marlin 39 is getting crazy.

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Originally posted by clubleaf206:
My first firearm was a Marlin 39M.

That would be a treasure. My uncle had one, early 60's vintage, I think, and it was the .22 I learned to shoot with. Loved that gun.

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Originally posted by Rolan_Kraps:
No, but I sure WANT one.

I'm surprised you don't have one. Not surprised you want one. My favorite .22 in any of its variations, and, like I said above, it's what I learned to shoot with.

I lusted badly for a 39M way back in 1961 or 1962 as a kid. They were priced FAR out of the affordability range of an eleven year old though.

Finally found a 1962 39M maybe 20 years back at the Missoula Gun Show for $400 and bought it.

It is everything I thought it would be. Fast handling, steel and walnut, accurate with a very smooth action.

No recent photos but it still gets some plinking time occasionally.

Do you remember what they cost? I had a Golden 39A late sixties vintage, and can't remember what it cost. I have to believe it was less than $150.

I should have called the straight stock 39 the A. I think they became the M "Mountie" years later.

The 39A Was $79.95 I remember it distinctly. A Princely sum in 1963. Especially for a kid.

A Winchester M-61 pump was $69 and a .30-30 M-94 was a few bucks more at $85!

My brother and I learned to shoot with a Marlin 39 waaaaaayyyyyy back when. Dad's gun. It was a tack driver, I could nail just about anything with it. A while back I got a yen to have one of my own, so I looked around for a couple of months to find a used one in decent condition with a reasonable price tag. It turned out to be a disappointment, throwing one or two flyers every mag full. After a while I sold it. From time to time I'm tempted to find another one, but other priorities have kept it from happening.

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Originally posted by FN in MT:
I should have called the straight stock 39 the A. I think they became the M "Mountie" years later.

The 39A Was $79.95 I remember it distinctly. A Princely sum in 1963. Especially for a kid.

A Winchester M-61 pump was $69 and a .30-30 M-94 was a few bucks more at $85!

Your pricing seems right. I got mine from an uncle who had a source at a veterans' lodge for less than retail pricing, and I thought I remembered something between $65-$75, but didn't believe myself. It probably was in that range. And, yeah, it was a bit of coin for a 15-year-old. Great gun, though. I seldom missed what I was aiming for.

This is my first 39A which I found at a yard sale of an old couple that had passed away ... the kids were trying to get the house emptied out so they could sell it. Rough & neglected is an understatement, it was found sitting behind the furnace & hot water heater, I couldn’t see through th barrel for the rust build up so I gave $50 for it as a project. Years went by and I found a Century barrel on eBay. I put it on but the wood & ferrel didn’t fit right and I had to cut down the tube magazine as it was longer than the barrel. I shot it a couple times but didn’t like the looseness of the hand guard. I’d been looking at eBay, GunBroker, on Numrich Gun Parts and a few other sites and after a couple more years I found a Century handguard & original octagonal end cap ... then stripped the stock and ended up with




I’d picked up a few others but this one is special!

I have three 39s. A Golden, a 39D, and a Mountie. All from the 60s and 70s.