Marlin 1893
I picked up a Marlin 1893 and a Ross M-10 rifle yesterday to add to a growing collection of firearms that are older than me.The Marlin is interesting, with a very low serial number - 30XX, and pretty...
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........Hope we don't get whacked for showing these offtopic heathen rifles. Well, they ARE leveractions :-)My 1893 made in 1911, It's a 38-55. The standard Marlin M93 was a 26" tapered octagon bbl,...
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Rick,You won't get in any trouble for 1893 Marlin's on the forums. I moderate this board and often talk about my 1894 Winchester made in 1919, so your 38-55 is an older model made in an earlier year....
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Nice 1893 carbine. Hang onto it, the carbine version of the 1893 seems to be fairly scarce; although you'll run across rifles fairly frequently. I have 3 1893's, two rifles in 38-55 & 30-30, and a...
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Hi,So, what is the difference between the carbine and the rifle that you can tell from the picture? I'm not too familiar with the details on these guns. I'll look for the book, thanks for the tip. The...
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Saw this topic and it made me go down to the gun safe and pull my Marlin '93 out. It's a carbin of the same vintage, serial # 34XX with a round barrel 19 7/16" long. I'm missing the front sight and I...
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Jeff,It is mainly a matter of perspective. Back in the day the carbines were in th 20" barrel length range and the rifles were 24" and 26". I think the Marlin 1893 carbines all had full length...
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Thanks for clearing that one up for me, Ryan. It makes sense, but sometimes I have to hear the obvious in order say 'Ahhhh'. I haven't had it out to the range yet. Too busy looking after the...
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Jeff,I've no idea but I'd guess at some time in the mid '20's, but that truly and purely is a guess based on the recollections of when my grandfather "thinks" he bought it (he'll turn 90 this year and...
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A carbine typically has a 20" or less barrel, and the full length magzine tube is retained by barrel bands, as opposed to tenons on a rifle. The carbine was intended for use as a saddle gun.As far as...
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Well now, why would those sneakie guys at Marlin do that with their serial numbers? I was just going by the number stamped in the obvious place, above the lever. I'll try to take it apart tomorrow and...
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Jeff,The response I got back from the folks at the Marlin Collectors Association WEB site forum place the date of manufacture some where between 1924 and 1926 for my rifle. They seemed to indicate the...
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Hi,I took the stock off and -voila- another serial number. (Thanks for the tip). This one is 440350, and this makes more sense for the rifle, but now I am wondering what the '3012' is under the tang?...
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If it says 1893, then I'm thinking that your trigger plate is a replacement from a model 93. As far as I can tell from my book, only the 93 had lower tang serial numbers, the 1893 had serial numbers...
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Another thing I just noticed is the lack of a saddle ring on the left side of the receiver. That means one of two things: it was ordered without one, or the receiver originally came from a rifle....
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Here's some more info I found while taking it down:This pic shows the two number stamps. I took the butt off and found this:which matches the lower tang serial number, and then this engraving on the...
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3012 is probably an assembly number, since most of the numbers match. Initials could be the stock maker.Cheers,Michael
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3012 would be a number for a Model 93 carbine that now inhabits the frame of your 1893 rifle. I bet if you look at the front of your stock where the top tang fits in, you'll find the number 3012...
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