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Originally Posted by ACP230
I have a 16 gauge with a serial no. beginning with "K".
It has the finger latch and checkering on the forend only.
Pachmayr recoil pad. Double triggers. Open barrels except for the
end piece.
Anyone know when mine was likely made?
From info on this thread I figure before 1957 and possibly 1951.
Was the Pachmayr pad an aftermarket add on or original?
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K-serial number indicates your gun was made in 1953. Some Model 90s made in 1940 and 1941 have A and B serial numbers respectively. No records so there is no way to know if all Model 90's made in those two years prior to WWII have letter serial numbers.
Model 90's were not made during the war, but all Model 90's made after the war have a letter serial number to indicate the year made. c-1945, C-1946, D-1947, E-1948, F-1949, G-1950, H-1951, J-1952, K-1953, etc. Marlin did not use I, O or Q.
The Pachmayr recoil pad is aftermarket. A 1954 Marlin Catalog shows the Model 90DT without a recoil pad and the Model 90ST with a recoil pad which would have had the Marlin name on the pad.
The finger latch forearm was introduced in 1951. Open barrels in 1949.