I spotted this beauty in the rough (to me) at a LGS recently. Price tag was $120 (no mags) but I was able to get it for $80 otd. The stock was scuffed and worn but the bluing was very good and the micro rifling was crisp after a thorough cleaning.
I refinished the stock, cleaned, oiled and waxed the barrel and added an old sling. I splurged on the scope. I found mags at CheaperThan for $12 ea.
I think I'm really going to enjoy shooting this one.

Very nice find, for a good price.

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Very nice. I've got one and they are great guns.

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That was my first gun. bought it, mail order, from Sears & Roebuck for $12.00 in 1954, about a week before my 13th birthday. Even then they would not give it to me. My dad had go with me to pick it up.

I still have it and it shoots as god today as it did then but it doesn't look as good, heavy patina.

I have two of the more modern version, the 925, still made in the Marlin North Haven, CT. plant before .22 rifle manufacturing was moved to Kentucky, where they make the 925's replacement, the Marlin XT .22.....

One of my 925's has been scoped with a Simmons fixed 4X scope, which is used for pest control. The other remains as issued, with iron sights, which I use to teach youth to shoot.

Great rifles, sturdy and accurate. A rifle you won't be afraid to take afield and get scratched up, throw it in the bottom of a canoe for river trips, behind the seat of your truck, etc.

Marlin made that rifle in one Model designation or form since the 1930's. The pre-War guns were sometimes 'Ranger' marked.
The same detachable magazine fits them as a 70's mfg Marlin Model80.

The two weak spots are the cartridge guide spring and the ejector.

The first is a thin flat spring w/a slight crimp in it. It sits right above the chamber and deflects the bullet nose as the cartridge is being fed so it guides it into the chamber.
They get bent at times,, often by someone while cleaning the rifle. The cleaning brush or patch/jag snagging on it and bending in down enough that when the bolt is put back into the gun and closed,,the guide spring is crushed between the bolt face and bbl instead of being cammed away by the slot in the bolt head.

A $5 part,but you have to remove the bbl from the rec'vr to replace it.
They are a slip fit together but very tight as a rule. We had a hand cranked press to push the bbl out of the recv'r (after removing the cross pin). Hammering them out can be done but be sure to protect the bbl face well.

The spring simply lays in a small machined groove in the bbl shank and stays in place when the rec'vr is pressed back into place. The cross pin further secures the bbl to the recv'r.


The ejector is a short piece of 'piano wire' twisted to shape & held in place by the TD stud.
They don't break too easily,,just get bent out of shape and the rifle doesn't eject at all.
The free end of the wire has to fit up into the slot on the bottom left side of the bolt head. A touch of upward tension is good.
Too much and the bolt drags. Not enough and ejection may be poor or non existant. Make sure the very point end of the wire doesn't dig into the bolt as the bolt is moving back and forth.

If you have the bolt out of the rifle for some reason and the striker falls on it,,bolt becomes 'uncocked',,you can't place the bolt assembly back into the rifle w/o first re-cocking the bolt assembly.

There's nothing to really grasp on the thing to pull the striker back again, though many show that a couple pairs of pliers can be successfully used. The mainspring is very strong.

An easy way is to simply take the bolt assembly and place it in the rec'vr backwards. The striker end of the bolt assembly will slip into the recv'r about 3/4" w/the cocking pin entering the slot in the recv'r at the 7 oclockposition. Now simply lift up on the bolt handle to cock the bolt assembly. Remove and re-sert it into the rifle.
This works on some Mossberg bolt 22's and bolt action shotguns too.

Nice job on the stock finish. Looks really nice. The entire rifle looks great.
These are very accurate rifles as a general rule

Thanks! That's a wealth of information!

Now all you have to do is have it threaded.......Pfffft

My first rifle ! A gift from my Dad on my 13th birthday......still have it somewhere.......fun to shoot even today !
You did a nice job on saving yours,,,,,,,,,Thanks for sharing.

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Nothing beats an old Marlin! Nice score!

James

You said it, I love the old marlin's

That's the only .22 rifle I have, since I was 12. I won $5 off of a buddy shooting a Mountain Dew cap off of a twig with open sights. Never put a scope on after that.

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