I brought subject carbine home a few days ago and the letter code isn't really all that clear to me. I think it is a "M"(or maybe "W"), that would place year of mfg at 1955 or '63. What say you Marlin guys/gals or anyone else that would hazard a guess?




The lgs owner had this Marlin for a few months and hadn't put it out for sale because it needed a few things: front sight hood, rear sight elevator, a few screws to replace some that were boggered up, a new buttplate & spacer to replace the broken one and a couple other not so easy to find little items. I told him the other day that if he wasn't going to fix her up, sell it to me and I would. It cost me 300 otd.

That’s a great price !

I missed out on a NIB Mountie years back.
Funny story.
A guy had it advertised in our local Penny Saver.
It turns out he lived about 10 minutes from me.
I got directions from him with the money in hand but couldn’t find his place. The house was in a plan that looped around with side streets branching off. He told me he had 2 “rebel” flags in his yard.
When I found the house his neighbor was outside and I asked if I had Mr. XXXX’s house. The neighbor answered with a disgusted “Yeah, that’s him.”
I commented to the seller that his flags should cause some commotion in his ethnically diverse neighborhood.
He told me the reason he displayed those flags was because he was with Jeb Stuart when he was shot by a Yankee a died a day later!
Hmmmmmmm!
This in the mid to late 90’s, so doing the math in my head figuring maybe being in his early teens during the war and fast forwarding he’d be about 145 years old!
He took me to his basement and showed me his pristine Mountie in the original box. He took it from the box and there was the original bill of sale. $250 plus $100 for the scope that was mounted to it.
He sees it and said he thought he paid $250 with the scope and wouldn’t budge on the price. He’d sell me the rifle without the scope but I didn’t know what the top of the receiver would look like under the mounts.
So I walked.
Been kicking myself since.

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Who are those guys?

That stamp looks like a W to me but it’s sure hard to tell.

I have a Marlin Model 39A Golden Mountie that my wife bought me for Christmas in 1963. Still looks and shoots as good as it did 60 years ago.

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On the Llano Estacado

Looks like a W to me 1963
If it is a M it would be 1955



Serial Numbers for 39A - Marlin Firearms Collectors Association

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The bottom pic looks like it might be an H with erosion from rust.

It's anybody's guess, and mine would be a W.

If the barrel says Golden 39A Mountie, they were made 1957-1972 so it would be a W for 1963.

If the barrel says 39A Mountie, they were made 1953-1957 so it would be an M for 1955.

My first rifle was a Golden 39M. The me, the A rifle was always the 24 inch barreled version with the curved finger lever and stock. The M was 20 inch straight stock. The nickname was Mountie, but that is not stamped on my gun anywhere. “A Mountie” to me is a contradiction. Shows what little I know.

Marlin had some cool names like Maurader, Mountie, and Texan.

That is what this rifle says on the barrel so '63 it is. I appreciate that bit of info. Now I'm wondering if it uses the later front sight hood that has the scalloped edges or if they were still using the early round hood.

Thanks

I'm pretty sure it would be the earlier straight cut hood. They're hard to find. I wish someone would make a run of them. If you find some, let me know. I need some of the old style for my Winchesters also.

The Marliin Mountie and standard length 39A are awesome guns!

I have a 1959 A I bought used and a 1964 M I bought new. One of my mentors always said 39 Marlin may not shoot where you wanted but it always shot where you were holding it. Larry

I have a new unfired 39 I bought in my safe. Too bad it has the safety. Stupidly I threw away the box.
When I meet my end, my daughter gets it.
I bought a Henry to be a shooter.

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I prefer the Mountie version with the 20" barrel and straight stock. I have one that I bought new in 1972 and a more recent purchase that was made in 1957.

I pulled my Marlin Golden 39-A Mountie from my safe and my serial # starts with a Y and so it would be a 1964 date of manufacture instead of a W for 1963 like I stated in post #3 above. Guess I remembered wrong. My wife had originally bought me the Model 39 A Golden with the longer barrel and Monte Carlo style stock for Christmas that year, so after Christmas I went back and exchanged it for the shorter barrel and straight stock.The hood on the front sight measures 7/8” length. I just like the shorter barrel better.

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On the Llano Estacado

I've got a couple of 1963 39's. The Mountie has a W shaped like the OP's. The W on the rifle is a different font. It's a little wider.

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The original post and your reply got me to give a little history lesson on this model. The MOUNTIE was not a carbine. It is a short rifle. Marlin did build a carbine version of the 39 A in the 1980's IIRC the date. Only produced for a few years. It had a lighter weight 20" barrel and a 3/4 length magazine. I have one of these and they are neat little guns. I have owned maybe 15 to 18 Marlin 39's over the decades. I bought each one of my kids a Marlin Mountie on the day they were born and gave it to them on their 12th birthday.