Marlin Model 40 .22

onegunshort · May 23, 2009

This morning a guy at work said he had some guns for sale. So I went over and he had this Marlin, made in 1970. It's actually a model <STRIKE>60</STRIKE>(I was wrong, it's a 99C), but it says Marlin "Model 40" on the barrel. It was sold by Coast to Coast hardware. Complete with a tasco 4x20 (only the finest optics for this beauty). He also threw in a Universal (Japan) 4x32 scope, (slight debris in the lens, dent on eyepiece rim, still usable). This one holds 17 in the tube. I didn't need the gun but I was there to buy a pretty decent Wingmaster and I gave him another $80 for the marlin and extra scope.

I passed on his Remington 788 in .243 so if any of you want one let me know. He didn't know what price to put on the guns so I had to make offers. I told him he could probably get $250 for the Wingmaster but he let me have it for $180.

montezumaz · May 23, 2009

The Coast to Coast 40 is actually a Marlin 99C, manufactured between 1961-78. 100% condition = $150, 60% = $75. NUMRICH SCHEMATIC LINK Should be a fine little plinker. Hope this info helps.

onegunshort · May 23, 2009

Hey, thanks. I couldn't find a lick of information on it!

truckemup97 · May 23, 2009

Nice find. Price is about right. Marlin made a lot of them as store brands.

onegunshort · May 23, 2009

This is a little strange. Everything I read says the 99C didn't have the pressed checkering until 1971 and it should have a gold-tone trigger.

This one dates 1970 with the checkering, and has a silver trigger. Is this so the Coast to Coast "Model 40" would differ from the 99C?

I know it's just a cheap .22, but I find the little details very interesting.

truckemup97 · May 23, 2009

Coast to Coast may have ordered them a little different from a 99C. The inner workings are likely the same. Had I been ordering them for C2C, Sears, Wards, OTASCO, etc., I would have changed them up a little just to make them different from what you could buy anywhere else.

onegunshort · May 24, 2009

I was browsing on Rimfire Central, (don't ask me why I didn't go there immediately), I already have an account with them. The Model 40 is different than the 99C because it had pressed checkering a year or two earlier, It had birch stock instead of walnut, and a chrome trigger instead of gold. There were about 2100 produced for Coast to Coast.

Also after the model 99 ceased production the C to C model 40 became the same as a model 60.

I love firearms model history!

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