I bought my Marlin 39 TDS for a specfic purpose. There was an old abandoned railroad track not far away, and I enjoyed hiking and 4x4 driving down the rail bed after they tore up the tracks. I decided to do some shooting in safe places along the way, where I had a wall of mud and dirt for a backstop. Other people shot there, and I could see plenty of shell cases on the ground in certain spots.
But I wanted a small and light weight .22 rifle to plink with.
And I wanted it to handle shorts and CB longs, for quieter shooting so I wouldn't have somebody call the cops on me, and so I wouldn't bother other hikers or mountain bikers (off road bicycling, whatever it's called).
So I did some research and had my local gun shop special-order a Marlin 39 Take-Down-Special. I paid a good price for it-- I think $425. Full suggested retail price back around 1991 or so (don't quote me on the year). Nobody had them in stock, so I had to order it and wait a few weeks.
I also used that gun to shoot .22 shotshells at those flying grashoppers. It's like quail hunting, only you have to shoot really fast because the pattern of shooting a shotshell through a rifled bore opens up so wide, so quickly. But I liked the fact that this lever-action gun would handle shotshells just as well as any other ammo.
Mine's very accurate, although the trigger pull is rather heavy and has some creep in it. It's a hunting-grade trigger, not a match trigger.
P.S. That old abandoned rail line later became a popular 'rails to trails' project called the Silver Comet Trail. No shooting around there anymore! It's all developed with lots of new housing and shopping malls at every interesection.
The Silver Comet Trail goes from the outskirts of Atlanta (Smyrna, GA) to the Alabama line. 40 miles of paved, mostly flat path.
It used to be used by the 'Silver Comet' passenger train in the 1940s, going from Atlanta GA to Birmingham, AL. Freight trains also used it up until the 1970s.
But I wanted a small and light weight .22 rifle to plink with.
And I wanted it to handle shorts and CB longs, for quieter shooting so I wouldn't have somebody call the cops on me, and so I wouldn't bother other hikers or mountain bikers (off road bicycling, whatever it's called).
So I did some research and had my local gun shop special-order a Marlin 39 Take-Down-Special. I paid a good price for it-- I think $425. Full suggested retail price back around 1991 or so (don't quote me on the year). Nobody had them in stock, so I had to order it and wait a few weeks.
I also used that gun to shoot .22 shotshells at those flying grashoppers. It's like quail hunting, only you have to shoot really fast because the pattern of shooting a shotshell through a rifled bore opens up so wide, so quickly. But I liked the fact that this lever-action gun would handle shotshells just as well as any other ammo.
Mine's very accurate, although the trigger pull is rather heavy and has some creep in it. It's a hunting-grade trigger, not a match trigger.
P.S. That old abandoned rail line later became a popular 'rails to trails' project called the Silver Comet Trail. No shooting around there anymore! It's all developed with lots of new housing and shopping malls at every interesection.
The Silver Comet Trail goes from the outskirts of Atlanta (Smyrna, GA) to the Alabama line. 40 miles of paved, mostly flat path.
It used to be used by the 'Silver Comet' passenger train in the 1940s, going from Atlanta GA to Birmingham, AL. Freight trains also used it up until the 1970s.
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Marlin 39tds Serial Numbers
The Mountie model is more desirable to the Marlin collectors because of the sleek style and smaller numbers made. Parker brothers serial numbers. Ford 17 digit vin decoder. Arma 2 google drive. They are a nice Marlin 22 caliber rifle. The marlin-lever-action-rifles in the model 39A would be very popular in the 1950s and 60s. Many of these firearms were manufactured and can be found in fair numbers today. This is one handy little takedown lever action with each half of the rifle measuring less than 17' for handy carry. The walnut stocks are checkered with rubber pad.