

This gun has survived use, abuse and over 10,000 rounds.
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The 1891 used the same side loading gate as the Winchester series of lever-actions, but jamming the tiny rimfire rounds through the tiny loading gate proved to be a major pain in the ass and Marlin switched to tube-loading the next year.
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Dates of Manufacture* for: Book references can be ordered through links to Amazon! Your serial number indicates that your Marlin model 781 was made in the year 1972. Marlin Model 81 Bolt Action Rimfire Rifles: (1937 - 1971) History: The Marlin Fire Arms Company introduced the model 81 bolt action rimfire rifle in 1937 as a tubular magazine variation of their model 80 rimfire rifle. Convertible arms such as the Marlin Model 1892 could use either rimfire or centerfire ammunition. The use of oversized cast bullets greatly solves this problem, restoring accuracy with cast bullet handloads to levels seen from Ballard rifled barrels. Its use of side ejection allows for flat-topped firearms, thereby making the mounting of scopes easier than for traditional Winchesters. Sold firearms under the following models and the company that manufactured them. Buyer is 100% responsible to verify fitment based on manufacturing part number and/or images. For the majority of Marlin model 81 rifles, you'll at best be able to narrow the production date down to an approximate year range, as they were largely made without serial numbers. concentrating on production of a small single-shot. Patent 3,100,358 for what was named MicroGroove Rifling, which was a departure from the standard "Ballard," or cut rifling. Please don't guess!!! In 1953 Marlin Firearms was issued U.S. Marlin owned the firearm manufacturer H&R Firearms. Glenfield Marlin Model 60 Marlin Model 60 Barrel Retaining Pin $ 4.00. Marlin Model 336 and Models 39-A and 39-M manufactured from 1948 to 1968.
