Harold Mayo
September 14, 2003, 12:52 PM
Was given my grandfather's old Marlin .30-30 yesterday by my grandmother. My grandfather died a decade or so ago but she kept a lot of his things for sentimental reasons. He had promised this rifle to me, though, and she was getting rid of a lot of things, so she went ahead and gave it to me.
Being a tactical poser, I am not all that familiar with lever-action firearms.;)
I've hunted and hunted online but decided that it would be a whole lot easier for someone to just tell me what it is rather than me looking too hard.
Lever-action .30-30, wood furniture (walnut?), worn blueing, not a high-polished finish but not matte, serial number is a little odd to me...it's an odd-looking "n"-shaped thing followed by 5704. The only "date of manufacture" site that I could find for the Marlins wouldn't accept the "n" thing and showed, when I only entered "5704", that the date of manufacture was 1883. The .30-30 was introduced after that time, so that can't be the date of manufacture.
Any assistance? Wildalaska? Anyone?
Being a tactical poser, I am not all that familiar with lever-action firearms.;)
I've hunted and hunted online but decided that it would be a whole lot easier for someone to just tell me what it is rather than me looking too hard.
Lever-action .30-30, wood furniture (walnut?), worn blueing, not a high-polished finish but not matte, serial number is a little odd to me...it's an odd-looking "n"-shaped thing followed by 5704. The only "date of manufacture" site that I could find for the Marlins wouldn't accept the "n" thing and showed, when I only entered "5704", that the date of manufacture was 1883. The .30-30 was introduced after that time, so that can't be the date of manufacture.
Any assistance? Wildalaska? Anyone?