Hi. First post & thanking everyone in advance for answers. I have been skulking around this site a long time, but finally stumped to the point of needing to post up.
I just bought an odd 39a Marlin Golden. AB XXX serial number so 1966 production. In great shape (for an almost 50 year old rifle), but the front sight base & screw heads in the receiver & butt plate & grip cap are gold coated with the same finish as the trigger. Also it came with a military type leather sling with the serial number stamped on the underside of it. I hate the ghetto-gold looking stuff, but if it's some sort of ultra rare model or something, I won't take it over to my gunsmith & have it Ceracoated. I stripped all of the parts off of it & got a mountain of rimfire mud from under all the springs & crevices. I had to use bronze dental picks to get everything from out of the corners, etc. It was disgusting. I seem to remember Sears or someone having these set up like that, but it's been a lot of years since I was young. Any info would help.
I just bought an odd 39a Marlin Golden. AB XXX serial number so 1966 production. In great shape (for an almost 50 year old rifle), but the front sight base & screw heads in the receiver & butt plate & grip cap are gold coated with the same finish as the trigger. Also it came with a military type leather sling with the serial number stamped on the underside of it. I hate the ghetto-gold looking stuff, but if it's some sort of ultra rare model or something, I won't take it over to my gunsmith & have it Ceracoated. I stripped all of the parts off of it & got a mountain of rimfire mud from under all the springs & crevices. I had to use bronze dental picks to get everything from out of the corners, etc. It was disgusting. I seem to remember Sears or someone having these set up like that, but it's been a lot of years since I was young. Any info would help.
