That's in Beautiful condition with Great wood!

How much different are the Mountie and the 39A?

Obviously the straight stock and lever which makes yours look slim and trim.
All my Marlins have been centerfire till now so I've got lots to learn about these.

"Camping places fix themselves in your mind as if you had spent long periods of your life in them.
You will remember a curve of your wagon track in the grass of the plain like the features of a friend."
Isak Dinesen