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I remember saving paper route money for months to buy a new 39A Golden Mountie from Gibson's Discount Store in 1968. I killed a carload of gophers with that gun during the summers of Huckleberry Finn as I spent those summers all over Horse Butte, near West Yellowstone, MT.

Few guns excited me as much as that Marlin, and now it sits in the back of the safe, unfired for decades...


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My first rifle was a 39A Golden with the pistol grip stock and 24" barrel...it was a rabbit and squirrel killin' machine. That was 1966...

Shot all three of the Carbines today but forgot to take any pics... Sights on #3 will need to be changed out as neither the front nor rear are original and the rear sight can't go low enough..at the bottom step of the elevator it is still 6" high at 50 yards...


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Bob, were those Super-X you were shooting the round nose HVA or the hollow points?


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...round nose. Still have a couple of cases left over from the Clinton scare in the 1990s...


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I'm gonna try some of those out. They're supposed to be around 1400 fps.


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don't know how I missed this thread. I got my Golden Mountie a few years back. Traded for it, with a fellow member. He got my straight stock Marlin 336 in .35 Remington, a fine shooter, and in great shape. I got his Marlin 39A. I have never regreted the trade, and just love the .22 lever rifle.
The scope on mine is a Leupold Rimfire 2-7X. Bought it from Rick.
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Pics of the #3 rifle...

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Very clean except for some scratches at the end of the barrel and the rear sight is not original. But it shoots up to Marlin standards...

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I bought my Mountie in 1966 from Dawson's Small Arms of the World in Annandale, VA for (I think) $89.95. I still have it, saving it for my grandson who is almost ready for it. I doubt if it has been fired over 100 times.

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Here's a neat trick for a trigger stop. Drill and tap a set screw as shown.

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Originally Posted by Dirtfarmer
Here's a neat trick for a trigger stop. Drill and tap a set screw as shown.

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Nicely done and it looks to be very well hidden. What size tap did you use?

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Originally Posted by huntsman22
nice wood.... but maybe you could grind the engraving off, and make it purty?.....grin



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Ended up selling the #3 rifle and bought a 70s vintage Article II which is basically a Mountie with an octagon barrel. Only thing I don't like about it is the brass curved buttplate on the stock...otherwise a very good shooter...

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I would find a 6x compact....would be proportional, a 4x33 would not be bad, same size.

Nice rifle, that dog will shoot smile Like that config myself better than the standard models....

Though a buddy had an old 39A I enjoyed - borrowing. Miss the 9422 I had....yep. But want a BL22 as they are handy.

May have to keep an eye out for one of these, but you found a one off...congrats and enjoy.

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Found a deal on a '77 39A I couldn't pass up. Hardly shot and extremely well cared for. One little ding in the forearm that I may be able to iron out, but I'm not worried about it. Other than that, pristine. Have never handled a tube fed .22 where the tube worked this smooth.

Well, here she is.

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Originally Posted by avagadro
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nothing wrong with looking purdy while being used!

+ 6.02e^23 smile


I have not seen that number since high school chemistry in 1966.

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Trump with wings......?

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Since my last post ended up selling off the last standard Carbine and the Article II...now just have the one with the nice stock... Been down sizing lately and sold off five other .22 rifles and two senterfires...

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