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I read on here, a while back, how to determine the year of manufacture of a Marlin 336 by using the serial number. Could someone please re-post that? Thanks

1949 is an F prefix and they went alphabetical order to up in the 1960's. The next series is no letter and subtract the first 2 digits from 100, i.e. 211144 would be 100-21=79 or 1979. Somewhere along the line the first digit or two was the year but I am not sure when that was (late 1960's???perhaps not).

Believe that this serialization method was introduced in 1973. 1972 and earlier (how early I can't recall) the first 2 digits indicated the year.

OK, I got some more info: The letters went to like 1964 and then went AA, AB, etc until 1968. 1968-1972 are 68,69,70,71,72. The minus from 100 started in 1973.

Thanks for the help, guys.

Here's a list to copy and argue over:

Model 336: June 1948 to present.
219Zipper, 30-30, 307 Win, 32 Special, 35 Remington, 356 Win, 38-55, 375 Win, & 44 Mag. Early serial numbers located on the lower tang under the lever. Later ones on upper tang.

E-1948
F-1949
G-1950
H-1951
J-1952
K-1953
L-1954
M-1955
N-1956
P-1957
R-1958
S-1959
T-1960
U-1961
V-1962
W-1963
Y-1964
Z-1964
AA-1965
AB-1966
AC-1967
AD-early 1968
68-late 1968
69-1969
70-1970
71-1971
72-1972
27-1973
26-1974
25-1975
24-1976
23-1977
22-1978
21-1979
20-1980
19-1981
18-1982
17-1983
16-1984
15-1985
14-1986
13-1987
12-1988
11-1989
10-1990
09-1991
08-1992
07-1993
06-1994
05-1995
04-1996
03-1997
02-1998
01-1999
00-2000
99-2001
98-2002
97-2003
96-2004
95-2005
94-2006

Thanks for the info.

Steve

From 1973-present just subtract the 1st 2 digits from 100 on MOST models. Some of the limited runs and a few others don't fit the pattern.

I just bought a U in .32 WS, can't wait to try her out.