Originally Posted by S99VG
I think its quite possible for factories to have items such as butt plates kicking around for that long.


How likely is it that butt plate made it from the Marlin production line to Utica, NY?

Second thing I thought of.

If I were going to spend XK on that gun, I sure would want to see the letter and the matching serial numbers.

Just me.

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