For year of manufacture check the Marlin sites. You subtract some portion of the serial # from 2000. I don't know what happened after 2000. You didn't pay too much, nor get a screaming deal. Mine has metallic sights, and is likely more accurate than I shoot it because of the recoil. Especially from a bench. It compares O. K. to my smaller lever-actions when shot from positions though.

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