JK16 - so it looks like that 22" barrel with full magazine and bolt hold open was the norm in 1990 according to the marlin catalogs, and from 85 till 92.

Thank you very much. I thought it was a 1 or 2 year overlap, not a 7 year one. But I knew that I didn't really know.

Thanks all!

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