This Marlin 56 is the only one I've ever seen checkered. The Marlin 57 is the tubular magazine model of the same. Short, quick stroke, about 2" throw, called them levermatics. Marlin bought out a smaller company or bought the patents for the technology. Interesting reading...
Last edited by Fireball2; 01/11/14.
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