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Another straight grip fan.....nice!! So much so, I'm getting one in 22mag.....1894m
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I just picked up my Marlin Golden 39M from my FFL today and WOW!!!
By the pics, I couldn't get a real feel for the size of the gun/receiver. I knew I'd like it but I was really impressed with how light and handy it was compared to a centerfire 1894/1895. It just BEGS to be carried and shot.
As usual, I don't care for the factory sights so I'll be swapping those out ASAP as well......
Biden's most truthful quote ever came during his first press conference, 03/25/21.
Drum roll please...... "I don't know, to be clear." and THAT is one promise he's kept!!!
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You gotta lotta balls to come on here without pics, fella....
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Without question, the last rifle I would ever part with: ![[Linked Image]](http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/IV_Troop/dec2006212.jpg) Awesome pic! What scope are you using and would you go that route again? I'm leaning towards a peep but I see you and Mannlicher are both sportin' optics so I had to ask..... Mine is wearing an old Burris 2x7 compact. I very much prefer glass to irons. I jave a Leupold compact 4x that would be equally at home on this rifle. Many of my shots at jackrabbits are a ways out there and the optics definately help.
THE CHAIR IS AGAINST THE WALL. The Tikka T3 in .308 Winchester is the Glock 19 of the rifle world. The website is up and running!www.lostriverammocompany.com
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It coulda/shoulda/woulda been my Mountie, but today was the 15-22's turn to be carried...... ![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/huntsman22/critters/IMG_0246.jpg)
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Looks like a good job anyway
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My eyes cause me to 'sport' optics, too. cheap ones. Kinda like reading glasses before bi-focals......redfield 2-7 ![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/huntsman22/guns/IMG_2603.jpg) I asked you a while back about the checkering on the stock of your mountie ... since I don't think they ever came checkered. Not that it matters but I believe your stock is off a Marlin 1897 Texan. I just spied one on GA and both stock and forearm are checkered. Just incase you were curious. http://www.gunsamerica.com/91487598...rlin_1897_Texan_Lever_Action_22_SLLR.htm
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You can buy replacement stocks from marlin Cheap but they are the new style even for the mounties.
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Sorry I missed the question on the checkered stock. I think the rear stock had been replaced at some time. I don't care if it's checkered or not. May be why it was cheap......George, I don't think it's off a '97, but then again, it's my shooter not a safe queen. So far, I can't tell that it would shoot any better uncheckered.....
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I didn't ask if you cared ... simple statement of fact for my edification .... you had a similar off-handed response last time too.
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I didn't mean they were bad stocks. I had just contacted marlin about a 336 stock and 1 of my mounties has a stock that I started to checker 20 years ago and never quite finished.
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Back in about 1966 a 39-A Golden was my first .22 rifle...it was sold off when I went to college. After reading this thread as it was going along I decided to look for another Mountie...I say another as I had a 1961 back a few years ago but a friend fell in love with it so I sold it to him. Last year I bought a 39TDS but never liked the short barrels balance...so it was recently sold and I found what was advertised to be a 1940s vintage 39A with straight stock and 20" barrel...it looked nice and the price was right so I bought it... Turned out to be a 1956 I guess pre-Mountie as it doesn't have the gold trigger nor Mountie on the barrel. ![[Linked Image]](http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b77/RJM52/22%20rifles/GB021711010.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b77/RJM52/22%20rifles/GB021711009.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b77/RJM52/22%20rifles/GB021711011.jpg) With big brother 1894S .41 Magnum... ![[Linked Image]](http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b77/RJM52/22%20rifles/GB021711007.jpg) Put one of the older 3/4" tube Bushnell TwentyTwo scopes on it and it shoots great.... ...now I don't feel so left out... Bob
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looks good. Nice, ain't they?
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You ever get your 1894 .22 Magnum???? I just sold one a few months ago...great shooting guns but a .22 Magnum on a 1894 frame is just a little too big for the round. Wish they could have made the 39 in .22 Magnum...
Bob
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yeah, I got it. The '94 is way beefy for it... still a great piece, tho.
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Anyone know what year Marlin started with the "Golden" series?
Bob
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Nice rifles guys. Dad taught me to shoot with his 39a Mountie, long ago. He's still got that rifle and has taught dozens of kids to shoot with it.
I grabbed a 39a rifle when I could. My favorite rifle to shoot.
Regards, Guy
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Back in about 1966 a 39-A Golden was my first .22 rifle...it was sold off when I went to college. After reading this thread as it was going along I decided to look for another Mountie...I say another as I had a 1961 back a few years ago but a friend fell in love with it so I sold it to him. Last year I bought a 39TDS but never liked the short barrels balance...so it was recently sold and I found what was advertised to be a 1940s vintage 39A with straight stock and 20" barrel...it looked nice and the price was right so I bought it... THAT is a keeper! Nice job. Turned out to be a 1956 I guess pre-Mountie as it doesn't have the gold trigger nor Mountie on the barrel. With big brother 1894S .41 Magnum... Put one of the older 3/4" tube Bushnell TwentyTwo scopes on it and it shoots great.... ...now I don't feel so left out... Bob
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