Marlin Model 93

[Centgral PADan]

I have a:
Marlin Model 93 on Tang
32 H.P.S.
Serial Number 1404 on receiver close to forend
Marlin Firearm Co New Haven CT USA
PAT'D OCT 11 1887 APRIL 2 1889 AUG 1 1893 on top of barrel in front of rear sight
Special Smokeless Steel Italicized on left rear barrel
Marlin Safety followed by 2 screws on top on receiver
Nothing under lever
No Bullseye
No sling swivels
Large silver front sight

I have searched the net and get mixed info. One guy says its this year because of this marking, and another guy says the opposite. This gun seems to have identifiers from 2 era's of Marlin manufacture.
Condition:
Appears to have been re-blued at some point in its life.
Wood is in fantastic shape, assuming it was touched up when blued, but doesn't show over sanding as all wood metal transitions are as they should be.
The Tube has a small dent an inch from the end. Crown is beautiful.
Any help is appreciated.

[Regnier (gunrunner)]

Centgral PADan;

The designation of Model '93 started in 1921. The earliest of these marked guns had the serial number up near the forearm, but was later moved back, under the lever. So, it would appear you have an early Marlin Model '93 that was made in 1921. The trademark Marlin Bullseye started in 1923 as that was when it first appeared on the Marlin catalogs.
The two screws on the top of the receiver were for the Marlin-Hepburn patented Receiver sight that came about in August of 1903, All Marlin firearms made after that date had the receiver drilled and tapped for that sight.
At the time you gun was made, it was assembled from parts on hand from the old Marlin Firearms Company that sold out in late December of 1915. WW I saw the Marlin Arms Corporation, later Marlin-Rockwell Corporation take over to build machine guns for the war and assemble a few sporting arms during the was to keep employees busy between contracts. At the end of the war, the company was sold off and became the Marlin Firearms Corporation and continued to assemble sporting arms until the supply of left over parts ran out and the company began to make the parts themselves. The Corporation went bankrupt and was sold at auction to become the Marlin Firearms Company under the Kenna family until it was sold to the Remington Gun Company.

[Centgral PADan]

Thank you!