marlin 1897
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marlin 1897
I was hoping to find more info on this Marlin.Its a model 1897 with the serial# in the 245000.I looked it up on armscollectors.com and said it was made in 1902.Thats all I can find so far.Any help would be great.
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marlinman93
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Re: marlin 1897
You have a Marlin 1897 with a few special order features, such as: pistol grip stock, checkering, tang sight, half magazine, half octagon barrel, and crescent buttplate. Most 1897's were std. with hard rubber buttplates, straight grip stocks, full octagon barrels, and no checkering. Of course the star is not original, and will hurt the value somewhat.
The barrel appears to possibly be longer than the std. 24", maybe 26"? If so that would be another special feature. That's about all I can add.-Vall
The barrel appears to possibly be longer than the std. 24", maybe 26"? If so that would be another special feature. That's about all I can add.-Vall
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