Marlin 39A

[ddeaton]

I was looking for a lever gun for the wife a few posts back. I picked up a 1963 vintage 39A carbine at the gun show today. great shape. Cant wait to shoot it. Now I can take my time and look for a 357 caliber.

[Jbar4Ranch]

My answer to the old "If you could only have one gun" question is always the Marlin 39A. My current one dates to the late fifties. Yer gonna like it!

[crazy mark]

I too picked up a 39A in the last month. It's an early 50's date. Just today I picked up a Westernfield M865 which is really a Mossberg 402. All of a sudden I am finding cheap 22 Lever guns. I now have 4. A win 250 and a agawam. The Marlinn 39A is the best of the bunch in my opinion. Mark

[August]

Every time I handle my 39M, I marvel at the quality of workmanship that went into these rifles. I know they're expensive, but when you consider the fit and finish of the 39, they seem like a bargain.

I think the best part of this rifle is that you can mix long-rifles, shorts, and CB caps in the magazine and it works flawlessly. It's about the only 22 you can still buy that allows gopher and mice-in-the-basement loads.

[ddeaton]

Its got me hooked now. I want to look for them at the shows. Old fashioned assault weapons!

[mtgrs737]

I have had one for 30 years, and they just fit me well. I put a 4 power scope on mine and really enjoy shooting it. You will too. Good luck!

[jnovotny]

I have a little 39A in a carbine its called a "MOUNTIE", made around 1950, best little .22 around.

[9.3X62AL]

The Rotten Daughters and Evil Nephews make a habit of appropriating 10/22s that land here, but they WILL NOT be getting the 39A (1974-made) I happened onto 10 years ago. NOT GONNA HAPPEN. High quality, great accuracy, not fussy about ammo--what's not to like?

[beagle]

Picked up a 1956 vintage 39A several years ago. My shooting partner was giving it away. He bought it, shot a box through it and it had been sitting in the closet since. Later, he gave me a 6X scope for it.

When my grandson comes, that's the one he grabs for. Shoots fast and more accurate than his chipmonk even though his dad has one of the Mounties. Don't know why he grabs mine. Maybe because it's "Paw's".

Best .22 made ...well, except maybe for the old M62A Winchester pump. Still wish I had my old frog, squirrel and rat killer but alas, it's gone./beagle

[eka]

I've got a pair of 'em and there aint no way I'm parting with 'em.

Little tack drivers they are.

[mainiac]

I looked for a 39 around here for years, and finally found one that was hardly fired, born on date of 1965, and has fancy wood,and very nice blueing. It will put 10 of the cheap federal 510,s in a group @ 50 yards under an inch, with its open sights,and this idiot driving it! I payed way to much for it, but i am glad i own it, and like others have said, if i can only own 1 gun than it will be this 39!

[9.3X62AL]

Yeah, if only one 22 rifle could stay--it would be the Model 39A. Best all-around 22 LR I own.

[Maineboy]

My 39A came to me 1 year ago as a Christmas present from my wife and is by far my all time favorite .22 rifle. I've bought, sold, and traded a bunch of 22 rifles over the years but this one has a permanent place in the gun safe. It shoots just about any 22 ammo quite well but the best groups come from Winchester Super X plated solid points. On my last trip to the range with it, I put up 5 pasters on a target at 50 yards and was able to put 5 Super Xs in each of those pasters. This winter I've used it to take a few dozen red squirrels that were burglarizing my bird feeders using Remington bulk hollow points.

[Jbar4Ranch]

Sometime in the past, someone added a scope to mine - using one of those old formed-to-the-barrel mounts that require mounting holes to be drilled in the side of the barrel... and to add insult to injury, they screwed up one of the holes and ended up drilling five of them before it was over. It shot well enough, but was downright butt-ugly. I finally located a very nice, but re-blued barrel, unscrewed the original, and replaced it. It indexed close enough, just a few degrees past, that I was able to get by with a thin shim to get it to line up rather than have to set back the threads, cut a thread off, re-cut the extractor relief slot, and rent a chamber reamer, which probably wouldn't have been worthwhile before I was through. Slight peening of the barrel shoulder would probably have worked just as well, but likely would have been more noticeable.

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[mainiac]

When i bought my rifle,it was absolutly flawless. Someone had it for pretty near 40 years and never put a scratch on her. Ive had it 3-4 years, and shes got scars now!!! I try to take good care of my guns, but the prettier they are, the quicker i beat them up!