I hope this is an acceptable place to post considering this is question about a Marlin copy and not a real Marlin but if so anyone tell me when the JC Higgins 103.229 was made or why there are many variants on the 103.xxx? Are they all mechanically the same? I Googled but apparently there isn't a lot of history on the model dates and designations. Best I could find is that it could be from 1937-1947 or possibly as late as 1961.
Short story if you're interested.... I had one stolen years ago and wanted another exactly like it, right down to the sanded and re-stained wooden stock, so when I found this at an auction I took a chance and picked it up for $76. With a little clean up and a new Walmart\Simmons scope it''s incredibly accurate. It's nothing fancy by any stretch. The bluing bluing is about gone but the barrel isn't rusty, just shiny like an old knife, but it's a honest shooter and I couldn't be happier with it.
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Short story if you're interested.... I had one stolen years ago and wanted another exactly like it, right down to the sanded and re-stained wooden stock, so when I found this at an auction I took a chance and picked it up for $76. With a little clean up and a new Walmart\Simmons scope it''s incredibly accurate. It's nothing fancy by any stretch. The bluing bluing is about gone but the barrel isn't rusty, just shiny like an old knife, but it's a honest shooter and I couldn't be happier with it.
Thanks
