I was given this rifle in 1973. It is new, never fired. In doing some research I found a picture of the rifle which had a brass plate on the stock saying "39 Century Ltd. 100 Marlin Years". Mine does not have this plate. On the top of the barrel it is engraved " Marlin 39 Century Ltd." I also have the Marlin 2 rifle Commerative Set brace of 1000. Models 336 and 39. they were originally purchased from a Marlin employee who said they were all serial # 75. Can anyone offer an opinion as to why my rifle is missing this plate and how it may effect the value. Also, I have searched the serial number on the 39 Century Limited and can not find one. Any thoughts as to where it is located? Thanks for your help.
Trished
My 39 Century Limited has the brass plate on the right side of stock. I saw one with out the plate but close up you could see where the two small pins had been there. The serial # is on the upper tang and is stamped with NO. 9XXX. That is NO meaning number and a space then the numbers of which mine is a four number gun.
Any chance this is an 1897 Century Limited and not the 39 Century---The 1897's have no brass plate on the side of the stock and are much higher quality--YMMV.
Steve
Steve
Possible that the Marlin employee made the gun up for himself and just didn't want the brass parts. Hard to tell without any documentation of any kind.
Also you can remove the stock and see if the numbers match, it also might have had a stock replaced at some time.
Also you can remove the stock and see if the numbers match, it also might have had a stock replaced at some time.
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