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I just received the Marlin Model 49 22 autoloader I bought. The gun is in pretty decent shape. The stock & forearm are walnut, it has the bullseye, and still has the sticker on the forearm saying to use 22 LR only. There is a little rust on the barrel, right where you would hold the gun to put the 22 ammo into the tube, but it cleaned up pretty well. If anyone has Brophy's book, turn to page 313 and it's the top gun, complete with the Marlin 300 scope. Only problem is the scope has no crosshairs which I knew when i bought it.
Now here is the kicker. Brophy's book says they were made beginning in 1968. Mine has an AC serial number which makes it a 1967 gun. I wonder if this was one of the early guns that Marlin made for the "mass merchandiser" that Brophy refers to? I know they were listed in the 1968 catalog as a new model. So the one I have is an early specimen in any case. I'll get some pictures of it once I get it cleaned up and a scope put on it. If it shoots halfway decently it was worth the $100 I paid for it.
Now here is the kicker. Brophy's book says they were made beginning in 1968. Mine has an AC serial number which makes it a 1967 gun. I wonder if this was one of the early guns that Marlin made for the "mass merchandiser" that Brophy refers to? I know they were listed in the 1968 catalog as a new model. So the one I have is an early specimen in any case. I'll get some pictures of it once I get it cleaned up and a scope put on it. If it shoots halfway decently it was worth the $100 I paid for it.