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I was over in the next town down the road today for some business and I figured since I was there I'd check out the local pawn shops for anything interesting. They had this one sitting up on the top of the rifle rack by itself.
(sorry for only 1 picture, my camera bit the dust right after this one)
Its a waffle top 336A in 32 Special w/ 24" barrel, serial number starts with H. I looked in the reference section and dated it to 1951, making it officially the oldest Marlin I own. I was originally hoping to find a nice used 30-30 or maybe a 35 Remington, certainly wasn't expecting to find this. I've wanted a 32 Special for a while but they're rare enough that I'd pretty much given up on finding one, especially here in Oklahoma, so I just about jumped when the lady behind the counter pointed to it and said it was in 32 Win Special. I looked at a couple of Winchesters but I knew this one was coming home with me.
Its in pretty good condition considering its age. Had a little bit of freckling on the trigger guard plate and the bottom of the lever and a touch on the receiver, but very little blueing wear. No major scratches or gouges and everything functions smoothly - even the filler screws for the sight mount holes on the side are still there. Whoever had it took pretty good care of it. I'll try to get some better pictures once I either get my camera working again or find my other digital camera.
*** EDIT 2/18 - More pics added in post #24 ***

(sorry for only 1 picture, my camera bit the dust right after this one)
Its a waffle top 336A in 32 Special w/ 24" barrel, serial number starts with H. I looked in the reference section and dated it to 1951, making it officially the oldest Marlin I own. I was originally hoping to find a nice used 30-30 or maybe a 35 Remington, certainly wasn't expecting to find this. I've wanted a 32 Special for a while but they're rare enough that I'd pretty much given up on finding one, especially here in Oklahoma, so I just about jumped when the lady behind the counter pointed to it and said it was in 32 Win Special. I looked at a couple of Winchesters but I knew this one was coming home with me.
Its in pretty good condition considering its age. Had a little bit of freckling on the trigger guard plate and the bottom of the lever and a touch on the receiver, but very little blueing wear. No major scratches or gouges and everything functions smoothly - even the filler screws for the sight mount holes on the side are still there. Whoever had it took pretty good care of it. I'll try to get some better pictures once I either get my camera working again or find my other digital camera.
*** EDIT 2/18 - More pics added in post #24 ***