I bought my 39 carbine at an estate sale a few years ago for $275.oo and have been using it for a skunk gun. I could not find any information on it and the serial number was no help on the marlin serial number search page. Four digit numbers show it was made in the late 1800s I wish. The Model 39-A did not have a cross hammer safety, whereas the current Golden Model 39A has had one since introduction in 1983. The Golden 39A is still considered one of the finest examples of a lever.22 rifle, and one of the most accurate.22 rifles ever produced.
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SOLD Pending Funds
I built this rifle for a customer in 2014. It went into his safe and has not been fired since, not one round. Here is the list of work that is included on the Backpacker Lite package:
Marlin 39TDS, Serial Number TDS01644
Katamari damacy mac. Cut barrel to 16-1/4 inches
Recrown barrel with an 11° target crown
Relocate front magazine tube support dovetail
Shorten inner magazine tube
Shorten outer magazine tube
Modify outer magazine tube for cap retention
Shorten magazine tube spring
Enlarge lever loop
Fill old rear sight dovetail
Custom rear sight, adjustable for windage & elevation
Custom silver-soldered front sight, including replaceable insert
Trigger job
Action smoothing
Pachmayr short Decelerator recoil pad
Refinished walnut stock set in hand-rubbed oil & urethane
Cerakote ceramic finish, black
Test fired
Sighted-in
Recrown barrel with an 11° target crown
Relocate front magazine tube support dovetail
Shorten inner magazine tube
Shorten outer magazine tube
Modify outer magazine tube for cap retention
Shorten magazine tube spring
Enlarge lever loop
Fill old rear sight dovetail
Custom rear sight, adjustable for windage & elevation
Custom silver-soldered front sight, including replaceable insert
Trigger job
Action smoothing
Pachmayr short Decelerator recoil pad
Refinished walnut stock set in hand-rubbed oil & urethane
Cerakote ceramic finish, black
Test fired
Sighted-in
Available now, from the owner, for $2,495. Shipping will be additional. Sbw 06d2x u windows 10 driver.
Marlin 39 Tds Serial Numbers Chart
If you are interested I will put you in contact with the owner and you will deal direct with him. He will ship it to your FFL for transfer to you.
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Marlin 39 Tds History
I bought my Marlin 39 TDS for a specfic purpose. There was an old abandoned railroad track not far away, and I enjoyed hiking and 4x4 driving down the rail bed after they tore up the tracks. I decided to do some shooting in safe places along the way, where I had a wall of mud and dirt for a backstop. Other people shot there, and I could see plenty of shell cases on the ground in certain spots.
But I wanted a small and light weight .22 rifle to plink with.
And I wanted it to handle shorts and CB longs, for quieter shooting so I wouldn't have somebody call the cops on me, and so I wouldn't bother other hikers or mountain bikers (off road bicycling, whatever it's called).
So I did some research and had my local gun shop special-order a Marlin 39 Take-Down-Special. I paid a good price for it-- I think $425. Full suggested retail price back around 1991 or so (don't quote me on the year). Nobody had them in stock, so I had to order it and wait a few weeks.
I also used that gun to shoot .22 shotshells at those flying grashoppers. It's like quail hunting, only you have to shoot really fast because the pattern of shooting a shotshell through a rifled bore opens up so wide, so quickly. But I liked the fact that this lever-action gun would handle shotshells just as well as any other ammo.
Mine's very accurate, although the trigger pull is rather heavy and has some creep in it. It's a hunting-grade trigger, not a match trigger.
P.S. That old abandoned rail line later became a popular 'rails to trails' project called the Silver Comet Trail. No shooting around there anymore! It's all developed with lots of new housing and shopping malls at every interesection.
The Silver Comet Trail goes from the outskirts of Atlanta (Smyrna, GA) to the Alabama line. 40 miles of paved, mostly flat path.
It used to be used by the 'Silver Comet' passenger train in the 1940s, going from Atlanta GA to Birmingham, AL. Freight trains also used it up until the 1970s.
But I wanted a small and light weight .22 rifle to plink with.
And I wanted it to handle shorts and CB longs, for quieter shooting so I wouldn't have somebody call the cops on me, and so I wouldn't bother other hikers or mountain bikers (off road bicycling, whatever it's called).
So I did some research and had my local gun shop special-order a Marlin 39 Take-Down-Special. I paid a good price for it-- I think $425. Full suggested retail price back around 1991 or so (don't quote me on the year). Nobody had them in stock, so I had to order it and wait a few weeks.
I also used that gun to shoot .22 shotshells at those flying grashoppers. It's like quail hunting, only you have to shoot really fast because the pattern of shooting a shotshell through a rifled bore opens up so wide, so quickly. But I liked the fact that this lever-action gun would handle shotshells just as well as any other ammo.
Mine's very accurate, although the trigger pull is rather heavy and has some creep in it. It's a hunting-grade trigger, not a match trigger.
P.S. That old abandoned rail line later became a popular 'rails to trails' project called the Silver Comet Trail. No shooting around there anymore! It's all developed with lots of new housing and shopping malls at every interesection.
The Silver Comet Trail goes from the outskirts of Atlanta (Smyrna, GA) to the Alabama line. 40 miles of paved, mostly flat path.
It used to be used by the 'Silver Comet' passenger train in the 1940s, going from Atlanta GA to Birmingham, AL. Freight trains also used it up until the 1970s.