GUN FALL 2015
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/5/2015
RARE DELUXE ENGRAVED MARLIN MODEL 39 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. MARLIN 39 5291 22 Cal. 22. Fine little first year production Marlin with 24” tapered oct bbl, Model 1897 style, full magazine, Sheard front sight & flat top rear sight. Mounted with very nicely figured European walnut, checkered in B-style with serpentine grip & crescent butt. Receiver is engraved in #1 style, probably by Alden George Ulrich in #1 pattern which consists of the large rnd vignette of a squirrel on a limb surrounded by foliate arabesque patterns. Right side has light foliate arabesque patterns with leaf and vine patterns on the bolt. Top and bottom of receiver and top tang are lightly engraved to match. The early Model 39 rifles were simply a continuation of the model 1897 and were produced only 1922-1936 when the model became the “39A”. Very few of this model rifle was ordered deluxe or engraved. Not too long after the inception of this model the Great Depression struck making this model very expensive and the extra cost for deluxe features or engraving would have been prohibitive for most customers. CONDITION: Condition: Very good, all matching. Bbl, magazine tube and forend cap, along with the hammer retaining about all of a restored finish. Receiver, lever & buttplate have faded to silver. Wood is sound and retains about all of a restored finish. Mechanics are fine. Bright shiny bore. Only a handful of engraved Model 39s are known to exist. 49121-13 JR (6,000-8,000)