my new Marlins: dates of manufacture

[new pig hunter]

here's the purchase background of my new 375 and 444 Marlin's .....
http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... 4&p=125257

I used this website to get the date of manufacture:
http://armscollectors.com/sn/marlinlookup.php

the 375 serial number begins with 20, and the website says it was manufactured in 1980. I reckon that is the first year Marlin made the 375.

the 444 serial number begins with 11, and the website says it was manufactured in 1989.

Cheers,

Carl

[Old Savage]

This is an 80,

[new pig hunter]

Old Savage,

Wow, my other Marlin 375 looks "just like yours" !! Almost of course, except your scope is has a slightly different shape than the one on mine.

My other Marlin 375 is a "17" ... which means it was made in 1983.

Cheers,

Carl

[Old Savage]

I find the Marlins from this period to be particularly smoooth.

[new pig hunter]

The .444 is very smooth .... I'll be removing the bolt and polishing with 2000-grit wet/dry sandpaper.

The .375 is not too smooth, there is some oily gunk on the bolt, it will also get the sandpaper treatment after cleaning.

Cheers,

Carl

[Pete44ru]

All Marlin Qwners:

Marlin year of manufacture maybe determined from the following list of letter/numeral prefixs to the serial number; this coding only applies to serialized rifles:

1946= C
1947= D
1948= E
1949= F
1950= G
1951= H
1952= J
1953= K
1954= L
1955= M
1956= N
1957-58= R
1958-59= S
1960 (August)-1961= U
1961 (August)-1962= V
1963= W
1964= Y & Z
1965= AA
1966= AB
1967= AC
1968= AD & 68
1969= 69
1970= 70
1971= 71
1972= 72 - IIRC, an exception is the early 2nd generation M-1895 .45-70's (ca.1972), which have a "B" prefix (again IIRC).

Starting in 1973, the year of manufacture maybe determined by subtracting the first two digits of the serial number from 100:
Ex: SN 2512345 would have been made in 1975 [100 - 25 = 75].

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[AJMD429]

Starting in 1973, the year of manufacture maybe determined by subtracting the first two digits of the serial number from 100:
Ex: SN 2512345 would have been made in 1975 [100 - 25 = 75].

What about post-2000 ones...

If it begins "93xxxxxx" then is that 2007...?

[Old Savage]

Yes.