1893 Marlins

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:30 pm

Thought I'd shoot another group while I had them out for cleaning and inspection. These are my 1893/'93 Marlins:

Top to bottom,
1893 Grade B for blackpowder, 32" octagon .32-40
1893 deluxe, factory engraved, B checkered, XXX grade wood, 28" octagon .30 WCF barrel.
1893 deluxe takedown, two barrel set, 28" half octagon .30wcf, 24" half octagon .32HPS, half mags, A checkered, extra grade wood, shotgun butt, Ballard globes.
1893 deluxe, 26" full octagon, .38-55 barrel, A checkered.
1893 takedown, 26" full octagon, .25-36, Lyman windgage front sight.
1893 Special Lightweight, takedown, 20" half octagon, half mag, shotgun butt, .32-40, factory threaded for Maxim silencer.
'93 carbine, 20" barrel, .32HPS.

cutter · Post by **cutter** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:34 pm

Wow, what a collection!

I love those long barreled rifles.

Do you have a silencer for the lightweight?

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:38 pm

You need to warn us before posts like this! I'm thinking "drool alert" is appropriate.

Awesome collection!!!

KWK · Post by **KWK** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 1:28 am

Very nice, thank you.

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 1:52 am

Now ya gone and done it. I just drooled all over my key board.

I always love your pics.

jorgy · Post by **jorgy** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 4:04 am

Hi Vall
Very nice of group of 1893's. Sure like the long barreled gun. I have 4
of the 32's inchers. 2 38/55, 32/40(special smokeless steel) & 30/30.
Does the 2 barrel set letter? I also have in my collection 9 deluxe 1893
Marlins including 32HPS are very hard to find. I have all calibers in the '93
deluxes. One of these deluxes is a 30/30 with a matted barrel & the stamp
of V Kindler Saginaw next to the caliber stamping with the matting starting
just ahead of the caliber stamping. The gun does letter. I have been told
that the matted barrel option is the most rare special option known. It also
has 3x deluxe fancy wood with the hard piano varnish & "G" style checkering which the most rare form of checkering known. It has a 24"
half round half octagon barrel with half mag. It also has a Lyman tang sight Beeches front & Lyman # 6 in the rear barrel dovetail. You have
some very nice Marlins there.

Hairy Clipper · Post by **Hairy Clipper** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:35 am

Don't the bullets get tired and stop for a rest before exiting those long barrels?

Nice collection!

Hairy

dbateman · Post by **dbateman** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:26 am

cool

airedaleman · Post by **airedaleman** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:37 am

Vall,
Grand bunch of Marlins! Any background tales on them?

Leverdude · Post by **Leverdude** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:49 am

Nice!

rangerider7 · Post by **rangerider7** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:57 am

I have seldom seen a better display.

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:07 am

Now that is one REALLY NICE collection, thanks for posting

1886 · Post by **1886** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:54 am

Unbelieveable. You must have turned over a lot of rocks, looked in many closets, barns, and chicken koops to accumulate all of those beauties. Why would a vintage Marlin be threaded for a silencer? Great collection. Envious maximus. 1886.

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:22 am

Goodness!

Now I know why I can't find any special ordered Marlins. Marlinman has 'em all! That is one fine set of leverguns you have there. I am impressed. I have always wanted a two barrel set and about 3 years ago, I let a very nice '94 slip by for a most reasonnable price of 25. It was takedown, (naturally!) 32-20/25-20, very nice wood with about 60-70 colors left. It was at the Timonium show in Md., and I had the hots for this '86 a guy had, which never did materialize. I think about it from time to time.

Anyway, Marlinman, they are beauties and I'd sure like to hook up with you and pit your Marlins against a few Winchesters for some long range shootin' or some bs'n. As you are at the other end of the country, it probably won't happen anytime soon, but keep it in mind.---------------------------------Sixgun

cowboykell · Post by **cowboykell** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:39 pm

Jorgy- you have the nicest collection of rare and high condition Marlins I have ever seen. All you need is my 40-70 WCF Deluxe.

Grizz · Post by **Grizz** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:54 pm

Those are beautiful. And this 'splains why I don't find good old guns anywhere anymore..,

jorgy · Post by **jorgy** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:46 pm

Don't fret old friend! I am still working on that deluxe 40-70!

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:02 pm

jorgy wrote:Hi Vall
Very nice of group of 1893's. Sure like the long barreled gun. I have 4
of the 32's inchers. 2 38/55, 32/40(special smokeless steel) & 30/30.
Does the 2 barrel set letter? I also have in my collection 9 deluxe 1893
Marlins including 32HPS are very hard to find. I have all calibers in the '93
deluxes. One of these deluxes is a 30/30 with a matted barrel & the stamp
of V Kindler Saginaw next to the caliber stamping with the matting starting
just ahead of the caliber stamping. The gun does letter. I have been told
that the matted barrel option is the most rare special option known. It also
has 3x deluxe fancy wood with the hard piano varnish & "G" style checkering which the most rare form of checkering known. It has a 24"
half round half octagon barrel with half mag. It also has a Lyman tang sight Beeches front & Lyman # 6 in the rear barrel dovetail. You have
some very nice Marlins there.

The two barrel set does letter, and like most Marlins without enough info. Simply letters as half octagon, pistol grip, checkered, takedown, and then the two calibers of .30-30 and .32 HPS. No mention of the two barrel lengths though. I guess they ran out of room in the records.
The .25-36 takedown was the very first Marlin I ever purchased, maybe 25 years ago? I actually traded a Win. 1894 carbine in .25-35 for it.
The engraved gun has the same "piano" finish on it, but it does not even show in the records. The entry is blank for this serial number, but I have no questions as to it's originality.
I'd love to collect just extra length Marlins, as I sure enjoy long barrels! Four 32" Marlins is quite a feat! I don't see the 32" barrels, and even 30" are super rare around my haunts!
I'd sur enjoy seeing picture of that deluxe with the G checkering! I've never seen G checkering, other than pictures!
airdaleman,
The only good story is on the Special Lightweight in .32-40, threaded for a silencer. I purchased it from an oldtimer who used it to poach deer. He still had the Maxim silencer and I tried desperately to get it also, so I could demill it, and keep it for display. I even asked him to cut a hole in the side and give it to me, but he wouldn't.
He said he had never registered it, and was afraid, so he was going to bury it someplace to never be found again! The edge of the buttplate has 70 small little decorative notches. I commented on the decorations, and how it hurt the value. He laughed and said, "Those aren't decorations, those are deer kills!" He was quite the old hermit, and lived in the Oregon Coastal range in a cabin. I heard about the gun for a couple years, before I finally got to meet him and buy it.

jorgy · Post by **jorgy** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:04 pm

MM93 here are some pics of the deluxe 1893 with the matted barrel.

jorgy · Post by **jorgy** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:05 pm

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:07 pm

jorgy,
What a magnificent gun! That's really unique, and in very nice shape too!-Thanks for posting the picture!-Vall

jorgy · Post by **jorgy** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:28 pm

Here is a pic of the barrel matting & the V Kindler Saginaw marking.
Sorry about the fuzziness. I am a rookie with camera.

Grizz · Post by **Grizz** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:27 pm

just makes me want to throw all my junk into davey jone's locker.

that's way beautiful..,