Marlin.22 cal., 39A Mountie

[trooper joe]

Just picked up this 1982, 39A Mountie, 20” barrel, straight stock. In contrast to the 39AS I recently found, the lever is very smooth along with what seems like a nice crisp trigger pull.





I would like to remove the sling attachments without destroying the value of this gun. (I plan on saving them for possible reinstallation if I ever want to sell this gun). I have a plain, no sling attachment, forearm front cap ordered to replace the current end cap. However, I think I I will have to drive out the pin on the front magazine tube mount to do this. Any of you folks that have done this please let me know what to watch out for.




As one guy who posted about having a sling on these rifles said, “For the life of me, I don’t know why someone wants a sling on a 22 rifle”.

I could live with the sling mount system like the one on my 39AS. That one doesn’t have those large sling mount loops flopping around.




Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Trooper Joe

[Old No7]

Thoughts? Only one...

If you don't like the sling swivels -- I will gladly take it off your hands.

Old No7

[Pat C]

Only thought Ihave is when's the range report

[JB]

Those swivels are easy enough to switch out for studs or even just remove the rings and you'll have studs only.

[Ysabel Kid]

Is the trigger golden on yours? Looks just like mine, except for the trigger (may just be the picture). Mine is a smooth gun as well.

[AJMD429]

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That’s a beautiful gun, and of course, I’m tempted to say it’s a “recent production”, but that would be speaking relative to the dates of my own production as a human…

I’m not sure on the sling stud removal part, but I suppose simply unscrewing the one in the butt stock and using a little putty of the right color in the screw hole would enable easy replacement, should you change your mind. I like your idea of just subbing out the front part versus trying to remove the sling swivel.

It’s funny how people have such strong opinions on slings. I have probably destroyed collector value on guns by adding slings… although my rationale is that in my clumsy hands, I would probably destroy the collector value far more when I inevitably dropped the gun while trying to balance it somehow while climbing a fence or a tree, or moving a bale of hay…

[Scott Tschirhart]

Looks like mine!

[Oldncrusty]

Congrats on a great score. Got two 39a's, but the Mountie is still eluding me.

[Scott Tschirhart]

A Mountie and a Texan and you don’t need any more rifles.

[marlinman93]

Beautiful 39A made during a period when Marlin was making great guns!

[Molasses]

Nice rifle.
As far as the sling swivels go, I'm more of a bad example than a good source of advice. But honest, this time I didn't do it!

Showing what removing the swivels CAN look like...

I have a 1980 Golden 39M, bought used, that someone before me deleted the swivels and reshaped the forend. I'm not entirely sure, but it looks to me like they just went after the front one with a grinder or put in some effort with hacksaw and files, then cold blue and I don't know what kind of plastic rod or whatever was used to plug the rear screw hole. Well, here:

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I will say that it's got clean lines and feels good in the hands.

[dad]

Beautiful! Thats the one I wish Ruger Marlin would bring back! That was well taken care of thats for sure

[RIHMFIRE]

oh that's reeeeeal nice!

[fourbore]

Beautiful! Thats the one I wish Ruger Marlin would bring back! That was well taken care of thats for sure

You all are all going to get sick of my posting, but here goes. I have a 39M, which I guess you all refer to as a 39A Mountie. I dont like the takedown feature. It is very tight. The internal mechanics seem un necessary complicated and the take down is tough to reassemble. The take down offers no benefit to me. My wish, and this is very risky (ie. beware what you wish for), is that Ruger would do a classy/classic wood & walnut complete redesign. That is instead of keeping Marlin as a dead company with nothing but nostalgia to offer, do something BETTER. Upper case letters, better. New and honest improvement not a lie where improved mean made from cheap materials to compete with Henry and whatever Turkish/Brazilian lever dejour.

If it was up to me, I would request a slimmer redesign of the 1894 in 22LR and both rimfire magnum calibers. Easy flat bit screw driver disassembly. Practical 18" barrel. Drill and tap for side Williams, rear tang and tip-off scope mount. Front sight on a 3/8 dovetail ramp. Two studs. Straight grip. Blue steel and checkered Walnut. Simple. I am ok with a safety button on the side assuming I can buy a delete kit for that.

[trooper joe]

Forebore,

You probably don’t like Harley’s either . People will pay for good looking and well made retro guns and motorcycles.

Look around and you will find retro rv trailers, rustic home designs, and guns like Beretta’s “Retro” model 75 9mm among others.

Trooper Joe

[fourbore]

Forebore,

You probably don’t like Harley’s either . People will pay for good looking and well made retro guns and motorcycles.

Look around and you will find retro rv trailers, rustic home designs, and guns like Beretta’s “Retro” model 75 9mm among others.

Trooper Joe

In fact, I own a 2000 (oops checked the slip its 2005 with FI) Softtail and a Sportster 1200 with a carb.This is terrible, I cannot recall the name of the soft tail, it is the wire wheel old style classic model. it is the bike I ride the most. If can recover my photos, oh...never mind. No photo hosting on this website.

I dont need a retro 75 because i have one of the original first model. I guess you never know until you ask

[jeepnik]

Forebore, I strongly suspect that Ruger realizes the value of traditional designs (although the style of the first "Marlins" they introduced spoke more to later styles). They may also realize that your opinion is in the minority. For the life of me I can't understand the comments about being complicated and hard to take down. You give no info on your 39. Perhaps it just needs to be taken down and the thumbscrew and threads cleaned and lubed.

When I picked my Centennial model it was a bit stiff. Taking it down required a bit of effort. I realized it hadn't been taken down ore cleaned (or shot) since it left the factory. A good cleaning smoothed the action, and made unscrewing the thumb screw essentially effortless.

Here's a hint. On any firearm (and lots of other things too) the first thing to do when you get them is to clean them. And that doesn't matter if it's well used or factory fresh. Think of it like the engine of a new car. Do you run 10,00 miles (some factories recommend this as an oil change interval) on the original oil. Heck no, you put in fresh oil and a new filter as soon as possible, them do it again in a few thousand miles. And then never wait 10,000. Unless of course you want to buy a new engine.