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Question on older gun values.

Ken Ford

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Like it says.

I have met a very special widow.

Probably pretty vanilla, but just in case she has something here that I don’t know is more valuable than my limited knowledge on old guns.

1st Glennfield Mod 60 any
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info at all.

2nd Marlin 336 30/30 old enough I cannot locate the serial number. Gold colored trigger.

3rd Winchester 94 30/30 has some kind of factory scrolling and saddle ring.

All these are 30-40+ years old
Light handling and light patina.
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The marlin 336Rc was only made from 1948- 1968
The serial # should be on the lower tang under the lever.

Here are Dates of manufacture:

Marlin year of manufacture maybe determined from the following list of letter/numeral prefixes 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-P
1958-R
1959-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

Starting in 1973, the year of manufacture maybe determined by subtracting the first two digits of the serial number from 100:
Example: SN 2512345 would have been made in 1975 [100 - 25 = 75] and SN 94365295 would have been made in 2006 [ 100 - 94 = 06 (2006) ].

For Marlin Rimfire Rifles [non-serialized]:

From 1962 thru 1968 Marlins rimfire rifles (other than the 39 series lever actions) used a two letter date code that was stamped on the barrel. This date code is different than the one already listed, as Marlin rimfire rifles (other than the model 39 series) did not have a serial numbers until required to by Law after 1968. The first letter of the date code represented the month of manufacture while the second letter indicated the year. This date code was usually stamped on the left side of the barrel just in front of the receiver. The first letter of the date code is as follows:

A = Jan.
B = Feb.
C = Mar.
D = Apr.
E = May
F = June
G = July
H = Aug.
I = Sep.
J = Oct.
K = Nov.
L = Dec.

The second letter of the date code is as follows:

F = 1962
G = 1963
H = 1964
I = 1965
J = 1966
K = 1967
L = 1968

So a date code of "JK" would indicate that rifle was made in October of 1967.
 
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