The Marlin 39A Mountie is the carbine version of the 39A rifle. This one was made in 1955. Handle 22 short, long, and long rifle. Shout out for Daniel Frank Hoffman. / packingwitness
I inherited a 1950s one from my grandfather who sadly just passed . Stumbled upon your video researching it to see how user friendly it was. Thanks for posting showing it in action.
Some of these were sold by Sears of all places. They did have tapped screws for scope on them when new. The ones sold from Marlin directly did not. Have a 39a from 1954. Very accurate and I love it. Mine is also drilled and tapped for scope. Do some research on them, it's fascinating reading on all the history.
The 1950s 39a mounties that were sold buy Sears had the barrels tapped for mount. I've got a 1954 mountie tapped in the same spot. Later on marlin tapped the top of the receiver.
There have been so many variations of the model 39 over the years I don`t know how anyone keeps track. I remember as a kid I would always look at the guns in every new Sears catalog. They always had the model 39s and the cheap version of the 336 whatever it was called. Maybe the 30A?
I have mine my father bought me, a 1954 straight stock 39A (20” barrel but not Stamped Mountie) chambered for short, long, and long rifle. Action has never failed. It was not drilled for scope mounting, but later I did. Had the infamous Weaver tube scope mounted, but hated the eye relief. Finically mounted a Simons scope 3-9x/32 on it and can stack rounds. A family keep-sake, won’t part with it.
Great Rifles. I own two of the Mounties,1955 and a 1966. As already said Sears sold these with the scope holes on the barrel. You could also send yours to the factory and have it done at Marlin. My 1955 also has the barrel drilled for scope mount.
Great guns. I purchased my 39D (cross between the 39A and the Mounty) back in 1972 and she still shoots great. Not easy to find a used one there days though. Thanks for sharing.
Great vid! I also have a '55 39a Mountie that was given to me by my grandfather. Mine has the barrel D&T'd for a scope as well in the same spot. From my understanding the ones with the tapped barrel were sold through Sears with a Weaver N2 scope rings and scope or could be sent back to Marlin to have the mounts added for a couple dollars.
I had one as a kid and later for 40 years. Stolen once and returned a year later while in High school. I dropped it off a roof and broke the stock off. I sent it to Marlin and they returned it with a new stock and said there was a defect in the grain. NICE !
Some of them were drilled and tapped and sold with weaver scopes. These as described were sold by the SPIEGEL CATALOG COMPANY. SPIEGEL always put out premium products. Any of their Mossberg rifles were also decked out with the best wood and usually scoped.
Be interested to know how well it works. I have stayed completely away from anything that says Chiappa on it since I bought one of their 1911-22s when they first came out. I have never been able to get that little piece of scrap metal to fire a full magazine without jamming.
Thanks Bill. Looks like we are going to get another round of that damn white rain monday. I`ve decided I`m not digging in the snow anymore. I`m going to sit back and wait for it to melt. :-)
Solid machined steel so well fitted you need to look close to see the seams. My favorite 22 lever gun is the Browning, because I like that short throw action with the trigger group coming down with the lever. But I have to admit the Marlin is a much more solid gun than the Browning, I just like the way the Browning action works better.
I always enjoy your videos, it's good to see you making them more frequently. I do notice though that your indoor segments show the firearms in a very yellow light. I would bet that you are using those curly fluorescent lights, those have a very narrow heat range. Some of the new LEDs give a more natural color rendition, but you could always use incandescent lights, the quartz lights for instance. I think you would find that that would make a big difference.
That's a sweet marlin 39 , still looking for a pump 22 , but I do need a lever action 22. I used one years ago on a great uncles farm helping with critter control , don't know what happened to all his guns though.
If you don`t care what kind of lever gun, you can`t hardly find a gun shop that doesn`t have one of those little Henry rifles. If you want a Marlin or Browning, those are harder to find. And Winchester 9422s are real hard to find.
@@1957Shep Yup. Sadly most people around here are just fine with it because they don't care about guns so it doesn't affect them. Gonna try and move out of the country sometime in the future.
Personally, I think I'm pissing in the wind, but I'd love it if Ruger would recreate the 39A with a dovetail scope grooves on top of the receiver, and drop the cross-bolt safety, folding hammer, and other lawyer features.
I lucked out and got this exact same gun it was all beat up but I fixed it up when I took it apart I was surprised to see it looks like new inside the 39A on the barrel is barely visible and the rest of numbers worn out so can't make it out who cares
