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Why does the manufacturer of the rifle matter?
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Why does the manufacturer of the rifle matter?
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Some manufacturers leave metal spikes like plow shares where the bullet needs to go and some add jelly beans in the loading dock and some make triggers that fall off and some think no one even worries about the quality of the gun he or she will be shooting. Those companies come from places away from North Save our Souls America. Seriously!!!
People who are interested in guns want to know.
They want to know what works, and what doesn't.
There are a lot of people in the American gun culture. Probably tens of millions of them. Fourteen million Americans self identify as members of the NRA.
I suspect you have professional and personal interests. Pick a technology you are interested in. In a story involving the technology, wouldn't you want to know the make and model of the tech involved?
Marlin used what they called “micro-groove” rifling, they are supremely accurate.
I like to collect the ones made between 1980-1985.
Full length 22” barrel and 18 round magazine.
Later they shortened the magazine to 14 rounds and the barrel to 19”.
To get the year of manufacture simply subtract the first two numbers of the serial number from 100.
ie, serial number starts with 19******* was manufactured in 1981.
From 1973 to around 2000 all Marlins used the same serial number system.