for Marlin-Rifle manufacture dates (by model S/N)
try: http://www.MarlinOwners.com/forums/index.php
scroll about Halfway down the list of discussion topics,
look for: "Marlin Years of Manufacture"
then select: "Year of Manufacture and 39a..."
for Marlin Rifles, since about 1975 you can generally "calculate"
the Mfg-Yr by examining the first-two digits of the S/N...
ie. S/N 23.xxxzzz subtract 23 from 2000 for 1977 mfg
or S/N 94.xxxzzz subtract 93 from 2100 for 2006 mfg
Contact marlin customer service through their website.
Serial numbers were not required until 1968.
The Wikipedia site for marlin 336 rifles includes a table showing how to use the serial number to find date of manufacture.
Most serial numbers on lever action guns are founr under the lever. I would check there. On all firearms manufactured in the US after 1968, a unique (for the model) identifying serial number must be on the receiver. You will not find a serial number on the barrel. Marlin serializes Model 336 rifles on the upper tang behind the hammer. Early Marlin rifles were serialized on the lower tang behind the trigger before 1968, but since that is a removable part it would not satisfy federal requirements under the Gun Control Act of 1968.
This can be accomplished by providing the serial number to your Marlin model 1895 lever action 45-70 chambered rifle.
Yopu wont find a serial number anywhere, because these guns were made before the 1968 Gun Control Act which required .22 rimfire rifles to have a serial number. Prior to that many .22's didn't have serial numbers, although some makers did for their own use. Marlin only did so on lever and pump action .22's.
it think you will find the long gun of the calvary at the little big horn were carbines, not rifles...
Serial numbers were not required before 1968. Try looking on the receiver.
On the webste for Browning firearms, under customer service.
You will have to contact Marlin to find out.
You will have to contact Marlin to find out.
No one number- sorry. In SOME cases, the age can be determined from a serial number- IF the gun has a serial number- but they were not required on rifles until 1968. In the case of Marlin rifles, it may be a single letter prefix to the serial number. In the case of Remington rifles, it may be a 2 or 3 letter code stamped on the left side of the barrel where it joins the frame.