Fine Modern & Antique Arms - November 2022 : Sale A1122 Lot 757
A GOOD .32-40 MARLIN MODEL 1893 LEVER-ACTION RIFLE , CIRCA 1910, serial no. 336,259,

Product Details

A GOOD .32-40 MARLIN MODEL 1893 LEVER-ACTION RIFLE , CIRCA 1910, serial no. 336,259,
with 26in. octagonal barrel, the top flat stamped 'MARLIN FIRE-ARMS CO. NEW HAVEN CT. USA. / PATENTED OCT. 11. 1887. APRIL 2. 1889. AUGUST 1 1893' and near the breech '32-40', the left flat marked 'SPECIAL SMOKELESS STEEL' and on the action top 'MARLIN SAFETY', fitted with a dovetailed blade front-sight and a hinged vee rear-sight, full length tubular magazine and two piece figured walnut stock with crescent butt, on the wrist is a screw adjustable peepsight, the rifle has been professionally refinished in the distant past is in sharp and crisp overall condition with much deep blue

Provenance: The Marlin Model 1893 was Marlins first lever action rifle chambered for the new smokeless ammunition, made circa 1893 to 1935, many authorities claim it a better design than the famed Winchester Model 1894



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Estimate £1,200-1,600

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament