Marlin model 39a

[kst8fan]

I was thinking of buying a lever .22 rifle and was wondering the difference between the Marlin golden 39a Mountie and the Marlin golden 39M? They seem to be almost the same rifle.

 

[Snyper]

"In 1972, the Model 39A designation changed to the Model 39M." It is on page 289 of Brophy's history of Marlins Firearms.

http://www.marlinowners.com/forum/rimfires/82871-original-golden-39-m-vs-39a-mountie-2.html

 

[Keg]

I have one of each....same gun..other than the lever....

 

[Big Shrek]

Mountie is worth more...usually at least $200 more.

 

[eastbank]

my 39 mounte does not have a pistol grip, the barrel is shorter and seems a little heaver along with a different shaped lever. eastbank.

 

[Keg]

Mountie is worth more...usually at least $200 more.

my 39 mounte does not have a pistol grip, the barrel is shorter and seems a little heaver along with a different shaped lever. eastbank.

I don't understand the problem here....I posted pics of both.... They are the same.... The lever is different because they changed the shape of the lever on all models....

 

[eastbank]

ah i see now, the 39a mountie and the 39m mountie. just lever shape. my misread as i thought he wanted to know the difference between a 39A rifle and a 39m mountie. eastbank.

 

[Keg]

ah i see now, the 39a mountie and the 39m mountie. just lever shape. my misread as i thought he wanted to know the difference between a 39A rifle and a 39m mountie. eastbank.

Yes....actually 39A Mountie is the same as a 39M.....(I'm sure M stands for Mountie)....As far as the levers at some point..they were changed on all straight stock Marlin guns(336..39..etc....)..sometime in the 70's....

 

[az_imuth]

The Mountie and the 39M are indeed the same rifle, just different roll stamps. There were slight changes to all of the models over the years. For the 39A it was grip caps, white line spacers, checkered stocks, etc., but it was still a 39A. Same with the Mountie...sling swivels, fluted stocks, square lever, etc., but still a Mountie. The Mountie will usually bring a substantial premium over the 39A, and older models tend to bring a premium, but all of the 20" Mounties bring about the same on average.

 

[Drm50]

Marlin 39s
My first rifle was 1897 Marlin carbine, 5th birthday present, the old man paid
$8 hard earned 1955 dollars for it, used of course. My kids were always wanting to shot it. Worried about gun getting "beat up", I brought this 39M
in the late 70s, new. Kids had a ball with it and never got beat, gun still
looks new.

 

[Keg]

Drm50... Cool pics! Period correct 22 shell boxes too....

 

[geetarman]

Do you folks with the older 39s have a problem with the takedown screw continually working loose? I have one that I bought about 10 years ago and if you really bear down on that screw, the action binds up and if you don't tighten to that point, it works loose.

I find my self shooting a couple of tubes of ammo and checking that screw for looseness.

 

[oldscot3]

Not mine. The darn thing fits together so tight I can hardly get it apart with the screw completely loose. I will say though, over the last 30 years, it's probably only been taken down maybe a half dozen times.

 

[Keg]

Do you folks with the older 39s have a problem with the takedown screw continually working loose? I have one that I bought about 10 years ago and if you really bear down on that screw, the action binds up and if you don't tighten to that point, it works loose.

I find my self shooting a couple of tubes of ammo and checking that screw for looseness.

I would'nt like that.... No problems here....

 

[Brotherbadger]

Do you folks with the older 39s have a problem with the takedown screw continually working loose? I have one that I bought about 10 years ago and if you really bear down on that screw, the action binds up and if you don't tighten to that point, it works loose.

I find my self shooting a couple of tubes of ammo and checking that screw for looseness.

I don't have that problem. My 39a is over 30 years old.

 

[kilimanjaro]

My 39 was $67.50 in 1968. Since then, 20,000 rounds minimum through it. No problems with loose or shifting screws and parts. I suspect your threading is worn or chipped.

 

[2ndsojourn]

"Do you folks with the older 39s have a problem with the takedown screw continually working loose?"

Mine's over 30 years old and no problem with the screw. Plus it's real tight to get apart & back together.

 

[Drm50]

M-39
I have seen this problem in 39s. It comes from using rifle with out having
take down screw tight enough. The act of levering gun puts tork on screw
in spite of reciever undercut. Once screw is walloed it will never stay tight.