Got my hands on a vintage Marlin 39A, a solid, tube-fed, lever action .22. Says it shoots .22 shorts, .22 longs and .22LR ammo. Serial number research puts it made in 1952. Some light pitting on the receiver and barrel as one would expect, and I'd rate the bluing at about 85%, and the wood is need of some refinishing. Dang thing is missing the inner magazine tube. Can't decide to order a tube and keep it (and maybe refinish it?) or just sell/trade the thing off. I have never been much of a lever action kind of guy, but man, this rifle gives a satisfying "thunk" when you work that lever on it. Super easy to break down; twist the knob, whack the end of the barrrel on a padded, solid surface (I just used my noggin) and the barrel pops right off the action. Its way cool to see the machine marks inside the action compared to modern CNC milled firearms of today. The internals/sear/trigger pieces all look like they are as sharp as the day they came off some craftsman's work bench. Any Marlin experts got thoughts to share on this thing? From what I have read, they are as accurate as they can be and I think I could probbably get a tube for 25 -30 bucks maybe?
