I'd like to know how many of you shoot your Marlin 39A's either exclusively scoped, or with iron sights. Or, do you switch back and forth, depending on your mood?
Speaking for myself, I mounted a scope on my brand-new 39A the day I bought it back in 1978. In those days I was about 27 years old, and still had "young eyes", but went with a scope anyway.
Hmm... I can't seem to find a posting option enabling me to create a multiple-choice poll. Oh well!
Have scoped ones and ones with peep sights. Peep sight ones used for having fun plinking but the scoped ones more for hunting and my wife likes her's scoped.
Have scoped ones and ones with peep sights. Peep sight ones used for having fun plinking but the scoped ones more for hunting and my wife likes her's scoped.
I used a piece of muli-slot Weaver style rail to make this base. The cheap scope is not on the rifle now! That was just a test-mule scope. There is a nice, Japanese made, B&L 3X9 on it now.
A lever action rifle with a scope on it just doesn't look right to me. Never the less mine wears a scope, a 32mm, as trying to shoot it with iron sights is just a waste of ammo. Just another problem brought on by old age.
I hear you. I know that I am going to have to break down and scope mine sometime, but when I do, I also want to use a smaller more compact scope that will look right on it. Just haven't gotten around to it yet.
My 1979 mfg'd 39A wears an even older Bausch & Lomb Balvar 1.5-6X (no objective bell). Looks & shoots good to my old eyes (it's a 'centerfire' scope that ain't been adjusted for parallax but has been no problem up to now). Been so many years since I didn't hafta use glass if I want to hit what I'm aiming at, I almost forgot what it's like to not use a scope. I do have a King tang sight with Merit adjustable disc on my old Rem 12C for the iron sights hunt at Shawnee but I seldom kill a squirrel (last one was a head shot @ 30yds, believe it or not ). I'd like to be able to use 'em without the scope but life being what it is, I'm mostly grateful I'm still able to get out & use 'em at all .
Exploring & plinking around the old Bell Coal Mine near Sand Draw, WY in 2007. NO, we didn't put any of the bullet holes or dents in the door of the remnants of the Powder Magazine. Think most of those are much bigger'n a .22 .
yes my '59 is as you can see my henry is not nor is my win 9422 , i like the setup with my old eyes even tho i prefer the look of it without
i, going to add to my post that my rifle came to me with the rail that is seen on it , it looks to be of the same vintage , perhaps factory , somethin i need to investigate as i was told it came to me from the original owner what had never altered it ,
Most of my usage of my 39 has been with the original buckhorn sight or a Williams peep sight.
I tried it for one range outing with a 4x scope and a slip on cheek riser. My 39 just isn't a bolt gun in accuracy or in bench shooting, so the glass came off as soon as that experiment was over.
It's a good thing I have a few different apertures to "tighten up" the sight picture when I need to. My 39 has never shot better with a scope than without and that's okay by me.
Hi, my model 39 century ltd. has original rear sight still on. No scope yet. But with my older eyes I would shoot it better. But for now it is without.
Bought a 1955 Chevrolet--Had a few bucks left over so stopped at the gun dealer and bought a 1955 39A on the way home with the new car. Never had a scope mounted.
My new 2006 year 39a was scoped with a 6-18X44 Simmons and used it for 3 years in Metallic Silhouette out to 100 meters. I just sold it 4 weeks ago to a club member. I needed it scoped for competition purposes. 1.69 inch group at 100 meters off sandbags on nice afternoon conditions for sighting -in. Always pretty consistent with Aguila Rifle Match.
My 39A was made in 1953. My Gunsmith refused to drill and tap it. The barrel sight is now gone and a peep installed. My hunts are limited to sunny days but the rifle is such a joy to carry , I find just taking long walks in the woods with it.
My "Article II" is now fitted with a Skinner peep site. I Like it and it works fine & does not detract from the lines of the gun. My Golden 39A came with mounted scope but now just has original open sights. But my eyes are clammering for another peep of some kind for that gun too....
My 1983 vintage 39A had been d&t'd at one time, on the barrel, but screws now occupy the holes. When I bought it late last year, it had a Williams adjustable peep sight on it. With my aging eyesight, I can just manage it at 60 yards. I don't think 100 yards is in my future unless I reintroduce some good glass.
As bad as I didn't want to I scoped mine this year, got a compact red field five star 3x9x32 looks real nice an dosn't over whelm the looks of the gun,
On the pluse side the thing shoots lights out at fifty yards, shoots way better then my 10/22 target gun. I bought the gun new in 1978 when I was 18 an it is still my fav gun of all.
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