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!
My Marlin 39A was made in 1939 and has a Redfield receiver sight from the same era. It was on the rifle when I bought it used 15 years ago. I found it in a local gun shop during deer season. I was hanging out there since I had already shot a buck!
I'm having a helluva time, gotta spend some fairly serious dollars to have mounts custom made to put the 30mm tube with at 63mm objective on the TDS.
My word! I've never seen blood pressures to that high that fast!
The 39a will wear a Leupold fixed 4X when I get done with that project. Two of the others will be bare. But there's this Celestron astronomical that needs a home, poor thing. For the long range stuff you know. Which one should I put it on?
No scope on mine. Skinner rear, Lyman globe front and I love the combo. If I ever do scope mine, it'll have no bigger than a 28mm obj bell but possibly one of the 1-4x20's.
Picked up a 1953 39A last week with a 3/4" 4x redfield on top & a missing rear sight. I'll be shooting irons as soon the USPS shows up with my replacement sight.
I have a Weaver 2x7 but will replace it with a Lyman 17A front sight and Williams target rear. Just had cataract surgery and now 20/15 out of shooting eye. I can use the peeps again!
Made in 1978. I bought two of them new - one to put aside for some obscure reason and one to use. This is my 'user' gun. As mentioned in my post above I have a 4 X 81 German Pecar scope on it. I have no idea of the age of the scope but it was given to me by an 81 year old in 1972. He had bought it years before and never took it out of its box. The locking ring is brass so it must be pretty early.
This is a great set up and as accurate a combination as anyone could wish for. I once got 40 rabbits in quick succession on a 25 yard stretch of track on a mountainside with this rifle.
I also shoot the other large caliber lever action rifles as well as I can just go out my door on my property, what in the US is called a ranch and just shoot away - tin cans miscellaneous targets and wild pigs
The Lyman peep sight is NOT on the 39a but is on a .44-40 Colt Pump Action Lightning which is on the same rifle rack peg...actually a rifle I dont like and for sale! I only put the Marlin on the pegs to photograph it as it usually sits in a gun safe!
Hello all
My '76 carries an inexpensive Tasco that was well under $20.00, but it does the job.
Shot a "one hole" with the gun a few years ago, when "the range" was still open. that had to be 2004 or so.
Great gun, and no, it is not for sale.
all the best to all
blueridgeranger
I originally used the iron sights on my 1997 39AS Original Golden, but then fitted a Weaver rail and Hawke 2.0-7.0 'scope as in my club's timed shoot competition I was losing out to those with red-dot sights!
I always thought it would be sacrilegious to scope a Marlin 39 just because I always read how great they were with either a peep or factory irons. However when I finally purchased my first 39a (83) it came with a nice vintage weaver 4x and seeing the ridiculous accuracy it provides with that little tube I can't begin to consider separating the two.
My Mountie has worn a 2-7 Burris compact for the last 14-15 years or so. With that said, I recently picked up a 4x Weaver rimfire scope to put on the Model 39, so I could use the Burris for another project.
My Golden 39M is scoped and about to get an upgrade. All my lever guns are scoped. Whether or not a scope spoils the look of the gun, is a matter of personal preference, to each his own. I am not a collector, each rifle that I own has a specific application and for me, I can get the most out of the rifle in its application when it's scoped. BTW scout scopes and long eye relief telescopic scopes existed in the hey days of lever guns, not sure if they are so out of place during their resurgence. Just my .02. Thanks.
My TDS came used with a Lyman receiver sight. I wouldn't hesitate to put a scope on a lever gun because of my aging eyes. I bought a used 336 in .35 Remington with an older Weaver on it and it looks OK.
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