Rifle
- Object Name:
- Rifle
- Object ID:
- 1951.018.01
- Creator:
- Marlin Firearms Company
- Place of Origin:
- New Haven, CT
- Date:
- 1893
- Description:
- Breech-loading, center fire rifle, "Marlin Repeating Rifle." Round barrel, 25.4" long, .38 caliber. Half-stocked, fixed front and rear gunsights on barrel, elevating peep sight on wrist of stock. Hinged trigger guard has an elevated handgrip. Tube magazine extends the length of the barrel, underside. Barrel and magazine are blued. Remainder of steel furniture is browned: breech frame, trigger guard, handgrip, peep sight, nosecap. Butt plate is brass, inward curved with a 2.5" tang, underside tang 6.1" long. Silver inset on left of stock's butt, star shaped silver inset on right of stock's butt.
MARKINGS: Barrel, "Marlin Firearms Co., New Haven, CT. U.S.A. Pat'd Oct. 11, 1887; April 2, 1889; Aug. 1, 1893", and "Special Smokeless Steel". Breech frame: "Marlin Safety". Scratched into right silver inset, "John Bailey". Serial number, "167243" stamped on front of trigger guard. - Material:
- Wood
Metal - Dimensions:
- L-44.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a collection of firearms and objects owned by three generations of the Bailey family of Lisbon, NH. Donated to the Society by William E. Bailey (1878-1957), Lisbon, NH, September 20, 1951.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of William E. Bailey
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