Marlin Golden 39A

[Silver_Bullet_00]

My favourite 22, is one I used to learn to shoot a rifle as a child ( The Golden 39A). Accurate!!! A lever action with the accuracy of a fine heavy barrelled bolt gun. I could easily hit empty shotgun shells at 50+ yards. It was a heck of a pointer too. As I grew older and practised I learned to hit moving targets such as a spam can tossed in the air.

Its my favourite 22. The CZ 452 is up there, and I love it also for target shooting, but the Lever Action 22 is more fun!

What's your favourite 22 Rifle?

 

[168BTHPM]

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I have a couple of Marlin 39a rifles, my kids will get them when they are old enough. Great rifles and fun to shoot.

 

[Dantrom]

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My favorite rifle of all I own is defiantly this Stevens given to me by my father a few years ago. Amazingly accurate and extremely unique, it will eat anything I feed it with very little if any accuracy loss!!

Already put it to use this spring bagging my first of the year.

 

[Silver_Bullet_00]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dantrom</div><div class="ubbcode-body">My favorite rifle of all I own is defiantly this Stevens given to me by my father a few years ago. Amazingly accurate and extremely unique, it will eat anything I feed it with very little if any accuracy loss!!

Already put it to use this spring bagging my first of the year.

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Unique and nice.

 

[rocketron]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Silver_Bullet_00</div><div class="ubbcode-body">My favourite 22, is one I used to learn to shoot a rifle as a child ( The Golden 39A). Accurate!!! A lever action with the accuracy of a fine heavy barrelled bolt gun. I could easily hit empty shotgun shells at 50+ yards. It was a heck of a pointer too. As I grew older and practised I learned to hit moving targets such as a spam can tossed in the air.

Its my favourite 22. The CZ 452 is up there, and I love it also for target shooting, but the Lever Action 22 is more fun!

What's your favourite 22 Rifle? </div></div>

i've been banging my head on the wall for the past 25 years because i sold my golden 39A. needed money an left it go for $100

Ron

 

[Longguns]

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+1 On that. I traded for an 1895 High wall and did not keep it too long,nothing wrong with the 1895 looked great shot great but not near as fun as the 39A. Still regret that trade.

 

[rocky_taco]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dantrom</div><div class="ubbcode-body">My favorite rifle of all I own is defiantly this Stevens given to me by my father a few years ago.
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The stevens may be one of my favorites of all time as well. Just loved shooting it. I unfortunately no longer have the gun. I found a replica that looks nice, but have not seen one in person and never seen a review of the rifle.

http://www.daytraco.com/Varner/guns.html

 

[Bryan27]

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Add me to the list of 39A lovers. I got one about ten years ago for helping my aunts friend load a few peices of furniture into a moving truck. Nicest peice of wood I've seen on one and it's a tack driver. It's just a fun gun to shoot.

 

[CSS]

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My 39 was bought new in 1952 by my Grandfather at the mine store before it closed.
Spent the next 25 years sitting behind the coal stove in the corner of the den.
My dad found it when Grandpaw died in 77. It then hung above our fireplace till 89' when I moved out, it went with me.
From 77 till about 84 it shot a truck load of cheap 22 ammo along with a Nylon 66 that belonged to my other Grandfather.
Still have both of them in my safe.
The 39 gets out 2 times a month to shoot in out LA silhouette matches.
It still shoots better than I do.

 

[QRE23]

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For me it would be a tough call between my 39A and 9422. My 9422 has a better trigger and I really like that part better but it's also a High Grade so I don't let it out as much as I do my 39A.

Anyone know any good Marlin smiths that can work the trigger over in a 39A????

 

[BERTMAN77MK2]

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the SKUNKWORKS guys here on the HIDE will work on Marlin centerfires as well as rimfires

 

[Bri0242]

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I love my Marlin 39A Golden even more than my grandfather's Browning semi-auto grade 1. A trigger job on the 39A would be very interesting.

 

[HOGGHEAD]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: samson</div><div class="ubbcode-body">For me it would be a tough call between my 39A and 9422. My 9422 has a better trigger and I really like that part better but it's also a High Grade so I don't let it out as much as I do my 39A.

Anyone know any good Marlin smiths that can work the trigger over in a 39A???? </div></div>



This might sound a bit silly, but it works. Take some toothpaste and put it in the the places where you have metal to metal in the trigger and the action. Then work the action and shoot the rifle. Toothpaste will slick your action up real well. and it is easy to use, and just needs cleaned off. It sounds silly, but it really works.

And you can do a search for "Nate Kiowa Jones". He is a lever guns expert for work on rifles. And reasonably priced. Tom.



Here is a link:
http://www.stevesgunz.com/