Marlin Serial Number Date Of Manufacture

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  1. Marlin Model 39 Serial Number Lookup
  2. Marlin Model 60 Serial Number Date Of Manufacture
This question comes up from time to time and I'm sure the information has been already posted but could not locate it with a quick search. Was easier to cut and paste this list from my own file and as far as I know it should be correct. If I made a mistake I'm sure that someone more knowledgeable will let you know of any corrections that need to be made.

Marlin Firearms Manufacturing Dates By Serial Number - DOWNLOAD (Mirror #1).

Marlin factory records (Regular factory letter fee) Lever action Marlin models with factory records: 1881 1889 1893 1895 1888 1892 1894 1897 All lever action models are found in one serial number range from 4096 to 355419 A small number of earlier serial numbers are available including: 286, 673, 1069, 1542, 1774, 1893, 1912, 2020, 2453, 2475. Pick a model from the left hand menu.


Marlin's year of manufacture for the 39A is determined from the following list of letter/numeral prefixs to the serial number:

On Marlin-branded Model 60 rifles, the first two digits of the serial number indicate the year of manufacture. For example, if the serial number starts with 18. The 18 is significant, for subtracting it from 2000 gives the date of manufacture for the rifle, 1982. The serial # is S87X. The 29th Edition of the Blue Book of Gun Values doesn't give me any serial # references, just values in general. Without a manufacturing date, all I can do is guess. I did find one online Marlin search site and it indicated that all Marlin 39's with an S prefix were made in 1958 - 59.

1939 - no letter prefix
1940-1941 - B
1945 - C
Marlin Serial Number Date Of Manufacture1946 - c (lower case)
Manufacture1947 - D
1948 - E
1949 - F
Number1950 - G
1951 - H
1952 - J
1953 - K
1954 - L

Marlin Model 39 Serial Number Lookup


1955 - M
1956 - N
1957 early - P
1957l ate-1958 early - R
1958 early - 1959 - S
1960 early - T
1960 (August) - 1961 - U
1961 (August) - 1962 - V
1963 - W
1964 - Y & ZMarlin
1965 - AA
1966 - AB
1967 - AC
1968 - AD or 68
1969 - 69
1970 - 70
1971 - 71
Marlin Serial Number Date Of Manufacture1972 - 72

Marlin Model 60 Serial Number Date Of Manufacture


Starting in 1973, the year of manufacture maybe determined by subtracting the first two digits of the serial number from 100:
Example: SN 2512345 would have been made in 1975 [100 - 25 = 75].
Hope this helps
Tom