But that is for rifles made way back around 1920 or so like my Marlin Model 39 was. Where it typically gets dicey is for really old guns because records either weren't specific enough back then or were lost over time. If my reasoning is correct, I would think Marlin would easily be able to identify the year of manufacture for you with a simple call since your gun is likely not that old. So your serial number of 49,XXX would seem to be a rifle made after 2000 or newer because it obviously wasn't made in 100-49 => 1951, else it would have the letter prefix of "H" to the serial number. After the change of the century, it would seem likely they would have to start a new serial number prefix or nomenclature to move forward. However, I think it is likely that Marlin would have continued this practice until 1999 or 2000. They continued this until 1983 which is when this book was published. .30-30 vintage jm stamped marlin 336 r.c. So for 1973 a serial number might be 27XXXXX. Starting in 1973, they changed again to subtracting the two digit year from 100. Example, serial number 69XXXXX for the year 1969, etc. From 1969 to 1972 marlin used the last two digits of the year for the first two digits of the serial number.
#Marlin 336 rc serial number history serial numbers#
According to it Marlin began using a letter prefix for serial numbers starting in 1947 and ended that practice in 1968. Adeel, I have a copy of a book called The 336: A Collectors Reference On The Model 336 Marlin by Doug Murray published in 1983. By Massad Ayoob Issue 95 September/October, 2005 In the March/April 2005 issue of Backwoods Home Magazine, this space was devoted to the Winchester ’94: the Classic Backwoods Home Deer Rifle.