At one time I had quite a few marlins I really like them my 94 is 32 20 so is my 89 don't have an 88 anymore I have a 93 in 25 36 marlin it's a plain carbine I wanted to make one of my 39s look like your gun that's a nice looking marlin
At one time I owned over 200 Marlin lever guns almost all pre WWI, with a small sprinkling of 1920's variations on the Model 39, '97, and '93.
I had every cartridge version made of the 1881, a total of a dozen of them with different variations of rifles, carbines, and even a couple schuetzen version 1881's. I think I had close to 2 dozen 1893's, and about the same of 1894's. Lots of 1891's (including a 1st year side loader) and 1892's. Plus a few Model 410 shotguns, and 1888's, 1889's, 1895's, etc. It really got out of control with my obsession to have all sorts of variations, cartridges, barrel lengths, and really oddball special orders.
I still have my very first Marlin; an 1893 takedown in .25-36 with factory installed and serial numbered Whitney Kennedy trapdoor buttplate. One I sold to a friend, and he willed it back to me when he passed.
