When I was 12 one of my Grandfathers gave me two trained rabbit beagles and a Marlin model 410 lever action .410 shotgun. I killed many a cottontail and canecutter with it and still use it every year for squirrels or something. Everyone needs a .410.
This Marlin, I've later learned was a "premium" given by the company to anyone who'd buy 4 shares of Marlin company stock during the Great Depression. It is built on a Marlin 1893 rifle action and only shoots 2.5 inch shells.
After the "premium" program ended, the company catalogued the gun for a limited period of time. I'm pretty sure mine must have been a stock premium gun though because the serial number is only 3 digits and the fore end is a rifle type rather than a beavertail. There is a new production of the same gun by Marlin that folks wanting a useful .410 might consider...Geo
