Old Photo-Marlin lever with fox.

[rangerider7]

I thought you marlin collectors would like this one. Notice he keeps the butt off the ground with his toe.

[Ysabel Kid]

Cool!

[Jaguarundi]

Neat !

[2ndovc]

Great picture!! You can tell he's very proud of that rifle.


Keep 'em comming. I have a buch of these too I just have to sit down and scan them.


jb

[jdad]

That's great! Looks like either a Model 1892 or 1897.

[DixieBoy]

Rangerider - Wow, that is a sharp photo. Any idea of the year it was taken ? I also wondered if this guy went and got his suit to pose in, or were those his hunting duds ?

You've got a great ability to hunt down these old photos. Thanks for sharing 'em. - DixieBoy

[gamekeeper]

Great old photo but I reckon it's Nath's Grand Pa!!!

[C. Cash]

Truly a neat photo, and since he has such a nice Marlin we will have to forgive him for the chamber pot on his head!

[Borregos]

Good one, thanks, nice to see an old Marlin for a change

[rangerider7]

By the dirt on the clothes, I would say that is what he hunted the fox in. Cowboys in the old days wore white shirts buttoned up with a cravat and vest to work cattle in. That looks to be a carriage behind him so it was probably before the turn of the century. I like how proud of that rifle he is. Neat photo.

[Brian in FL]

That's a real cool old photo. I love the stern expression on his face. I also appreciate how he is protecting the rifle's butt by keeping it on his boot top.

[Nath]

We would get on well me thinks

Nath.

[Catshooter]

Great old photo but I reckon it's Nath's Grand Pa!!!

Neat pic rangerider7, that's you when you were young, right?









Cat

[rangerider7]

It would have took an army of grown men to get me to wear a hat like that!

[marlinman93]

That's great! Looks like either a Model 1892 or 1897.

Shame on you! A rimfire guy calling that a 1892 or 1897? There's no mag tube release, and the frame is too long for either of those. Looks like a 1894 to me.

[KirkD]

I like the fact that he's got the butt on his boot. It shows that he was a man who took good care of his guns.

[rjohns94]

kewl

[SmokeEater2]

I like the fact that he's got the butt on his boot. It shows that he was a man who took good care of his guns.

Exactly! You can tell He takes a lot of pride in that Marlin and rightly so since He probably worked pretty darn hard to save up for it.
Another great photo Rangerider7,I really appreciate You taking the time to share them with us. How do You come across all those neat old photo's anyhow?

[rangerider7]

I love old photos. I am constantly searching on the net for good sources, plus I have a couple of long time collectors that specialize in old cabinet and tintypes. We trade back and forth, but most are on the net.

[TedH]

Neat picture. I wonder where that rifle is today?

[rangerider7]

I don't know but I have a 1894 25-20 just about like it. Mine was made a bit later so I'm sure mine is not the one. I know how he feels though, they are great little handling rifles.