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I got lucky last night a found this 1966 .444 Marlin couldn't pass it up.
second year production rifle,wood is in very nice condishion,bore is spotless,blueing is worn as expected where you would carry it,Factory Marlin recoil pad,well taken care of rifle.
Keep your eyes open for one of the old flat Marlin hammer spurs as that's what came with it from the factory . Makes it a bit easier to get the hammer back and control it when you let it down . Also should you decide to mount a scope that spur is of great help .
Parkers , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines !
6pt-sika wrote:Keep your eyes open for one of the old flat Marlin hammer spurs as that's what came with it from the factory . Makes it a bit easier to get the hammer back and control it when you let it down . Also should you decide to mount a scope that spur is of great help .
It has the old JM hammer spur,I took it off when I was cleaning it.
You are right though that hammers on the old 444's are a little lean.
Very very nice, first thing I looked for was the gold trigger. I've always thought that a 4x Weaver looked just right on those. I bid on one at a Sheriffs auction many years ago but like most gun auctions I've been to, everything went at well over actual value.
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Very nice Tom. I need to go to these gunshops with you. Also if you would like to try a couple different cast bullets in that I have a couple molds but not the ranch dog.....yet. Very Cool.
a Pennsylvanian who has been accused of clinging to my religion and my guns......Good assessment skills.
I don't remember if there is enough tang but if there is I think it needs a Marbles tang sight. I'm old and opinionated but that's what I think. Very nice looking specimen.
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M. M. Wright wrote:I don't remember if there is enough tang but if there is I think it needs a Marbles tang sight. I'm old and opinionated but that's what I think. Very nice looking specimen.
Copy that brother M.M...........I'm with M.M. and IF I may add my two pennies, if you paid more than about $90, well, you got robbed. My book shows NIB with full MSRP to be $124.95. -----6
(can I have it?)
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M. M. Wright wrote:I don't remember if there is enough tang but if there is I think it needs a Marbles tang sight. I'm old and opinionated but that's what I think. Very nice looking specimen.
Copy that brother M.M...........I'm with M.M. and IF I may add my two pennies, if you paid more than about $90, well, you got robbed. My book shows NIB with full MSRP to be $124.95. -----6
(can I have it?)
The 444 I had that was serial numbered to 1964 was roll stamped 336-444 Magnum .
Parkers , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines !
M. M. Wright wrote:I don't remember if there is enough tang but if there is I think it needs a Marbles tang sight. I'm old and opinionated but that's what I think. Very nice looking specimen.
Sorry,can't have it....lol
But I do have a question,I noticed that the carrier has some sort of spring loaded piece to it,would that be to help align the shell into the chamber?
Copy that brother M.M...........I'm with M.M. and IF I may add my two pennies, if you paid more than about $90, well, you got robbed. My book shows NIB with full MSRP to be $124.95. -----6
(can I have it?)
The 444 I had that was serial numbered to 1964 was roll stamped 336-444 Magnum .
Daisyman wrote:Very nice rifle! I really like the looks of that configuration. I have one made in 1971.
A lot of folks didn't care for the monte carlo stock when the gun hit the market and it only stayed on until 71/72 . I kinda like the monte carlo myself . Matter of fact all three of my present 444's have the monte carlo . Although the one with the ballard rifling from 2001 was restocked a couple years back .
At one point I think I had something like seventeen of the 24" barrel band monte carlo guns and 5 or 6 of the 444S with the 22" barrel barrel bands and a pistol grip . The PG guns are okay but with a scope on top that monte carlo makes it much nicer .
Parkers , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines !
The early guns suffered from inadequate bullets - Remington loaded thier 240-gr 44 Magnum bullet, which was just not stout enough for distance shots at the black bear around our bear camp in the dark Adirondack forests north of Watertown, NY... The old-timers there scoffed at a 44magnum for blacks, but the 444 hit as hard at 100 yards as the 44 magnum at the muzzle! (at least that was the campfire legend). It killed consistently.
But I would have a hard time letting go of my 444 !
BTW - that catalog price of $124.95 in 1966 equates to OVER $925 in 2016 dollars!
That's when $125 was well over the average US weekly gross paycheck.
If you paid less than 900 bucks, I'd say you stole it for less than it's original MSRP.
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