Our database contains values of serial numbers for dates of manufacture from 1948 through 1968 or serial numbers through ADxxx. Enter the serial number of your Marlin 336 in the box below. How to find the date that your Marlin rifle was manufactured based off of the serial number.http://www.marlinowners.com/forum/marlin-collectors/97319-finally. Our database contains values of serial numbers through 355,300 which ended the year 1906. These dates should be considered approximate only. Enter the serial number of your Marlin lever action rifle in the box below. The serial number does not have a letter, its clearly stamped on the gun in several places (the action, inside of the forestock etc) The markings on the barrell are only those of marlin firearms and no mention of the 'ranger or JC Higgins' SteveW I see your a fellow husker, nice to meet ya. Thanks to both of you for helping me on this question.
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Marlin Year of Manufacture
Marlin year of manufacture maybe determined from the following list of letter/numeral prefixs to the serial number; this coding only applies to serialized rifles:
1946-C
1947-D
1948-E
1949-F
1950-G
1951-H
1952-J
1953-K
1954-L
1955-M
1956-N
1957-P
1958-R
1959-S
1960 (August)-1961-U
1961 (August)-1962-V
1963-W
1964-Y,-Z
1965-AA
1966-AB
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1967-AC
1968-AD, -68
1969-69
1970-70
1971-71
1972-72
Starting in 1973, the year of manufacture maybe determined by subtracting the first two digits of the serial number from 100:
Example: SN 2512345 would have been made in 1975 [100 - 25 = 75] and SN 94365295 would have been made in 2006 [ 100 - 94 = 06 (2006) ].
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For Marlin Rimfire Rifles [non-serialized]:
From 1962 thru 1968 Marlins rimfire rifles (other than the 39 series lever actions) used a two letter date code that was stamped on the barrel. This date code is different than the one already listed, as Marlin rimfire rifles (other than the model 39 series) did not have a serial numbers until required to by Law after 1968. The first letter of the date code represented the month of manufacture while the second letter indicated the year. This date code was usually stamped on the left side of the barrel just in front of the receiver. The first letter of the date code is as follows:
A = Jan.
B = Feb.
C = Mar.
D = Apr.
E = May
F = June
G = July
H = Aug.
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I = Sep.
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J = Oct.K = Nov.
L = Dec.
The second letter of the date code is as follows:
F = 1962
G = 1963
H = 1964
I = 1965
J = 1966
K = 1967
L = 1968
So a date code of 'JK' would indicate that rifle was made in October of 1967.I'm the owner of a model 90-12ga that I have enjoyed for several years after receiving it from my father but I have some questions.
When did the start using the letter code in the serial number to identify the year?
My gun has a serial number of 11630. One online resource dated it back to the late 1800's which I know cant be true and the others are all looking for a letter code.
It's a beutifull gun with a bird dog ingraved on the action and hand carved 'feathers' on both stocks. It has 2 triggers.