Beschreibung:

MARLIN, USA A .32-40 (W&B) LEVER-ACTION REPEATING SPORTING-RIFLE, MODEL '1893', serial no. 101589, circa 1897, with tapering octagonal 26in. barrel signed on the top-flat 'MARLIN FIREARMS CO NEW-HAVEN C.T. U.S.A. PATENTED OCT 11 1887, APRIL 2 1889, AUGUST 1 1893', the left hand top-flat marked in script 'SPECIAL SMOKELESS STEEL', dove-tailed fore-sight, rear-sight converted to a blanking plate, solid receiver marked on the top 'MARLIN SAFETY', non-factory peep-sight to top-tang, walnut straight-hand butt-stock with crescent heel-plate, squared finger-lever, plain walnut half-fore-end and full length under-barrel magazine-tube, strong traces of finish to receiver, faded and thin elsewhere