Marlin

Firearms
Co.

Street

Town

State

From

To

Name
Marlin Firearms
Co.

New Haven

Patent

Connecticut 1881

Date

1915

Remarks

Contract

for

Product
see J.M. Marlin

Lever Action Rifles

Model 1881
left side right side
.45 government, .45-70, .40-60 caliber, 10 shot 1st Model 1881 Rifle
Heavy Receiver, 28" octagon barrel, top ejection, fiew of them were
made under Marlin, J.M.
right side
.45 government, .45-70, .40-60 caliber, 10 shot 2nd Model 1881 Rifle
Light Receiver, 24" to 28" octagon barrel, top ejection

.32-40 and .38-55 caliber, 10 shot 3rd Model 1881 Rifle Small
Receiver, 28" octagon barrel, top ejection

Production dates of Model 1881

Total from 1881 - 1891 = 16285 rifles.
Year

low number

high number

total

1881

1882

1883

4096

17425

2207

1884

4206

9554

2214

1885

5424

18330

2401

1886

4918

15981

3524

1887

7643

18316

2315

1888

7292

22063

1660

1889

13063

29474

1036

1890

14651

45211

543

1891

14218

51233

469

1892 - 1903

11432

37706

16

Model 1881 production as per barrel length

total

20"

21 1/2"

22"

24"

2788

26"

277

28"

12482

30"

780

32"

42

34"

Model 1881 production per caliber

total

.32-40

1785

.38-55

3563

.40-60

6261

.45-70

4769

Model 1888 , last model with top ejection

Production dates of Model 1888
Total from 1888 - 1892 = 4814 rifles
Year

low number

high number

total

1888

19559

22340

1568

1889

20389

27854

3242

1890

22133

25820

1891

20528

1892

24667

Model 1888 production as per barrel length

total

16"

20"

25

22"

24"

4312

26"

264

28"

198

30"

44"

Model 1888 production per caliber

total

.32-40

1298

.38-40

1776

.44-40

1727

Model 1889 , first model with side ejection

Production dates of Model 1889
Total from 1889 - 1903 = 55119 rifles. As of 1896 assembled from spare
parts.
left side right side
Year

low number

high number

total

1889

20845

30793

3629

1890

22133

46469

13122

1891

26577

75667

13568

1892

26707

89257

12629

1893

30192

101408

7171

1894

29023

116008

4498

121589

319

1895

1896

40125

109547

37

109578

26

109546

25

1899

109579

55

1900

40149

1903

87986

39

1897
1898

31374

Model 1889 production as per barrel length

total

15"

367

20" round

9030

20" octagon

97

22"

1o

24"

39363

25"

3729

28"

2268

30"

164

32"

99

40"

54"

Model 1889 production per caliber

total

.25

34

.32-40

15440

.38-40

18641

.44-40

20984

Model 1891 Safety Repeating Rifle

Production dates of Model 1891
Total from 1891 - 1905 = 18643 rifles.
Year

low number

high number

total

1891

46799

74792

4846

1892

37492

87030

5158

1893

58488

98646

3143

1894

52494

117249

3001

1895

48847

124162

2315

1896

55069

116569

141

1897

73375

102771

14

1898

68773

1899

102889

1900

48267

61590

1901

74324

74547

1902

58511

1903

56388

1904

117411

1905

77605

1
81331

16

Model 1891 production as per barrel length

total

20"

21"

22"

24"

18090

25"

26"

283

27"

28"

259

30"

32"

40"

Model 1891 production per caliber

total

.22
.25
.32-20 or .32 W.C.F.
.38

Model 1892
Production dates of Model 1892
Total from 1892 - 1916 = ? rifles.
Year

low number

high number

total

1892

Model 1892 production as per barrel length

24"

total

26"
28"

Model 1892 production per caliber

total

.22

30706

.32

10327

Model 1893
1893, right side
Production dates of Model 1893
Total from 1893 - 1936 = ? rifles.
Year

low number

high number

A1823

A8475

123075

436495

Model 1893 production as per barrel length

total

total

20"
24"
26"
28"
30"
32"

Model 1893 production per caliber

.25-36
.30-30

total

.32 Special
.32-40-165
.38-55-255

Model 1894
Production dates of Model 1894
Total from 1894 - 1935 and from 1969 up today = ? rifles.

Model 1895
Production dates of Model 1895
Total from 1895 - 1935 and from 1972 to 1988 = ? rifles.
Model 1895 production as per barrel length

total

20"

24"
26"
28"
30"

Model 1895 production per caliber

.38-56
.40-65
.40-60
.40-82
.45-70

total

.45-90
.40-70
.33 WCF

Model 1897
Production dates of Model 1897
Total from 1897 - ? = ? rifles.
right side

Model 1897 production as per barrel length

total

24"
26"

Model 1897 production per caliber

.22

total