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Road King, did you purchase that Marlin from a guy on the EE? Seems to me I saw one advertised recently and for a reasonable price as well. It is an awesome looking rifle.
 
Slooshark1 said:
Matt74 where do you find these gems?
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I am looking everyday. Dont get to many shows, just some luck I guess. Have brought up a few from the US the last year given the strength of our dollar.
This one I had a chance to buy for sometime. I was not going to buy it, but did it as a favour to help a fellow out. As scarce and neat as it is, I prefer rifles and high condition guns. Must be becoming a condition snob, lol. I will likely let this one go to fund rifles.
Mike: I think the one you are thinking about is likely one that was on the exchange last week in Ontario. There was a reason that one was so cheap.
Matt
 
Matt74 said:
I am looking everyday. Dont get to many shows, just some luck I guess. Have brought up a few from the US the last year given the strength of our dollar.
This one I had a chance to buy for sometime. I was not going to buy it, but did it as a favour to help a fellow out. As scarce and neat as it is, I prefer rifles and high condition guns. Must be becoming a condition snob, lol. I will likely let this one go to fund rifles.
Mike: I think the one you are thinking about is likely one that was on the exchange last week in Ontario. There was a reason that one was so cheap.
Matt
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Just curious, how hard is it to bring in guns from the US?
 
emilio613 said:
Just curious, how hard is it to bring in guns from the US?
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It depends on what I am bringing in. If it is an antique in the US Winchester - that is, it was made before December 31, 1898 - then I can just drive down and bring it across. I have the seller ship it to me at a UPS close to the border, then I drive down and grab it. Pay tax on it at the border, and since I am in QC, show them my registration cert (I call in and register the gun in my name before bringing it up), and drive it home. Receipt for duty and reg cert, that is all. If I was not a resident of QC, I wouldn`t even need that cert. If it is not antique in the US, I use Clay at Prophet River to import it. Just send the seller in the US my paperwork which he attaches to the shipping box, he then sends it to an FLL in Washington which Clay uses, then Clay imports it to ALTA, and mails it to me, with some fees of course. Nothing to it for these type of guns anyway.
Matt
 
Road King said:
They offered 8 different styles but there are also a some special order checking that is found on only the most decorative Marlins and these styles don't fit any established catalog patterns. A customer could request a special design or a modification of the patterns listed for an additional charge.
Their styles were called No. A, B, C, D, E, F, G & No.10
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Thanks RK. I guess that A is the most basic style then? Have you ever come across any of the other styles? I have seen lots of I and H styles for Winchester checkering, just came across my first Winchester with F style the other day and have chance to pick it up, but it is not cheap. We will see.

Matt
 
Old Marlin 336 in 30-30 and new Rossi Ranch Hand in .44 magnum.
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Matt74 said:
Thanks RK. I guess that A is the most basic style then? Have you ever come across any of the other styles? I have seen lots of I and H styles for Winchester checkering, just came across my first Winchester with F style the other day and have chance to pick it up, but it is not cheap. We will see.

Matt
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Hi Matt, just recently seen a Marlin Model 97 with the No G style checkering that a friend of mine picked up for me :D at the Irish Town Gun Show in NB but he has decided to keep it :( for his on collection for a while. Real nice gun with high grade wood.
 
Well since this site hasn't been made a sticky yet, I thought I would get it moved back to the top with a couple of photos of my Maynard collection. These are technically Lever Guns and were the gun of the day for target shooting. There are lot of different models including the Model 16, 15, 14, and the hard to find model 11 which was advertise for Big and Dangerous Game.

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Here's one for all you Winchester lovers and just to let you know there are still some nice guns that are out there for the collector here in Canada. This Model 1894 is in the ever popular .32-40 caliber with was one of the original calibers for the Model 1894 to be brought out in. This gun features a 26" octagon barrel with full magazine. It still has good case coloring on the hammer and lever and faded colors on the butt plate. The fire blued loading gate shows very little wear. A very nice gun for the Winchester enthusiast.:D

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Thanks guys for the comments. Matt, no it's not a Winchester case but a real old Canadian Tire one. :redface:.
The rifle has spent it's life here in Canada and is another gun that looks like time has stood still for.:D
"okcorral1881" The knife and sheath are both hand made by me and I have been using Kirk's photo ideas for some of my layouts, I now have good record of some my better guns, wish I had done this for the last 45 years of guns that I have owned ;)
 
Well here's one you don't see every day at Canadian Gun Shows. This Winchester Model 1886 is in the hard to find .50 Express Caliber. This gun and .50-110 caliber was designed to get the job done on both sides of the Atlantic for big and dangerous game. The rifle's serial number was applied 8-22-1891 and shipped 8-28-1891. It has the full magazine on 26" octagon barrel. It also has the 3 leaf express rear sight.
As a foot note the Bear Skin coat in the photo was made back in the late '20s or early '30s

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