Talyn
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The use of the Marlin Model 39 in the Philippines in WW2.
The Marlin Model 39: An Unlikely Participant in WWII
The Marlin Model 39: An Unlikely Participant in WWII
The Marlin Model 39: An Unlikely Participant in WWII
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jumpinjoe
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Didn't have much to do with WWII, but I did have two Mod39's for a long time. Won the first in a poker game as I recall (think it was the Mod39) and after I got married my new wife wanted it 'cause it was "just like a cowboy gun". I promised her I'd buy her one some day and sure as the world I did. About 5-6 yrs later I was in a little country store/pawn shop kind of place in a little 1 horse town down south and over in the corner, sorta covered by an old burlap looking curtain was an older Mod39. Covered with dirt/dust of probably several years but everything was tight. I asked the proprietor about it and he said .... "what that old .22, nobody wants that old thing. So he and I came to an 'that old thing' price agreement and I took it home to my bride. Gave it to her and told her "it's yours now, you shoot it, you clean it, you take care of it. Well, a few days later she decided it needed a real good cleaning .............. and that's a whole other story !!!! 
But over a lot of years she and I both did a lot of early morning squirrel hunts with those two 'cowboy guns'. She became pretty danged good with 'her' Mod39 in pretty short order. She even shot that little rifle for a good while in some NRA Rimfire Rifle Silhouette competitions and held her own for a long while. But after a bit some shooters were showing up with hard core competition rifles and kind'a took over. I couldn't afford the kind of rifle she needed at the time so she gave that up and went back to NRA Smallbore Hunter Pistol silhouette where she won a state championship in class IIRC in 1985.
I gave them both to my 'yard son' a couple years ago along with most of my guns when the wife and I moved into a retirement community. I kept one of two gun safes I had at the time and just a few guns that were really special in one way or another to me and/or her. But I got to say, I really did like those old 'cowboy guns'. They were top notch as far as I was concerned.
But over a lot of years she and I both did a lot of early morning squirrel hunts with those two 'cowboy guns'. She became pretty danged good with 'her' Mod39 in pretty short order. She even shot that little rifle for a good while in some NRA Rimfire Rifle Silhouette competitions and held her own for a long while. But after a bit some shooters were showing up with hard core competition rifles and kind'a took over. I couldn't afford the kind of rifle she needed at the time so she gave that up and went back to NRA Smallbore Hunter Pistol silhouette where she won a state championship in class IIRC in 1985.
I gave them both to my 'yard son' a couple years ago along with most of my guns when the wife and I moved into a retirement community. I kept one of two gun safes I had at the time and just a few guns that were really special in one way or another to me and/or her. But I got to say, I really did like those old 'cowboy guns'. They were top notch as far as I was concerned.