I've read on other posts in here that the 'B' either indicates the year of manufacture, or that it has Ballard rifling. The rifle has a straight stock, not a pistol grip, and is not checkered. The barrel is marked as a 'Model 1895' (no 'S'). I'm trying to determine when It was made. I have a Model 1895 lever action, serial number B007XXX.
Marlin Serial Numbers Dates Of Manufacture.Marlin Serial Numbers 1895 Serial Numbers.Enter the serial number of your Winchester Model 1895 in. Our sources disagree a bit, but this seems to be the best set of data. Our database contains values of serial numbers through 426754 which ended the year 1940. Winchester Lever Action Repeating Firearms, Vol. My guess is that it was manufactured in February 2012. The guy said there is no chart he could send me but he did say the serial number: MR22xxxC signifies a manufacture date in 2012. It stands for John Marlin, the founder of the company. The JM you mention is the proof mark applied to all Marlin rifles. I got an email back from Marlin about my 336 manufacturing date. The early Model 1895's had the 'B' serial number prefix up to 1977, when they went to the other system of serializing where you subtract the first two digits from 100. Quote Walker,do you have any info on the later years? I got an email back from Marlin about my 336 manufacturing date. Dating the first two digits of your Marlin serial number are 97 then it was manufactured in. If the first two digits of your Marlin serial number it was manufactured in. Marlin The 1895 Marlin was introduced in and that year they had a B0 1895 zero serial number prefix. Of that small number, the 45-90 was the BIG DOG, their largest caliber offered in the company's line of lever actions during the 19th century. This model was produced from 1895 to 1917 with only a mere 18,000 rifles produced. This is an early antique Marlin 1895 rifle in 45-90.