My Collection

[MO_Soldier]

Just set up the old gun rack that I grew up keeping my bow on haha.
Things look great on it and keep everything together and out of reach of my 2 year old daughter. The PM9 still goes in the bedside safe though!

[Barth]

I Like Handguns
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[MO_Soldier]

I like that last one. Is that what's called a J Frame?

Are those airweights on the first pic?
How do you like them?

[Barth]

I like that last one. Is that what's called a J Frame?

Are those airweights on the first pic?
How do you like them?

I like that last one. Is that what's called a J Frame?

Good taste my friend, it's my favorite.
I call it Special K - LOL!

Model 65: The .357 Military & Police Heavy Barrel Stainless
Manufactured 1972-2004

It's a 6 shot 357 magnum 3" heavy barrel LE trade in from about 1982?
S&W calls it a K Frame M63-3.
Pre-Lock, real stainless steel hammer and trigger with the firing pin on the hammer.
Gunsmith weighed the buttery DA at 6.75 lbs.
31.9 oz empty

Are those airweights on the first pic?
How do you like them?

Those two are both DAO Centennial J-Frames.
First one is a pre-lock 640-1 stainless steel 357 Magnum 2.125" barrel.
21.9 oz empty.

Second is a pre-lock 342 ti titanium air-weight 38 +P 1 7/8" barrel.
11.1 oz empty (that's not a typo 11.1 oz on a digital scale).
13.5 loaded with Speer 135 gr Short Barrel 38 +P.

The 640 is more fun to shoot.
The 342 is my ultimate pocket pistol and back up gun.
It's my NY re-load for the K-Frame.
I carry three speed strips and a 2x2x2 belt pouch.
But no reload is faster than drawing a second loaded gun - IMHO.

[Bill K]

Nice collection but I just can't get used to seeing a scope on a lever action rifle.

[MO_Soldier]

Lol, I've always had one, so I never thought twice about it. But now that you mention it, that is just a tad bit odd.

[les strat]

Good looking long gun collection! My first love was long guns as I hunted a lot as a kid and teen. Although I have a few tacticool weapons, my eye-candy pieces are long guns and revolvers with wood.

And I once had a 94 Winchester 30-30 with a scope... side mounted as the older ones ejected straight up. Served me well for years. Wish I still had that one.

[Sage]

Nice collection but I just can't get used to seeing a scope on a lever action rifle.

When I was young I deer hunted with an old beat up scoped Winchester 30-30 for years and did OK. I don't even remember what model it was. I was really happy when I could finally afford a Browning bolt action.

[MO_Soldier]

That's an authentic, bonafide, 1999 Marlin 30-30 I got new when I was 9! Lol

[MO_Soldier]

Did some research on my .22.
My grandpa gave it to me.
It's a Marlin Golden 38A.
It was made some time between 1937-1983, give or take a few years.
Mine is the golden model, but has no cross bolt safety like the golden models are supposed to have...I am looking into that.

[Popeye]

I have a scope on my 1981 336 30/30. These old tired eyes have a hard time seeing the iron sights anymore.:(

[Barth]

I have a scope on my 1981 336 30/30. These old tired eyes have a hard time seeing the iron sights anymore.:(

Contacts are heavenly.
Eventually even they will not work for me.
My Opthamologist has plans to replace my lenses during
cataract surgery at some point.

Then my eyes will be shinny and new like a teenager - LOL!

Isn't technology grand?

[MO_Soldier]

The top rifle is a 336.
@Barth - I've helped in cataract surgeries. So simple...Go for it!

[Markis82]

Did some research on my .22.
My grandpa gave it to me.
It's a Marlin Golden 38A.
It was made some time between 1937-1983, give or take a few years.
Mine is the golden model, but has no cross bolt safety like the golden models are supposed to have...I am looking into that.I believe your Marlin is a Golden 39A Mountie. There is no Golden 38A. There is a model 38, it is a unique pump action .22.

[Popeye]

I can see far away fine as I wear bifocals. In day light conditions I can see the sights ok but on a cloudy day or low light conditions I can't see the sights good enough to make a real critical shot if I had to. I might hit the target but it certainly won't be what many would consider a good shot. I seem to do a little better with peep sights than I do with an open type rear sight. Now with some sort of scope or red dot the results are a different story. I recently changed the sights on my SKS (Yugo) to a rear peep sight and a fiber optic front sight. No permenent changes had to be made to the rifle and nothing I can't revert back to it's original form.

[MO_Soldier]

Thank you markis, that was just a typo. I did mean 39A. Im not convinced its a mountie yet though. I'm gonna test it some time and see if it fits 15 or 19 LR bullets. That will tell me if it is mountie or just a golden 39A.

That still doesn't explain why a golden model has no cross-bolt safety like it is supposed to. The bbl says golden and the trigger is gold. My next step is to do some serial number research and see if I cant uncover more of this mystery.

[Markis82]

Thank you markis, that was just a typo. I did mean 39A. Im not convinced its a mountie yet though. I'm gonna test it some time and see if it fits 15 or 19 LR bullets. That will tell me if it is mountie or just a golden 39A.

That still doesn't explain why a golden model has no cross-bolt safety like it is supposed to. The bbl says golden and the trigger is gold. My next step is to do some serial number research and see if I cant uncover more of this mystery.The cross bolt safety was introduced in 1983 or 84. My 1958 model does not have a cross bolt safety.

[jlottmc]

Contacts are heavenly.
Eventually even they will not work for me.
My Opthamologist has plans to replace my lenses during
cataract surgery at some point.

Then my eyes will be shinny and new like a teenager - LOL!

Isn't technology grand?


I just can't get over the poking myself in the eye part. Good thing I still have 20/20, and can get by with glasses when I need a bit more clarity.

[MO_Soldier]

You're right markis...but according to.my research, '83 was when the golden was introduced, along with the cross bolt safety. Both together is what I found. So part of my rifle tells me it is '35-'83 era, and the other part is indicating a post '83 rifle.

[MO_Soldier]

Correction: '37-'83

[MO_Soldier]

Ok guys...a "V" in the serial # of my Marlin Golden 39-A says that it was manufactured in 1961!!

Interesting facts:
1)That is 12 years before wikipedia says the Golden models were made.
2)That's the year my dad was born. Given that my dad's dad gave it to me, I wonder if that wasn't coincidental.
3)It is NOT a Mountie. It holds 19 LR rounds.