I just bought this old Marlin!

[D. R. Greysun]

How old   , well maybe not that old.    But still I would like to know when it was made.  Model 1894, Ser. No. 181XXX18 .44 Remy. Mag.  Micro groove, so I guess that makes it post '53, .44 Rem. Mag moves it to post '56.  18 mil. dates it I don't know!  Thanx already for your help.

D R

[Micheal Fortune]

D.R. Greysun,

1982 is what I come up with.

http://oldguns.net/cgi-bin/f2f/f2f.pl?http://oldguns.net/q&a6_01.htm 

And that's where I got my info.........  Hope this helps   

[Four-Eyed Buck]

I concur with Michael. After 1972, the formula is 100-18=82. After the year 2000, the serials say for like my CBC would start with a 98, which was produced in 2002..............Buck

[Silver Creek Slim]

Yep, 1982.

Slim

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

Hey, D.R., reckon ours could be litter mates?   Mine's SN is 181XXX26, and it is also a .44 Mag.  If yours shoots as good as mine, you're gonna love it.

Hamp