IV 



RECREA TION. 



TAKE A 



Marlin Repeater 



MODEL 1897 



on your 



. . . . BICYCLE 



We make it with 16-inch barrel, expressly to fit your diamond frame 



Weight only 5 lbs. We have the proper covers also. 

 This 22- 

 Calibre 

 Repeater 



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1° THE BEST 

 BECAUSE . . . . 



Cut Showing Rifle Apart 



One rifle uses 22 short, 22 long, and 22 long rifle 



cartridges 

 The receiver is made of our u Special Smokeless Steel " 

 The working parts are all of crucible tool steel 

 The inside is finished and polished as well as the outside 

 The breech-bolt takes out so you can clean your barrel 

 The side ejection is a good thing, Ballard barrels 



shoot straight 



The rifling is to a rifle what choke is to a shot gun 

 Good deep rifling is one reason why they shoot harder 



EASY TO CLEAN 



TAPER BARRELS 



ADJUSTABLE SIGHTS 



We will mail to any address, free, a 192-page book (Just out) which is a 

 5 veritable mine of information to a sportsman 



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THE MARLIN FIRE ARMS CO. 



New Haven, Conn* 



Mention Recreation. 



