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RECREA TION. 



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TAKE A 



Marlin Repeater 



MODEL 1897 



on your 



. . . . BICYCLE 



We make it with J 6-inch barrel, expressly to fit your diamond frame 

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



This 22- 



Calibre 



Repeater 

 is 



Universally 



Conceded 



be 1 rlli DrLO 1 Cut Showing Rifle Apart 



BECAUSE .... 



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



cartridges 

 The receiver is made of our u Special Smokeless Steel ff 

 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 

 7he 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 \ 92-page book (just out) which is a 



veritable mine of information to a sportsman 



Send stamps, to pay postage, to 



THE MARLIN FIRE ARMS CO. 



Mention Recreation. ^— — — INCW JTiaVen, COIUl. 



