November, 1922 
501 
What the experts think 
of Marlin guns! 
Frank C. Miller, Expert Shot, 
Fort Collins, Colo. 
“I have been doing considerable 
public shooting for the past twelve 
years throughout the principal cities 
in the United States and Canada, 
shooting for Expositions, Roundups, 
Stampedes and at the leading State 
Fairs. ... 
I hit a tin can, thrown in the air, 
as high as twelve times, using two 
Model 28, 12-gauge Marlins, the sec- 
ond gun being picked up from the 
ground after the first one is empty. 
With the Model 38 rifle 1 have 
broken three targets in mid-air, and 
also ejected the empty shells, re- 
loading and striking empty before it 
reaches the ground; 1 hit a tin can 
thrown in the air as high as seven 
and eight times. • . . 
On my first season on the road 
my equipment consisted of four dif- 
ferent makes of firearms, and these 
arms were put to the supreme test, 
as my exhibitions were given under 
all kinds of weather and conditions; 
in rain; in wind-storms; at night; 
and giving as high as fifteen exhibi- 
tions a day. . . . 
After finding my MARLINS to be 
the most satisfactory and to work 
under all conditions, I discarded the 
other three makes. . . 
When not engaged in the show 
business, these guns are in use while 
we are hunting and collecting wild 
animals for our Trails End Ranch, 
on which place we now have thirty- 
one different varieties of wild ani- 
mals.” 
Capt. A. H. Hardy, 
Denver, Colorado. 
“I have been shooting Marlin 
rifles and shotguns for more than 
twenty years. My connection with 
The Peters Cartridge Co., in 1902, 
to represent them as a special dem- 
onstrator, has taken me into thirty- 
three states. During that time I 
have used Marlin firearms almost 
exclusively, only occasionally trying 
out something else for a compari- 
Your 12-gauge hammerless shot- 
gun is the best thing I have ever 
been able to find to handle the work 
1 do. One of the features of my 
exhibitions is the hitting of six tar- 
gets thrown into the air at one time, 
which requires a trifle over two sec- 
onds to fire the six shots. , . 
Some of my stunts require the 
shotgun to be operated in an up-side 
down position with great rapidity 
and the fact your hammerless shot- 
gun has handled all of this work 
with great satisfaction is, it seems, 
sufficient evidence of its superior 
qualities.” 
How will you buy your rifle? On tradition? 
Will you take whatever the dealer offers? — Or, 
will you carefully select the one best rifle for 
you — and insist on getting the rifle you wauit? 
Tnarli/t 
.22 Repeating Rifles 
There are 50 years of tradition behind 
these Marlin rifles — 50 years’ experience 
in making the best in sporting firearms. 
50 years of development — consequently there is not 
an old-style gun in the entire Marlin line. Marlin in- 
vented side ejection in firearms — Marlin discarded all 
old-style top-ejecting guns 30 years ago. 
The fundamental requirements in a .22 repeater are: 
Accuracy — the Ballard rifling has made Marlin accu- 
racy famous; good sights, to get full benefit of accuracy 
— Marlin .22’s are the only repeaters regularly fur- 
nished with the superior Ivory Bead sights; side ejec- 
tion, the modern construction — all Marlin rifles and 
shotguns have side ejection; standard 24-inch 
barrels — we make no guns with stubby, sawed- 
off barrels. 
You need standard length buttstocks — no short 
length, cheap-looking buttstocks are used on any 
Marlin guns; the rifle must be a take-down, for 
convenience in carrying and cleaning these 
Marlin repeaters have the quickest take-down 
constructions, action parts remove instantly 
without using tools, the barrels can be cleaned 
from both ends. 
You will want to use .22 short cartridges up 
to 50 yards; .22 long-rifle up to 200 yards^ 
all Marlin .22 repeaters use, interchange- 
ably, .22 short, long and long-rifle car- 
tridges. 
Model No. 20 — a man’s size repeating 
rifle with full 24-inch octagon barrel, 
full length buttstock. Ivory Bead Sight, 
25 shots. Slide action and visible 
hammer. Retails at $19.50. 
Model No. 38 — The wonderful 
new slide action repeater; Ham- 
merless; Instantaneous Take- 
Down, Ivory Bead Sight, Full 
Pistol Grip Buttstock. Perfect 
build and balance. Retails, 
Round Barrel, $21.50; Octa- 
gon barrel, $23.50. 
Model No. 39 — ^The only 
.22 Caliber Lever Action 
Repeater made. The 
choice of expert and 
professional shooters. 
The best .22 Rifle in 
the world. Retails 
at $26.50. 
Buy from Your Dealerl 
dealer in the 
United States can sup- 
ply you quickly at 
these prices. If your 
dealer does not sell 
the Marlin, write 
us giving his 
name. 
Send for our new illu- 
strated catalogue of all 
Marlin Repeating Rifles 
and Shotguns — free. 
Address Dept. S-85. 
TheTUarlin Firearms Gfrporalioii 
New Haven, Connecticut 
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