calledflyer wrote on Sep 16^th, 2016 at 11:27am:


Thanks! Helps to search a wide area, and have friends who point them your way also!

calledflyer wrote on Sep 16^th, 2016 at 4:26pm:


Yes! Guns can always be found or replaced; but friends are tougher to find or replace!

Thanks John! Makes sense that they would simply use one stamping on the extractors. Surprised they didn't just mark them ".40" instead of caliber specific.

LarryLee wrote on Sep 8^th, 2018 at 1:31am:


I had another Ballard .40-85 owner tell me his extractor was marked ".40-63" also, so it seems to be the norm for Marlin.

Bill Lawrence wrote on Sep 8^th, 2018 at 3:41pm:


Sure Bill. Thanks to Photosucket all my old pictures disappeared. I'll post the before and after again.

Here's one after I cleaned the caliber marking off to read the rollstamp:

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The whole gun, but a poor quality image that doesn't show the grunge well:

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Barrel area of rollstamp after cleaning:

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Buttstock, receiver, and long range tang sight:

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Barrel, forearm, and case colored thimbles for wiping rod:

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Correct copy of the 2 piece Pacific rod Marlin supplied with this model:

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After some finish, and aging:

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