Original U.S. Marlin Model 1893 Safety Repeating .38-55 Rifle made in 1894 - Serial 114898 Display Guns & Parts Sets It still has straw wrapped

It still has straw wrapped around the neck for protection

As the war progressed the rounded grip was replaced with a squared-off one to reduce production time

Navy research program for transonic and supersonic flight

The later switch to steel liner bands negated the need for these

giving it a lovely iridescent quality

Original U.S. Marlin Model 1893 Safety Repeating .38-55 Rifle made in 1894 - Serial 114898 Display Guns & Parts Sets It still has straw wrappedOriginal Item: Only One Available. World renowned sharpshooters Annie Oakley, a star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West, and Frank C. Miller, crack shot of the Irwin Bros. Cheyenne Frontier Days Wild West Show, often shot with Marlin rifles in their exhibitions. "I gave as high as 15 exhibitions a day, shooting under all conditions, rain, wind, night, in parades in the streets," Miller said in a 1915 interview. "And late last fall, I used some of the guns on