I stopped in a Effinger's today to get a bicycle tube.

 

Of course, I looked at guns, too.

 

On the used rack was a very, very clean Marlin 989M2 with a very, very reasonable price. I decided to buy it as soon as I saw it. For the unfamiliar, this is the magazine fed .22 that looks like a M1 Carbine, considered by some to be collectible.

 

Gunsmith comes over to give me the gun's story.......

 

Widow brings it in to sell and says my husband bought it new in '77 and only shot 7 rounds thru it and then put it in safe. She then shows the box of .22 ammo that was sold with gun, missing 7 rounds. She did not have the magazine. Effinger's buys gun. A few days later, the widow returns with the original magazine holding, yup, those 7 rounds.

 

Effinger's says the gun is unfired and by the bore and condition of gun, I would agree. The gun still has stickers on stock. It has the manuals and the original rear sight, something that is often missing from these rifles. Only thing missing is the original box.

 

The question is, do I shoot it or save it? I am not a collector of anything, but would it be foolish to shoot this thing? I do not think I would sell it, even if someone offered double the price I paid. I have several Marlin .22's and this one is soooo pretty, it seems a shame not to shoot it.

 

I will post a pic later when I get home from work.

 

Oh, I forgot to get the bike tube, I was so giddy from the rifle find.

Sounds like a good find,I would shoot it and enjoy it.

This from the man who added to my Marlinitis!

 

ENABLER!!!

1977 99M1A cost $69.95 in 77.PM me if you want to sell or trade.

Enjoy it!

Dave