Determining The Date of Manufacture of Marlins 1945-2001+

[alleydude]

Though this information is all over the Net (minus the dates for Marlins manufactured after 2000), it always comes up on every forum, so I thought I would post the information here for those new to the Marlin thing. If you see any errrors, please let me know.

1945-1972

Marlin year of manufacture may be determined from the following table of letter/numeral prefixs to the serial number:


Year | Prefix
1945 c (Lower case "c")
1946 C (Upper case "C")
1947 D
1948 E
1949 F
1950 G
1951 H
1952 J
1953 K
1954 L
1955 M
1956 N
1957 P
1958 R
1959 S
1960 T
1961 U
1962 V
1963 W
1964 Y, Z
1965 AA
1966 AB
1967 AC
1968 AD, 68
1969 69
1970 70
1971 71
1972 72

1973-2000
Starting in 1973, the year of manufacture can be determined by subtracting the first two digits of the serial number from 100:
Example: SN 2512345 would have been made in 1975 [100 - 25 = 75].

Year | Prefix
1973 27
1974 26
1975 25
1976 24
1977 23
1978 22
1979 21
1980 20
1981 19
1982 18
1983 17
1984 16
1985 15
1986 14
1987 13
1988 12
1989 11
1990 10
1991 09
1992 08
1993 07
1994 06
1995 05
1996 04
1997 03
1998 02
1999 01
2000 00

2001-Beyond

From 2001 on you can determine the manufacture year by subtracting the first two digits of the serial number from 100 and adding that to 2000.
For example, SN 9112345 would have been made in 2009 [100 - 91 = 9 + 2000 = 2009].

Another way of figuring out the serial numbers/dates after 2000 is by simply subracting the first two digits from 2100.
As in the above example: 2100 - 91 = 2009.

Guns made after 2000 will have serial numbers starting in "9" (until 2011 when they will most likely start in "8").

Year | Prefix
2001 99
2002 98
2003 97
2004 96
2005 95
2006 94
2007 93
2008 92
2009 91
2010 90