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Marlin gun mounted on De Havilland airplane, 1921. Marlin Firearms was founded in 1872 by John Marlin. Marlin produced a large assortment of firearms such as lever-action rifles, pump-action shotguns, and single-shot rifles. Marlin was considered the main competitor to Winchester.
The Ballard Rifle was designed and patented by Charles H. Ballard in November 1861 in Worcester, Massachusetts. [1] Around 3,000 were made between 1862 and 1865, with some being used for military use in Kentucky. [1] Ballard rifles used by Kentucky Volunteers will have Kentucky marked on them.
But two years earlier Marlin Firearms Co. had already necked down the .32-20 Winchester, and called it the .25-20 Marlin. It was first chambered in Model 1889 lever action Marlins long before Winchester did the same thing and put their name on the .25-20.
The .38-55 Ballard was originally a Black-powder cartridge as used in Ballard and Marlin Firearms from 1876 onwards for various single-shot target rifles. Their 1893 lever-action rifle was also available in 38-55 using a Black-powder only barrel, or another barrel designated "Special Smokeless Steel" capable of safely using 38-55 cartridges ...
A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves ("rifling") cut into the barrel walls.The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile (for small arms usage, called a bullet), imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the orientation of the weapon.
John Mahlon Marlin (May 6, 1836 – July 1, 1901) was an American firearms manufacturer and inventor. Marlin was born in Boston Neck, near Windsor Locks, Hartford County, Connecticut, as the son of Mahlon Marlin and Jennette Bradford. He worked at the Colt plant in Hartford during the American Civil War.
The Marlin Model 1894 is a lever-action repeating rifle introduced in 1894 by the Marlin Firearms Company of North Haven, Connecticut. At its introduction the rifle came with a 24-inch barrel and was chambered for a variety of rounds such as .25-20 Winchester , .32-20 Winchester , .38-40 , and .44-40 .
The .40-65 Winchester (also called the .40-65 Winchester and Marlin) [1] was an American rifle cartridge. Introduced in 1887 for the Winchester Model 1886 , and available in Winchester single shots and in the Marlin Model 1895 , it was "a further effort to put more steam" in repeating rifle cartridges. [ 2 ]