Marlin 93: Classic collectable cowboy rifle
In the tail end of the Old West, Marlin was still a new company. However, they were punching far out of their weight-class with an innovative solid-framed lever action rifle in a variety of calibers for hunters, and homestead defenders alike. Today we simply remember it as the Model 93, and if you run across one for a good price, you are a lucky cowboy indeed.
When John M. Marlin hung his shingle out for the first time in 1870, he spent the first decade of the company’s history making revolvers and derringers (with two R’s), as fitting his previous experience working for nearby Mr. Colt. Switching to lever-action long arms in 1881, the company started churning out a series of large and small frame ‘Safety Repeating Rifles.”
Marlin consistently took on lever action giant Winchester, and in 1893, that company’s John Browning-designed Model 1892 had just come out. Chambered for a variety of revolver-caliber rounds, Marlin stepped up to the plate with a new gun.
Marlin 1893 in 32-40 caliber. Go ahead and try to find that round at the local big box!