C&R · III · 084
Marlin Model 1889 factory cut-away, 5-inch barrel
Section III: removed from the NFA, curio or relic under the GCA
Official wording
ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION III · VERBATIM · PDF P. 26 ↗
Marlin Firearms, Model 1889, factory cut-away rifle, S/N 29533, with a 5-inch barrel.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESConfigured as the ATF wording states: “with a 5-inch barrel”
- ATF REQUIRESYour serial number is one ATF listsATF: “S/N 29533”
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1889–1899.
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
United StatesBasis: no citation - Manufacturer
- Marlin Firearms Co.Basis: the ATF wording
- Type
- RifleBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- LeverBasis: no citation
- Caliber
- Not statedBasis: the ATF wording
- Made
- Listed serials only · c. 1889–1899production; ATF states no dateBasis: outside reference ¹
- Service
- Commercial
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section III · PDF p. 26 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. gunvalues.gundigest.com ↗, years: Gun Digest: "Marlin's first side-eject solid-top rifle"; "Approximately 55,000 manufactured between 1889 and 1899"
- Fact tags
- ATF the ATF wording states it.
- REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
- ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
- NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
- Source checked
- 20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
- Corrections
- None
Historical context
Image: U.S. Patent 400,679, “Magazine-gun, sheet 1” by Lewis L. Hepburn, Public domain (US patent). Retrieved October 2026.