Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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C&R · III · 099

Marlin Model 1893 carbine, .38-55, 15-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. 28 ↗

Marlin, Model 1893 or 93 carbine, cal. .38-55, S/N 194783, with 15-inch barrel.

Representative line. ATF lists each serial number on its own line. 7 entries share this wording.

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESConfigured as the ATF wording states: “with 15-inch barrel”
  • ATF REQUIRESYour serial number is one ATF listsATF: “S/N 194783”
  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1893–1936.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
United States¹
Manufacturer
Marlin Firearms Co.
Type
Rifle
Action
Lever²
Caliber
.38-55
Made
Listed serials only · c. 1893–1936production; ATF states no date³
Service
Commercial
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section III · PDF p. 28 ↗ · ATF original ↗
Entries
7 lines
Verbatim check
Checked against the PDF text before every release
Editorial facts
Confidence: High · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. Wikipedia, “Marlin Firearms” ↗, country: "Marlin Firearms is an American manufacturer" (formerly based in North Haven, Connecticut); the article lists the Marlin Model 1893
  2. Wikipedia, “Marlin Firearms” ↗, action: models list: "Marlin Model 1893, lever action repeater, the precursor of the Model 36 and 336"
  3. Wikipedia, “Marlin Model 336” ↗, years: the article's Model 1893 passage: "the Marlin Model 1893 rifle, which was produced from 1893 to 1936"; "In 1936 ... the Model 1893 was redesignated the Model 1936"
  4. littlegun.be ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it): littlegun.be is a third-party reference site reproducing price-guide text without attribution, so it is weak support; littlegun.be Marlin overview: "MODEL 1893 CARBINE ... 15 (only 61 mfg.) or 20 in. round barrel ... Mfg. 1893-1935" (1st Model with saddle ring 1893-1915, 2nd Model 1922-35); the Model 1893 line as a whole (rifles) ran to 1936 (Model 336 article; littlegun "MODEL 1893 RIFLE ... Mfg. 1893-1936"); it disagrees with Wikipedia's 1936, so y ends 1936
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
1 change · see below

Correction history

  1. Evidence passYears: 1893–1935 → 1893–1936. Kept 1893–1935; the Model 336 article's 1893–1936 is the whole Model 1893 line, so y lies within it

All corrections · How corrections work

Historical context

Patent drawing, U.S. Patent 502,489 (shown for Marlin Model 1893 carbine, .38-55, 15-inch barrel)
Shown: the patent drawing for L. L. Hepburn's locking-bolt Marlin lever action (U.S. Patent 502,489, Aug. 1, 1893), receiver and buttstock only; not a Model 1893 production example.

Image: U.S. Patent 502,489, “Breech-loading gun, sheet 1” by Lewis L. Hepburn, Public domain (US patent). Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “Marlin Model 336”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The Marlin Model 336 is a lever-action rifle and carbine made by Marlin Firearms. Since its introduction in 1948, it has been offered in a number of different calibers and barrel lengths, but is commonly chambered in .30-30 Winchester or .35 Remington, using a 20- or 24-inch barrel. Currently, several models with a 16-, 19- and 20-inch barrels are available in .30-30 Winchester. The Model 336 is now back in production as of March 27, 2023.