Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Marlin Model 1895 carbine, .38-56, 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. 43 ↗

Marlin, Model 1895 or 95 carbine, cal. .38-56, S/N 167406, with 15-inch barrel.

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 167406”
  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1895–1917.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
United States¹
Manufacturer
Marlin Firearms Co.
Type
Rifle
Action
Lever²
Caliber
.38-56
Made
Listed serials only · c. 1895–1917production; ATF states no date³
Service
Commercial
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section III · PDF p. 43 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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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"; models list: "Marlin Model 1895 Square bolt. The original rifle introduced in 1895, based on the 1893 action"
  2. Wikipedia, “Marlin Model 1894” ↗, action: "The designer and patentee of the Model 1888 and subsequent Marlin lever action rifles (including the Model 1894) up to the Model 1897 was L.L. Hepburn" (covers the Model 1895)
  3. revivaler.com ↗, years
Fact tags
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  • 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. Image review: article images and reference linksReference article: Marlin Firearms → Marlin Model 336. Marlin Firearms is about the Marlin company, not this model; Marlin Model 1895 redirects to Marlin Model 336, which covers the 1893-derived lever-action family and notes the original Model of 1895 (1895-1917).

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Historical context

Patent drawing, U.S. Patent 502,489 (shown for Marlin Model 1895 carbine, .38-56, 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 1895 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.