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  • After the Guns Fell Silent: A Factory Engraved Marlin Model 39

    After the Guns Fell Silent: A Factory Engraved Marlin Model 39

    On November 11, 1918, the guns fell silent across Europe. For the Marlin Firearms Company in New Haven, Connecticut, the Armistice meant something else entirely: the end of a lucrative wartime machine gun contract — and the beginning of a corporate crisis that would reshape how the company built rifles.

    The New York Times, November 11, 1918. The end of…

    On November 11, 1918, the guns fell silent across Europe. For the Marlin Firearms Company in New Haven, Connecticut, the Armistice meant something else entirely: the end of a lucrative wartime machine gun contract — and the beginning of a corporate crisis that would reshape how the company built rifles. The New York Times, November…