![]() This helped Marlin capture more market share as American shooters came to rely more and more on optics. Its use of side ejection allows for flat-topped firearms, thereby making the mounting of scopes easier than for traditional Winchesters. It is currently the dominant seller of lever-action rifles in North America. However, in the 1980s and 1990s, Marlin finally began to outpace its old rival. Marlin Firearms labored for a century as an underdog levergun maker to Winchester (formerly of New Haven). In 1917 Marlin Rockwell bought out the Hopkins & Allen Arms Company to promote an expanded line of firearms and restore the image of the Marlin company as makers of "sporting arms". In World War I Marlin became one of the largest machine gun producers in the world for the US and its Allies, building the M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun and a later variant called the "Marlin gun" optimized for aircraft use. Marlin was considered the main competitor to Winchester. Marlin produced a large assortment of firearms such as lever-action rifles, pump-action shotguns and single shot rifles. Marlin Firearms was founded in the 1870s by John Marlin. Marlin gun mounted on De Havilland airplane, 1921
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