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began in 1892 with the invention and manufacture of the Marble Universal Rifle Sight by Webster L. Marble. Retrieved 2010-12-08 Frank H. Van Cleve of

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shared patent rights on some of the early patents applied for by Webster L. Marble. Products expanded to include outdoor goods like a novel safety axe,

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, match safes,

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es and the

Marble Game Getter The Marble Game Getter is a light, double-barrel (over-under), combination gun manufactured by the Marble's Arms & Manufacturing Company in Gladstone, Michigan. The firearm features a skeleton folding stock and a rifle barrel over a smooth-bo ...

combination gun. The company grew to be a foremost manufacturer of gun sights, competing with rivals such as Lyman, Redfield,

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, and Williams gun sight companies. Still in business in

, Marble Arms remains an important member of the firearm and shooting sports industry.

List of Patents

* Design for a Compass Card * Design for a Blade for a

Hunting Knife A hunting knife is a knife used during hunting for preparing the game to be used as food: skinning the animal and cutting up the meat. It is different from the hunting dagger which was traditionally used to kill wild game. Some hunting knives ar ...

* Adjustable Gun-sight * Front Sight for

Fire Arms A firearm is any type of gun designed to be readily carried and used by an individual. The term is legally defined further in different countries (see Legal definitions). The first firearms originated in 10th-century China, when bamboo tubes ...

* Safety Guard for

Axe An axe ( sometimes ax in American English; see spelling differences) is an implement that has been used for millennia to shape, split and cut wood, to harvest timber, as a weapon, and as a ceremonial or heraldic symbol. The axe has ma ...

s * Tool Handle Fastening * Match-Box * Gaff Hook *

* Gun Sight * Cleaning Rod for Firearms * Axe-edge Protector * Pivoted Nail Claw for

s * Front Sight * Compound Tool * Rear Sight * Firearm * Folding Stock for Firearms * Hammer for Double-Barreled Guns * Means for Attaching Supplemental Barrels to Firearms * Supplemental Barrel for Magazine Firearms * Gaff-Tongs * Folding Compound Tool * Front Sight for Firearms *

Slide-Action Pump action or slide action is a repeating firearm action that is operated manually by moving a sliding handguard on the gun's forestock. When shooting, the sliding forend is pulled rearward to eject any expended cartridge and typically to co ...

Firearm * Detachable and Interchangeable Butt-Piece for Firearms *

Recoil Pad A recoil pad is a piece of rubber, foam, leather, or other soft material usually attached to the buttstock of a rifle or shotgun. Recoil pads may also be worn around the shoulder with straps, placing the soft material between the buttstock and the ...

for Firearms

References

External links

Marble Arms Company website
{{Knives Firearm manufacturers of the United States Knife manufacturing companies Firearm sights Manufacturing companies based in Michigan American companies established in 1892 1892 establishments in Michigan