Marble Arms

began in 1892
Gladstone, Michigan

Marble Universal Rifle Sight
1892 began by Webster L. Marble Gladstone, Michigan
safety axe
compasses
Marble Game Getter combination gun

Marble Arms
600 Delta Ave
Gladstone, Michigan

marblearms.com

About Marble Arms

Marble Arms is one of the oldest outdoor-equipment makers in the United States, founded in 1892 in Gladstone, Michigan, by Webster L. Marble (1854-1930), a surveyor and timber cruiser who held more than 60 patents. The company began with the Marble Universal Rifle Sight and grew into a maker of practical gear for hunters and woodsmen. The Marble Safety Axe Company, founded in 1898, produced the folding-guard Safety Pocket Axe, still sold today, and the firm’s Ideal hunting knife became a pattern for sporting and military knives through World War II. Compasses and waterproof match safes rounded out a catalog aimed at people who spent their lives outdoors.

For firearms collectors, Marble is best known for the Game Getter, a combination gun with a folding stock introduced in 1908 that paired a .22 rifle barrel with a shotgun barrel. The National Firearms Act of 1934 ended domestic sales of the short-barreled versions, and in 1939 federal authorities removed the 18-inch-barrel variant from NFA control, a rare example of the law’s early classification decisions. Original Game Getters are now Curios and Relics. As of 2026 Marble Arms remains in business in Gladstone, where it is known primarily for iron gun sights.

Key Facts

1892: Founded by Webster L. Marble in Gladstone, Michigan, to make the Marble Universal Rifle Sight
1898: Marble Safety Axe Company founded
1908: Marble Game Getter combination gun introduced
1921: Redesigned Model 1921 Game Getter entered production
1934: National Firearms Act ended domestic sales of short-barreled Game Getters
1939: 18-inch-barrel Game Getter removed from NFA control

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