Marble Arms

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|predecessor =Marble Safety Axe Company, Gladstone Manufacturing Company,

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|foundation = {{Start date and age|1892}}

|founder = Webster Marble

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|location_city = Gladstone, Michigan

|location_country = United States

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|key_people = Webster Marble, Frank Van Cleve

|industry = firearms

|products = rifles, gun sights, axes, hunting knives, and other outdoor accessories

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|homepage = [http://www.marblearms.com www.marblearms.com]

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Marble Arms & Manufacturing Company of Gladstone, Michigan began in 1892 with the invention and manufacture of the Marble Universal Rifle Sight by Webster L. Marble.{{cite web |url=http://www.marblearms.com/history.html |title=Marble Arms - the Leader in Iron Gun Sights |access-date=2010-12-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128153854/http://www.marblearms.com/history.html |archive-date=2013-01-28 }} Retrieved 2010-12-08 Frank H. Van Cleve of Escanaba, Michigan shared patent rights on some of the early patents applied for by Webster L. Marble.{{cite web|title=WEBSTER L. MARBLE|url=https://www.google.com/search?tbm=pts&hl=en&q=ininventor:%22WEBSTER+L.+MARBLE%22|work=Gooble Patents|publisher=US Patent Office|access-date=3 February 2012}}  Products expanded to include outdoor goods like a novel safety axe, hunting knives, match safes, compasses and the Marble Game Getter combination gun. The company grew to be a foremost manufacturer of gun sights, competing with rivals such as Lyman, Redfield, Pacific, King, and Williams gun sight companies.{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}  Still in business in Gladstone, Michigan, Marble Arms remains an important member of the firearm and shooting sports industry.