Good Price For A 1952 .35 Marlin?

[NewYorkRifleMan]

I can buy a Marlin lever action with a full length magazine tube for 250.00. The man selling it says that its from 1952. I have to confirm this with the forum serial number link or just call Marlin. Is this a good price?

I didn't handle it because it was locked up via a cable but it seemed to be in really good shape. It had a nice patina to the wood and the bluing was nice as well, but again, I didn't handle it. The only flaw I saw just by looking at it on the shelve was that it looked like the recoil pad (hard plastic type) was not flush with the stock which leads me believe that it is not factory or something else. I may buy it but then I don't have a need for .35 Rem. The ammo is expensive right? How does it kick? I don't hunt, just punch paper. I love Marlins and old guns. I still want the Marlin 1894 .44 mag in stainless and send it to Wild West Guns for a action and trigger tune.

Is 250.00 for the vintage Marlin a good price? What if I can get him down to 225.00? Thanks.

[victorcharlie]

That would probably be a fair price for an execellent one.  A very good one would bring about $200 around here.

Certainly $250 is on the top end of the price range but I believe I've read that a few others have paid more than that.

Ammo is around $18 per box for corelockts average.  The run in the metals market has got all ammo higher than I've seen it in a long time.   That's not to say you might find ammo cheaper.

Recoil is low on the .35 Remington, on par with the .30.30.

[dodgecity]

I have bought 2 .35s this year, one in February and the other in July. I'm buying them for my grandsons. I paid $180 for the one and $190 for the other. The $190 price included having the gunsmith correct an overly light trigger pull. One was built in "53" and the other in "57". Both are in great shape. I load for my .35 and, in my area,  I have never had any trouble getting components. Cost of reloading is comparable to similar calibers. Just can't have too many .35s.

[35Rem]

Just can't have too many .35s.

AMEN!!

[toecutter]

Howdy NY, I guess I'm a little late answering on this one, but I love mine so much I just had to chime in.  I've got one from '53 that is in the SC configuration, and to be honest, I think I like that gun more than most anything else I own regardless of the price (bearing in mind that it is one of the least expensive ones I own).  It looks and feels better than most anything else out there (to my eye anyways), points like an extension of you're thoughts, and just reminds me of a bygone era in american deer hunting.  For a vintage Marlin in good condition, I would buy it in a second for 250.00.

If that don't all add up to the purest form of firearm love... I'm afraid I'm all out of words.

'scuse me as I sneak off to the safe to make sure my babies are all ok.  Good luck and get the .35, It's real hard to beat if you handload (or even if you don't).  Take care!!

[Coyote Hunter]

...I've got one from '53 that is in the SC configuration, and to be honest, I think I like that gun more than most anything else I own ...  It looks and feels better than most anything else out there...

If that don't all add up to the purest form of firearm love... I'm afraid I'm all out of words.

'scuse me as I sneak off to the safe to make sure my babies are all ok.  Good luck and get the .35, It's real hard to beat if you handload (or even if you don't).  Take care!!

It's a disease called "Marlinitis".  My hunting buudy and I also call it "Lever Action Satisfaction".

[toecutter]

Coyote hunter: It's one of the sweetest crosses I'm forced to bear
More Guns (marlin lever guns in this case)= More satisfaction...  Now that's the kind of math I can really wrap my mind around.