Value M1893 Marlin?
I'd like to pin down some values on this piece and a few other pre-war firearms which I inherited for insurance purposes and possibly sale "some day." Can anyone advise on a few?
This one is a beautiful M1893, s/n 14x,xxx (1930s?). Easily 95% with vivid case colors, superior, nicely figured, wood, half round / half octagon barrel, half magazine (information added 11/28), .38-55. Looking at the Blue Book, it suggests the value is on the order of $2500 or possibly more? Yet as I've checked the auctions sporadically over the years, I haven't seen any selling in this range except the deluxe models - this isn't - although I've yet to see any as nice as mine, either. So I question whether this is realistic or not.
Yeah, I know, if it were a Winchester . . . .
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Thanks, woodsrunner . . . just goes to show how much I know about firearms, huh? I didn't realize the M1893 was discontinued so early. That piece of information gives me an even more valuable piece of family history - this would have belonged to my grandfather rather than my mother as I had thought. I entered the full s/n and it was in fact made in 1896. It is not a takedown (that much I knew) and it is barreled for smokeless.
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Added 11/28:
Anyone? Is $2500 a reasonable value on this rifle?
"There is nothing lower than the human race - except the french." (Mark Twain)
This one is a beautiful M1893, s/n 14x,xxx (1930s?). Easily 95% with vivid case colors, superior, nicely figured, wood, half round / half octagon barrel, half magazine (information added 11/28), .38-55. Looking at the Blue Book, it suggests the value is on the order of $2500 or possibly more? Yet as I've checked the auctions sporadically over the years, I haven't seen any selling in this range except the deluxe models - this isn't - although I've yet to see any as nice as mine, either. So I question whether this is realistic or not.
Yeah, I know, if it were a Winchester . . . .
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Thanks, woodsrunner . . . just goes to show how much I know about firearms, huh? I didn't realize the M1893 was discontinued so early. That piece of information gives me an even more valuable piece of family history - this would have belonged to my grandfather rather than my mother as I had thought. I entered the full s/n and it was in fact made in 1896. It is not a takedown (that much I knew) and it is barreled for smokeless.
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Added 11/28:
Anyone? Is $2500 a reasonable value on this rifle?
"There is nothing lower than the human race - except the french." (Mark Twain)
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Teak I have a link for you. In that configuration is it a takedown by any chance? My 32/40 is similar but it's a takedown. Easy to tell, there will be a little button on a lever protruding form the bottom of the reciever on the front of it.
Also is it marked Black Powder or smokeless steel? Mine is Black Powder. I think the BP marked guns are a bit rarer. Anyhow check this out.
http://armscollectors.com/sn/marlinlookup.php
Woods
"... there is much truth in the Italian saying, 'Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.'" -- Benjamin Franklin0 -
My search said the ser# 140,000 was made in 1896. A bit earlier than my 1907 made gun.
Woods
"... there is much truth in the Italian saying, 'Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.'" -- Benjamin Franklin0 -
Hello Iconoclast...
Marlins are most definitely not my personal forte, but if it is truly in 95% original condition and it was made in 1896 (a bonafide antique), then I believe that $2500 might be a little on the low side. I do know that the older Marlins have been gaining value (and collectors) quite rapidly in the past 10 years or so (due to being able to aquire them for considerably less $$$ than a similar condition Winchester). I have a very good friend who is a Marlin collector, and I am sure that he will have a much better idea of what it might be worth.
Bert H.
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