Well for almost 4 years of looking at old Marlins for sale on the on line auctions I see another price change happening. All of the best, correct Marlins with traces of case are selling in the upper 10 - 20,000 range! Were catchin up to the Winchester prices now. Leroy Mertz has some nice ones, if you have that kind of cash. Some of them don't look that good and they are still above GB prices!:flute:
Next is the correct guns with less finish. Two years ago they were a grand or so. Now asking prices are in the thousands.
I should have been buying these when I was a kid! Back in the 60's and 70's these old Marlins were dirt cheap!
Note these are asking prices, but it shows where the market is going.
Then theres the crappy looking one's all beat up and rough or modified some how. The asking prices on these rifles is about a grand now!:ahhhhh:
Who knows what the next few years will bring!!! Even vintage Lyman and Marbles sights that were made for Marlins are commanding high prices.
I would bet that most of all the surviving BEST Marlins are owned by buyers and sellers...even shooters that know exactly what theyre worth!
Get em while ya can boys! Soon they will be all unaffordable!
Well that's my take on it anyway! YMMV!:flute:
Next is the correct guns with less finish. Two years ago they were a grand or so. Now asking prices are in the thousands.
I should have been buying these when I was a kid! Back in the 60's and 70's these old Marlins were dirt cheap!
Note these are asking prices, but it shows where the market is going.
Then theres the crappy looking one's all beat up and rough or modified some how. The asking prices on these rifles is about a grand now!:ahhhhh:
Who knows what the next few years will bring!!! Even vintage Lyman and Marbles sights that were made for Marlins are commanding high prices.
I would bet that most of all the surviving BEST Marlins are owned by buyers and sellers...even shooters that know exactly what theyre worth!
Get em while ya can boys! Soon they will be all unaffordable!
Well that's my take on it anyway! YMMV!:flute: