I don't know anything about the gun but others that do will stop by before long I am sure. It seems they were made from 1966 to 1973 so I don't know why they would not be safe to shoot if they have been taken care of. I do know that the Marlin Company of today would not know anything about one and that is probably a good thing. Here is a link I found here and there are others I am sure that you can do some reading on the model 50.

http://www.marlinowners.com/forum/shotguns/97608-glenfield-20-ga-model-50-a.html

 

And welcome to Marlinowners! We all love picture here so post some of your model 50 ASAP.

 

Welcome to the forum from south Louisiana.

cajun56

 

welcome from upstate ny:beer: a friend had a 50 yrs ago. never had any problems. but look into it.

 

Moving this to the Shotgun forum...

Pics would be awesome...

 

Thanks for the welcomes, everyone. Yes, the gun is immaculate and was well loved. I will post a pic, as soon as I figure out how on this forum. I'm new to this sort of thing. I welcome your thoughts and appreciate the ones given so far!

 

Update: sorry for no pics yet, but this gun is great! My eldest stepson and I went two rounds of trapshoot without a hitch, shoots better than my old Mossberg 500a, and come to find out has taken many deer by it's previous owner. It's a fun shotgun.

 

It is the Glenfield version (less expensive) of the Marlin Mod. 55. It is a bolt action shotgun, it is uncomplicated, reliable and inexpensive. It can be hard to get definitive information on them prior to 1968 because they had no serial numbers. I have a Mod. 55 that I bought though an employee in '68 without serial numbers, it has a Marlin Micro-Choke, and a New Haven roll stamp. It is supposed to be chambered for 3" magnum, but is not stamped for such. If you shot it and nothing bad happened, then you are good to go.

 

http://www.marlinowners.com/forum/computer-help-freeware/171181-how-post-photo-s.html