Scored Four Classic 22s

Great score

$400. I'd say you did good. I love that Rem 24.

Wow! Awesome find!!

Looks like you did well..... very well.

That 39-A Mountie is worth $500 around here. I'm surprised it's a '54 and still that nice. I was guessing mid-60s or so, just comparing one pic to my '63.

Did you use a gun or a checkbook to rob those?

Great deal, congrats.

Now, why can't I stumble on any sweet deals like that? Congratulations!

Outstanding!! Lucky skunk!!

psst, hey buddy... wanna buy some 22LR ammo?

Just judging by the stock style and the checkering, would've figured the Remington bolt gun to be a Model 513-S, instead of a T (at least it sure looks like the stock on mine). Wonder if yours got a stock swap at some point or what?

Amazing score!

Very nice score.

About a perfect .22 battery IMHO. Allthough I have a couple Anschutz which are slightly more accurate, I have my 513-t at the ready in my shop and it is extremely accurate.Your is nicer prewar with the checkering! Worth $400+. They made 5 & 10 round mags FWIW. The Mountie is a very wonderful piece in those golden years of production before the 70s. I have a full sized rifle from 55 but sure would pay $400 for yours! I like .22 short guns in pumps and semis and it doesn't get much better than your nice one worth more than $250 prolly closer to $300 and a sleeper at that!. What a fun gun around a large yard! Now your 14 1/2 Little scout is in exceptional shape for one and is worth at least $300. Use CB or subsonic .22LR in it and you will be astonished at the accuracy at 50-100 feet! The sights are usually right on for .22LR sub sonic ammo and the pressures are safe if your breech block locks up tight.
Dude you took the motherload!

Honestly, not to sound rude, but you should have offered the old feller more than $400, like the $500 you had on you. Taking advantage of seniors is kind of a lousy thing to do, considering just the Marlin 39 is a $500 rifle alone. I'm all for getting a good deal, but bragging about raking a senior citizen over the coals on THR isnt commendable at all. There is a line between scoring a good deal and taking advantage of someone. I think your now in that latter category. Your only into these rifles for about 25% of their value, would it have been that terrible to hand him an extra $100? Seriously?:banghead:

i disagree with Jackal. They were for sale and the OP bought them. He made an offer that no one ever had to accept. He didn't lie to the man and lead him to believe they were worthless (not as reported to us anyway). And the guy could have countered his offer. I'd have done the same thing. It's how business is done. Go to the middle east some day (or lots of countries that haven't had the walmart experience), wander into ANY market place, and see how you feel about paying more to feel like a standup guy after that buying experience.

DAdams beat me to his defense... but I'm leaving it up there because I'm tired of people getting all uptight about deals being struck, and I think it needs to stay.

"D" I wouldn't worry too much about what the jackal says, If my family had no use for my treasures (guns) and I really didn't need the money, I would seek out someone like yourself who would cherish them as I have. Then make sure that person (you) could affored to own them! Besides, the statements jackel made was reminisent of warren buffet telling us we should pay more in taxes, bemoaning the fact that he isn't charged enough! Fact of the matter is that he can pay any amount he wishes, and in fact, don't pay any and never will no matter what other's rates are! Besides I get the feeling you bought these fine .22's for personal consumption, not to make a profit. Congrats to you both, you for aquiring them, and him for passing them down (for $400) to someone who appreciates them and will not be in line, at the next gun "buy-back" program.

My goodness, I've stumbled into some good gun deals but this one is legendary. I just paid $500 for a 39AS that looks about the same condition as the one in the picture.

I've tried to squeeze out a good deal at yard sales and the like, invariably out comes a rusted Jennings or an Iver Johnson that doubled as a fishing weight; ya done good.

Yep, good score. I paid almost that for a 39A alone, and one month ago contemplated $350 for a Remington 24....didn't buy it, went back recently, and it was gone.

Great buy and great guns. I have a Remington Speedmaster 22 and shoots only long rifles. My first gun when I was 16. Paid $25 back in 1958.

I was thinking that this was a great deal. Then I read all these posts saying that just the Marlin alone is worth $500. I guess I need to elevate to "one HELLUVA DEAL!"....

I also agree that given the fact that no one in his family was interested that there's no harm and no foul. Certainly he didn't pay that much for them back when they were new. So the seller is up as well. And more n'likely he was mostly looking for an appreciative home for his guns.

I also would not sell a one of them. They are all pure classics and deserving of being shot a lot by someone which smiles with every trigger pull.