30 cal levermatic

[gwrlee]

i was wondering if anyone could tell me what a marlin 30 cal carbine levermatic was worth and possibly some history on the gun

 

[Jim K]

I can't tell you much. They were made from 1963-1969. They looked good, but were never big sellers. They were chambered for .256 Magnum (the round first chambered in the Ruger single shot Hawkeye) and .30 Carbine. One problem was that in many states, .30 Carbine is not powerful enough for deer hunting, which restricted the rather expensive Marlin and its ammo to plinking. While the .256 was used as a varmint round, it really was a pistol cartridge and couldn't compare with real varmint cartridges like the .222.

Unlike the Ruger, which can bring a couple of grand these days, the Marlin will bring a top of about $400 in the .30 Carbine, and a hundred or so more in the .256.

Jim

 

[mp510]

The .30 carbine was added in 1966. .30 carbine was by far the more popular caliber between the available centerfire choices (over half were in .30 Carbine). There was 15714 Model 62 Levermatics in .256 and .30. 4,000 of the centerfire 62 Levermatics were shipped without serial numbers, but many were sent back to Marlin for numbering. Some still have yet to be numbered.

There is a reciever mounted scope mount available.

These are pretty accurate rifles.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

Gun Parts Corp (Numrich Arms) claims that they brought the
leveraction mechanism of the Kessler leveratction shotgun
to the attention of the Marlin floks, and Marlin adopted the
designand paid a royalty on each gun.

The levermatic had a very short lever stroke but the extraction
was sometimes weak on some military .30 carbine brass. I
recall having a real problem with tough extraction with some
West German 7.62x33mm (.30 carbine) in my Marlin.

 

[mp510]

I fired PMC FMJ (commercial) without a problem through one.

 

[Gordon]

I certainly would give you $400 for it if it's 90% or better.