Marlin 39A mounty, how much would you expect to pay?

[KodeFore]

my gun digest book of values gives these guns a list price of vgood 285 or exc 315 but gunbroker.com com and others I've looked at seem to list those guns at 500 or way more.

How much would folks here think is a reasonable amount to expect to pay for a marlin 39 mounty in very good to exellent condition and what more information can tell me about the marlin 39a, & the marlin 39a mounty in particticular?

( Yes, I did a search, there is a lot here on these marllin lever guns and thats part of what got me intested in the first place )

Thanks

 

[Al Thompson]

Love mine. I paid over 250 for mine 8 years ago. Never regretted it. IMHO, those gun values books are a bad joke. Completely out of touch.

 

[okdee]

In the gun shows down here in Texas, most seem to go quickly. The few I have seen with price tags, start about $400. You see more of the rifles than the mounties.

 

[roklok]

I just won this one a few days ago: http://www.gunbroker.com/auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=147992303 I called, and the seller claims 90-95% condition, the photos seem to agree, plus it already came with the receiver sight which is how I would have set it up. Pretty happy to get it for $404.00.

 

[KodeFore]

hmmmmm I just paid 525 OTD at a gun show for one that looks new, but you can see some minor blemishes if you look real close, the dealer was actually asking 600 not including tax, no wonder he was so willing to drop down some!

All the same I have seen gun shops asking 500 firm for very beat up marlins.

Here they sell new for 600, not including tax & dros, I like the mounty style better than the standard. Not to mention I have read about some quality control issues with the newer guns.

This is alot for me to spend on purely "fun" gun, but if this one lives up to the rep, I don't think I'll be dissapointed.

I have a couple weeks before I can go pick it up, I am looking forward to it!

 

[ClemY]

Five years ago I found one for $300. Don't know how much it might be today.

 

[ArmedBear]

I really don't understand why Marlin doesn't make more variants of the 39. It seems like they could leverage the receiver into at least two models that would attract buyers, as they do with all their other receivers.

 

[NuclearMeltdown]

I traded a 50th Anniversary .357 Blackhawk for one, whatever that's worth. I think we both came out ahead.

 

[jmr40]

I've bought 2 within the last 3 years at $350 each. One was made in 1966, the other in 1958. They are in average shape externally but shoot great. I may have paid too much, but they don't turn up too often at any price and they are worth the price to me.

 

[Dr.Rob]

I haven't SEEN a real Mountie, like my dad's for sale locally. I'd love to have another one.

 

[shootr]

They go for what they go for.

I picked up a plain-jane, 1953-era, Ballard rifling 39a for $350 a few years back. Thought that was a touch high but didn't argue.

 

[JohnBT]

I wouldn't sell my '63 Golden 39-A Mountie for $400 or $500, but that's about what it would bring around here. Maybe a little more.

A lot of folks would rather have a nice old Mountie than a new 39-A rifle for the same price.

John