Riomouse911
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Sweet buy indeed!With respect to the increase in Marlin levergun prices, when Remington (who manufactured Marlins) went bankrupt and was parted out and sold off, Marlins were no longer being manufactured.
The fact that they were no longer being manufactured coupled with "perceived" scarcity of the older ones (because individuals weren't selling them) drove the prices through the roof.
Since the sell off of all Remington's assets, Ruger bought the Marlin name and all the tooling and has begun manufacturing the model 1895 chambered in 45/70 (in a couple of versions) with a stainless finish and has stated that other models, calibers, finishes (but not all) will be built in the future; all will most probably have an MSRP of over $1000 (double what I could get a new Remington built Marlin 1895 pre covid).
Edited to add:
I bought this Marlin 336Y with 16” barrel and laminated stock from my LGS 3 months before Remington closed its doors.
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It sat in the store for almost a year with no takers and when they finally marked it down to $300 I bought it.
Back then everything had to be 6.5 something or it wasn’t gonna get sold.
I wanted one of those 336Y Spike Horn models for quite a while to be a SxS scabbard gun, but I never did buy one. Now I am kicking myself every time I see the prices being asked for them.
Stay safe.