Congrats rick1977 on your new to you Marlin purchase! I'm glad I got bit by the Marlin-itis lever action bug early on before Marlin sold out to The Freedom Group and Remington took over the manufacturing of Marlins. My first Marlin lever action in .357 was the 1894SS, the stainless steel version, that I bought new at Bass Pro for under $500 and nowadays the used and slightly abused ones sell for 3-5x that price. Since 2009, Marlin lever actions with the JM stamp have increased in value and selling price so the odds are that whatever you can pick one up for today, future value and prices will only go up.
