Home Forums Lever Action Central Marlin 336 Lever Actions Help valuing 1946 Marlin A DL transition rifle

I'm usually pretty good about valuing the few rifles that I sell, but this one has me stumped. I've posted a couple of pictures. It is a large C serial numbered Marlin 36 A DL. From my research it appears to what is termed a transition rifle - one that has an A DL barrel but without the checkering of earlier A DLs. From the large C serial number I would assume it to be manufactured in 1946/47.

As can be seen in the picture it is in "shooter" shape and it does shoot. It is not D & T and says Marlin Safety on the top of the receiver.

Any advice as to value would be appreciated.

I'm not versed in the particulars of older Marlins, but I would say its value wouldn't be much different than an early 336 of the same condition. For whatever reason the models 1936 and 36 don't seem to garner as much interest as they should. If you're looking to sell I'd try to correct those cabinet screws in the stock, that's a quick $100+ deduction in my mind.

That would be a good question to take to the
Marlinowners.com forum.