I have a rossi pump lot's of fun to shoot.

This afternoon the American Rifleman magazine shows up and what gun is on the back page, "Technical I have this old gun" section? Yep the Marlin 39A Golden Mountie. It says condition = 98 percent, value = $350-$375. After spending some time on gunbroker looking at these model 39's I think the gun broker people must not have received the memo on the value being $350-$375.

I see one maybe two (regular 39A) with starting bids at $475, which if I wanted to play the auction game and got one for that much or not much more, the ffl fees would put it near the local new 39A at $530.

There are two current auctions for mounties, one with starting bid at $400 and one at $585.
A review of closed auctions for mounties indicates one ending at $455. One ending for $380 on a kind of beat up one, and one ending for $700.

The other thing is I quite like the pistol grip stock on the 39A over the straight stock of the mountie, but I also prefer the 20" barrel of the mountie, and around and around we go.

I doubt attempting to cut the 24" barrel down to 20" would be very practical with the tube feed deal, front sight remounting, re bluing etc.

I suggest that you should seriously consider joining this group here at the High Road (Link below) and post a mention that you are looking for a 39A in excellent condition, preferably and Mountie. Some of these fellers have three or four stashed away; in these hard times, one may be turned loose... you may luck-out.

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthrea...261635&page=89

Pete

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My only tube fed is the first gun I shot...

A Remington Fieldmaster mod. 572 that my father bought years ago for $5. I'm actually giving it some TLC right now.....

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Pete,

I bought the Marlin 39A from him this evening. No pics yet as I am still in MO, but the SN is J52xx, it is almost mint, call it 98% or so, both wood and metal, if you had a box for it you could *almost* call it NIB; a great little .22. I also bought aforementioned Winchester 72 as well.

I wasn't planning on being in MO right now, but Dad had to have some surgery on Wed. and Mom wanted me to come up. I called Bill this AM and ran over to his house tonight after Mom and I got back from the hospital and visited with him for a couple of hours and bought a couple of nice .22's. Hopefully I'll be able to put a few rounds through these tomorrow morning before we make the trek back to the hospital.

My newest is a Henry .22Mag. It's a great shooter and the action is smooth as silk.

My favorite of all time is my .22LR Remington Nylon 66. It's almost 40 years old and can still shoot a Quarter sized group from 50 yards with the stock iron sights....plus it was made before Serial numbers were required on firearms, so it remains anonymous!

Mossberg bolt action.

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Good to hear Steve - You're gonna love that jewel. Post some pictures when you can. We hope your dad will be up and around soon, say Hi.

Pete

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Just saw the Feb. '59 American Rifleman that reviewed the Nylon 66 and said that, although Remington did not mention it, the NRA staff found that it (They had 4 of them.) would feed shorts with only an occasional ftf. When it failed to feed a short, they simply retracted the bolt and continued to fire. I never heard of such a thing.

Regards,

Tam 3

I just got a Henry carbine, shoots better than I do and very light. Even I can shoot good.

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Tam 3...looking at the Instructions for my Nylon 66 is says to use .22LR only...that's all I have ever used. I did install a new firing pin and springs about 2 years ago. The instructions also has a complete parts list with prices:
Barrel $8.00, Stock $15.00, Firing Pin Striker $1.00, Complete Trigger $1.00, Front Sight $1.35....prices I can afford!

I've had several makes & models. Now down to 2. A Henry Golden Boy that I won at Friends NRA Banquet and a vintage Winchester Model 61. Had a Marlin Model 39 for years that wound up in my sons safe. Never had a bit of trouble with any tube loaders, just kept 'em clean.

Love my Henry lever action!