Need some help Marlin 50

[jbooker9]

I need some help determining the value of a marlin 50 autoloading .22 cal rifle. They were produced between 1931-1934. The gun is in decent condition good bluing, stock has some nicks and a crack that can be repaired. Because of the rarity of this rifle, i'm having trouble puting a value on it for sale. I will post some pictures later.

[BSlacker]

Does it fire from a open bolt or closed? About 5k were made total. It was Marlins first semi auto form around 1931-1934. The early ones fired from an open bolt and I assume this had to be changed to closed bolt after 1934. It became the Marlin A1 after about 1935. They are considered reliable decent semi autos. Although I wouldn't shoot the open bolt gun as it is rare and has some fragile parts in the manual extractor. They were good shooters.
Value for a 90% open bolt gun is about 250. I would give you 100 dollars for it next week, sight unseen, it would go in the Marlin wing of my collection. Maybe 150 if it fires from an open bolt. Don't remove the manual ejector it is hard to replace. Please post a picture.

[jbooker9]

it's the early model 50 that fires from the open bolt position, not the a1. I beleive it this one was made in 1931 or 32 because some of the later open bolt models were barreled with the a1 barrels, and had a different mag retention. I've seen just the mag for the model 50 not the a1 sell for $150-200 on gunbroker so if you are making an offer I think its a little low. The problem i'm having is I can't find any sales for the model I have. There are plenty of a1's