old rifles with deceased owner

[Eljay]

So that first one's a Chilean Mauser, model of 1895. Not super valuable but there's always somebody who wants a nice Mauser at the right price.

Marlin 336 is a lever action? I'm not sure why it would say 1870 on it, that's fairly modern... or is that the serial? What caliber?

[Eljay]

Ah! The ones they made in 1970 had that EST 1870 thing as a 100th anniversary deal. Which unfortunately means it's not a C&R and has to go through a FFL. First two digits of serial should be year of production.

[benz510]

So that first one's a Chilean Mauser, model of 1895. Not super valuable but there's always somebody who wants a nice Mauser at the right price.

Marlin 336 is a lever action? I'm not sure why it would say 1870 on it, that's fairly modern... or is that the serial? What caliber?

No its not the serial. I believe it's .35 rem.

[benz510]

I uploaded a pic

[Eljay]

Hopefully you saw the update - I figured it out. .35 Remington makes sense for that gun, although it would probably be worth more in .30 - .30.

Saw the picture. Looks like a lot of surface rust / trashed finished.

[benz510]

Hopefully you saw the update - I figured it out. .35 Remington makes sense for that gun, although it would probably be worth more in .30 - .30.

Saw the picture. Looks like a lot of surface rust / trashed finished.

Yeah they don't look to good lol

[Eljay]

Shame nobody kept grandpa's rifles oiled.

Does the Mauser say the caliber? 7x57mm I think but sometimes they got rebored so somebody would want to check that.

By the way - they were made in Germany, it's Chilean in the sense that it was made for them under contract.

[benz510]

Shame nobody kept grandpa's rifles oiled.

Does the Mauser say the caliber? 7x57mm I think but sometimes they got rebored so somebody would want to check that.

By the way - they were made in Germany, it's Chilean in the sense that it was made for them under contract.

It doesn't have the cal labeled anywhere.

[Eljay]

Apparently a lot of them were rebored in 7.62 and if so it should say somewhere around where the barrel hits the receiver. Hopefully not because that's a moronic thing to have done. It's still worth hardly anything though, especially if it has the same rust as the Marlin.

[benz510]

Apparently a lot of them were rebored in 7.62 and if so it should say somewhere around where the barrel hits the receiver. Hopefully not because that's a moronic thing to have done. It's still worth hardly anything though, especially if it has the same rust as the Marlin.

Thanks for the input. I appreciate it.

[The Gleam]

Marlin Est 1870 Model 336

Holy rustoly! Not worth much at all. With that smattering of rust on there, this would be relegated to the "poop-rack" at most gun stores.

You might be lucky and get $100 to $125 max, possibly as a parts-gun, if that's what the rest of the gun looks like.