Sears model 45 in 35 rem

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I have a sears model 45 in 35 Remington that I want to sell just wondering if it is worth selling. Condition of the wood is pretty good and a small amount of bluing loss on the muzzle and nickel size on the tube. I believe these were made by Marlin and looks just like a 336.
 
Sears Model 45 was made by Marlin on the Model 336C design.

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What's it worth? How long is a piece of string? Neither the cartridge or parent design are especially sought after. The 35 Remington is a stout cartridge but it is no longer in vogue having lost out to the 30-30. The 336 is a nice design, but marked as a house brand, it has already lost any collector's attention. The C left the factory with a birch stock. Right now, you've got a 150-yd lever hunting rifle and that's about all.
 
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I thought the Sears branded rifles have now become cool again?
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Lets see some pics of this rifle!

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As a Marlin 336 copy in .35 Rem, in good condition, it is worth at least $600.

The .35 Rem is the sought after cartridge in a lever action. I don't believe being marked Sears hurts the value, ( its a bonus to me) as these are hunting rifles, not collectibles, and people are paying a decent premium for any Marlin not made by Remington. For those who would doubt that, try to find one!
 
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I am surprised to hear an opinion that a Sears marked firearm has collector's appeal. In that same thought an Eaton's marked Eatonia or Etonia would be higher value as well. What about JC Higgins, or Sears Robuck, or Montgomery Ward ones? It is an interesting side-line field.
 
maple_leaf_eh said:
I am surprised to hear an opinion that a Sears marked firearm has collector's appeal. In that same thought an Eaton's marked Eatonia or Etonia would be higher value as well. What about JC Higgins, or Sears Robuck, or Montgomery Ward ones? It is an interesting side-line field.
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Being a Sears doesn't hurt the value, but it sure doesn't help it. It will be a plain Jane lever action, not something that is highly collectable anyway. Doesnt mean it isn't useful, though.
 
Sometimes firearms are more valuable to a shooter or hunter than a collector. Which I believe would be the case here. Just because a collector might not want it, doesn't mean the value is not there. I would take this rifle every time over a marlin made in the last decade.

I have spent tens of thousands on firearms in the last 25 years, but not one was as a collector.
 
maple_leaf_eh said:
I am surprised to hear an opinion that a Sears marked firearm has collector's appeal. In that same thought an Eaton's marked Eatonia or Etonia would be higher value as well. What about JC Higgins, or Sears Robuck, or Montgomery Ward ones? It is an interesting side-line field.
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If rarity is a factor, why not? I'll buy store branded at a discount any day.
 
blargon said:
Sometimes firearms are more valuable to a shooter or hunter than a collector. Which I believe would be the case here. Just because a collector might not want it, doesn't mean the value is not there. I would take this rifle every time over a marlin made in the last decade.

I have spent tens of thousands on firearms in the last 25 years, but not one was as a collector.
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My limited guess is $300-350. It says Sears and that hurts it.
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That low? Jeez, I'd pay that...

blargon said:
As a Marlin 336 copy in .35 Rem, in good condition, it is worth at least $600.

The .35 Rem is the sought after cartridge in a lever action. I don't believe being marked Sears hurts the value, ( its a bonus to me) as these are hunting rifles, not collectibles, and people are paying a decent premium for any Marlin not made by Remington. For those who would doubt that, try to find one!
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Thats what I would suspect. If its a Marlin 336 based gun, it aught to go for a similar price to what a regular plain jane non-collectible 336 would go for, which is north of $500.
 
I bought a 1955 Marlin 336RC in 35Rem a month ago for $440. The last year for Ballard rifling and the first year to have a factory drilled & tapped receiver.
 
Would be a good Vancouver Island bear gun. Or black bear gun anywhere actually, unless you're hunting 300 metre BC interior clear-cuts.
 
Nice to hear of another Sears 45 rifle owner.

I was given a found-in-shed-dead rusted Sears Model 45 30-30 missing the butt stock, sights and seized open lever. Stripped it down to bare metal taking it all apart except for the mag tube cap which I just could not remove, cleaned the inside of the mag tube with a stiff oversize bore brush and put it back together. Cold-blued the metal, bought a butt stock, added a receiver sight and front sight and voila a free rifle. (lol)

It's in my avatar but I took the scope off. I could never get it lined up right.
 
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