It would help if you could tell me which "golden Marlin" model you have? Also condition, features, etc. Marlin made several guns with "Golden" on the barrel, but there should also be a model designation somewhere.
I'm not sure what they are worth now, but I bought one a few years back for around a hundred bucks..
The S prefix dates your marlin model 39a to the years 1958-1959.
About $250-$300.
Your marlin model 39A with the prefix letter S to the serial number,dates your marlin to the years 1958-1959.
Marlin made a Golden 39A .22 lever rifle from 1954 to 1963 (serial prefix L through W). The Marlin model 50 was a semi-auto 12 ga. shotgun. If you have a .22 rifle marked "Golden 50," it isn't a Marlin. I have a Golden 50 Glenfield Mod. 65 from the Marlin Firearms company built in 1970.
I just turned 60 years old (Oct. 2007). I bought a used marlin golden 39-A mountie serial # R 196XX. It could not have been more than ten years old? Very accurate and it came with a Lyman peep sight as well as iron sights. 16 Micro Grove barrel. One of my best and favourite guns. Lots of memories. A most beautiful gun. The year of manufacture for S = 1958-1959.
I just bought one that is @ 32 years old today and paid $225.00.
my dad had one , I have it now.I think he got it around 1965I bought one in Cuba on the military base we have there in 1962 and it was a Marlin Golden 39ADL I think it was called. The trigger was gold plated and over the years it disappeared. Best little "squirrel" weapon I have owned. I have a replacement for it but does not have the cared squirrel in the stock.
They make many models and have made the rifle for years, you need to be more specific.
They make many models and have made the rifle for years, you need to be more specific.
$14,560
Yes 1000 made in years 1960, 1961-1963 each year. metal chrome in 1960, blue other years.