yes it is manufatured by marlin and is a marlin model 70 re packaged as the 701
No published sn data.
$300.00 if in decent condition.
10-100 USD or so
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Had to thread through three sources to get down to this: WESTPOINT Tradename on arms made by Savage for Cotter & Company. Cotter & Company Model 949 Savage 944. No. 944 1936-42. Cotter and Company was founded by John Cotter in 1948. They have merged with True Value. Started out with 25 stores, don't see how it could be any older than the stores that sold it. (re: answer 1936-42)
Store brand name. Made by Marlin.
10-150 USD or so
10-100 usd
15-125 USD or so
Basically a Marlin Model 100. I have parts. sales@countrygunsmith.net
Glenfield firearms were manufactured by Marlin (many were marked with both names). Cotter & Co was one of the retail hardware stores that sold Glenfield guns and some of them were stamped with the store name.