Take it to a gunsmith for proper identification. Marlin made a Ranger model 103 over and under. Sears Ranger 103 O/U was the Marlin Model 90 O/U. Sears sold them under the Ranger name prior to WWII and as the JC Higgins after WWII.
AnswerThe model is Ranger 20 gauge over under model 103-12 and is stamped 5363 Ranger 103-5363 o/u was made by Marlin and is the same gun as the Marlin Model 90. Prior to WWII Sears used the Ranger name. After WWII they used the JC Higgins name. Sears introduced the Ranger 103-XX O/U in 1937.
Marlin. The Ranger 103-1 O/U shotgun was Sears' name for the Marlin Model 90. Sears used the Ranger name prior to WWII and JC Higgins after WWII. The Ranger 103-xx and the Marlin model 90 were introduced in 1937.
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Under $100. sales@countrygunsmith.net
Marlin made them for Sears.
The Ranger model 103-8 cross references to be a marlin model 100. You can get parts for the rifle at gunpartscorp.com. Their website will have a cross reference chart and everything you need. You will have to cross to the Sears 103-8, because they were made under contract.
POSSIBLY a Savage Model 29. Several companies made firearms under the Ranger name- Sears being one of the more prolific.
I don't know but I'm looking for the answer too. I have serieal R 9799. Brophy in his book Marlin firearms (1989 by Stackpole Books) lists the Ranger 103-11 as a 16 ga. Marlin Model 90 O/U. After WWII Sears sold the model 90 under the JC HIggins trade name.
The Stevens Model 520 was built on a Browning patent and so marked. Stevens also built the gun for Sears before World War II under the 'Ranger' tradename, so if you have a slide-action shotgun marked 'Ranger' and 'Browning Patent' then that is what you have.
The Stevens model 240 over under shotgun is going for between 155 dollars for a specimen in 60% original finish to 275 dollars for a specimen in 95% original condition.
50-150 USD or so Ranger 103-1 was made by Marlin and is the same gun as the Marlin Model 90. If you can get one for $150, I say buy it!. If the the gun is a shooter and in reasonable shape, should be worth at least $250.