Asking for opinions on my Marlin model 90

[David Livesay]

I've had this gun for a few years now and have always wondered if was a higher-grade version or a customized gun? Either way, I would like to get opinions on ballpark value as I have a friend that wants to buy it. Any and all opinions welcomed and appreciated. It's a 12 ga. w/30 in. barrels. serial#D554

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[Bill Murphy]

I would have a hard time selling such a great gun.

[Brian Dudley]

The gun has been restocked.

It is way nicer than the factory stocks were.

[David Livesay]

The gun has been restocked.

It is way nicer than the factory stocks were.

What would such stock work cost nowadays Brian?

[allen newell]

Depending on grade of wood you select your cost would probably be at least $5k

[David Livesay]

Depending on grade of wood you select your cost would probably be at least $5k

Looks like I will be keeping this one!!!

[Dave Noreen]

That wood is far above Model 90 quality!! Looks like an oval post Simmons rib on the barrels. Marlin never offered a rib on the Model 90. Whoever refinished the frame, they got the plum color that so often happens on these. Seems reproducing the original black gun-metal finish of the frame takes some talent.

[David Livesay]

That wood is far above Model 90 quality!! Looks like an oval post Simmons rib on the barrels. Marlin never offered a rib on the Model 90. Whoever refinished the frame, they got the plum color that so often happens on these. Seems reproducing the original black gun-metal finish of the frame takes some talent.

You’re right about the vent rib being Simmons. I didn’t think that the receiver was refinished. I’m not sure. I guess since it’s got custom wood it doesn’t matter. Still asking for a ballpark estimate on value.

[Jerry Harlow]

This proves one can "make a silk purse out of a sow's ear."

I really like it.

[Harold Lee Pickens]

Wow, I carried a 16 ga recently on a few hunts in South Dakota, sure nothing like that gun.
Wonder if it was used as a trap gun.

[Brian Dudley]

Yeah, some makers have use a steel that does not hot blue well. A lot of savage/stevens guns are like that too.
Marlin 90 frames take bone charcoal case colors very nicely. I have had one done years ago.

In regards to “value”… one would generally be hard pressed to ever see a 12g model 90 sell for more than $800-900. This one obviously has a LOT of work put into it. But it would mean someone wanting to pay for that over what the gun is. What that amount COULD be, I cannot say.

[David Livesay]

Yeah, some makers have use a steel that does not hot blue well. A lot of savage/stevens guns are like that too.
Marlin 90 frames take bone charcoal case colors very nicely. I have had one done years ago.

In regards to “value”… one would generally be hard pressed to ever see a 12g model 90 sell for more than $800-900. This one obviously has a LOT of work put into it. But it would mean someone wanting to pay for that over what the gun is. What that amount COULD be, I cannot say.

I appreciate your input very much. I am into it for less than $700, so I will likely come out okay if I decide to sell it.

[CraigThompson]

I was offered an all original nice condition Model 90 a couple weeks ago for $800 or $900 I forget which but it was a 16 gauge and if memory serves 28” barrels .

[Harold Lee Pickens]

I paid about $350 for my 16 ga, but it was a "beater", some surface rust on frame and barrels, and a Crack in the forearm that we.glued.

[John Davis]

I don't know anything about Marlin 90's and I'm not much on Over and Unders, but I really like this one. What are the chokes? It looks like it might make a heck of a Doubles Trap gun.

[David Livesay]

I don't know anything about Marlin 90's and I'm not much on Over and Unders, but I really like this one. What are the chokes? It looks like it might make a heck of a Doubles Trap gun.
I hate to show my ignorance in this, but I do not know. The barrels are not marked, and I don't have a choke gauge. A dime stops short of going through the top barrel by a half inch but will just go through the bottom barrel.

[Jerry Harlow]

I hate to show my ignorance in this, but I do not know. The barrels are not marked, and I don't have a choke gauge. A dime stops short of going through the top barrel by a half inch but will just go through the bottom barrel.

Sounds like modified and full. From memory I think most dimes are .710. So you probably have more than .030 in the top, a full. That is an old-timers trick to see how tight a 12 gauge barrel was.

[Bill Jolliff]

Sounds like modified and full. From memory I think most dimes are .710. So you probably have more than .030 in the top, a full. That is an old-timers trick to see how tight a 12 gauge barrel was.

US dimes are about 0.703" diameter. I'm one of the old timers that use a dime to determine 12 gauge chokes. It still works.

[CraigThompson]

US dimes are about 0.703" diameter. I'm one of the old timers that use a dime to determine 12 gauge chokes. It still works.

Yes sir that’s the bore gauge I grew up with for a 12 gauge , float a dime and it was full goes inside modified and if goes inside with more room improved cylinder .

[CraigThompson]

I don't know anything about Marlin 90's and I'm not much on Over and Unders, but I really like this one. What are the chokes? It looks like it might make a heck of a Doubles Trap gun.

I “had” the O/U you needed ! It was a Remington 32TC 30” with 38 thousandths in each barrel I got it from Feliejn a few years back . Seems to me the gun was made in 35 or 36 if memory serves .

[todd allen]

I use my index finger to determine choke. First joint stops= full choke. First joint starts to go in= mod.
Just as accurate as a dime. Actually, I kid very little here.
Bottom line: choke constriction is like a box of chocolates. You don't know what you've got until you shoot the pattern board.

[Mike Franzen]

Your gun has a classy “old time” look. I like it.