Asking for opinions on my Marlin model 90

[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.

[Tennessee Dave]

Originally Posted by 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.

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.

[J. A. EARLY]

Originally Posted by David Livesay

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]

Originally Posted by Jerry Harlow

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.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by 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.

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 .

[B. 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.

[Tennessee Dave]

Originally Posted by 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.

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.

[6pt-Sika]

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 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.

[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.