Marlin 60 SB's ...
Pricewise ... it seems that the new ones, without "silver-plated scopes", are going for around $240 or so in Wally World, plus tax and FID check fees. I got this one, with a little negotiation, with scope, tax, and FID check for just under $200, including a very nice leather-bound Browning case.
Another recent Marlin 60 acquisition has been a 1988 long-barreled/long-magazine blued unit ... was in almost mint condition, with a plain "factory cherry-coloured-varnished" stock. Haggled this one down to just over the $100 range, tax and FID included. I've stripped all the original blobby finish off the stock, re-contoured it to a hollowed-out semi-Schuetzen cheekpiece, completely cleaned, deburred and polished everything moveable in the action. The stock has been re-stained with Watco medium Walnut Danish Oil and shows some rather intersting grain patterns. Now has a very crisp 1#9oz trigger and shoots 0,5 - 0.7" groups at 25 yards, hand-held using CCI SV.
Since then I have seen a couple of other SB's while pawnshop junketing, both with "asking prices" in the low $200's. I did see an older Glenfield "Squirrel-stocker", vintage possibly 1970, last Friday, on consignment at a Chattanooga gun store. The stock was almost mint, except for a few minor varnish chips on the butt ... BUT - the action looked as if it hadn't been cleaned since new, though ! Asking price was around $125.
Many, many poor-to-fair-to-average blued oldies available in area pawnshops, most over-priced in the $125 - 150 range, and in filthy worn-out looking condition ... Sigh !
Going back to my opening post ... I have looked at quite a few new(??) blued Marlin 60's in several Wally Worlds, Sportsmans Warehouses and Dicks ... the 'rotational' mis-alignment of the front sights on a fair percentage of them is very obvious ... however I have also noted that many of these particular units are not the very latest production judging by their serial numbers.
Mick