My Marlin's Estimated Value

[RandyOsb76]

Hello all I knew to this site so please excuse my ignorance on some of these questions of mine. I just recently inherited my great grandfathers 1893 Marlin Rifle and was curious to know more history of the gun and if I were to get some kind of insurance on it as well. All I do know about it is that its a 30-30 with the octagon barrel. I'm not sure on the length of the barrel but I know its in very nice shape. The serial numbers are 168960 and it has Special Smokeless Steel stamped on the side.That's basically all I know about the gun for now. So any help that can be provided would be helpful. I do have a bunch of pictures I could post as well or email to someone if that would help more.

[Regnier (gunrunner)]

RandyOsb76;

The factory record for your rifle is blank, no information was listed for that serial number. But, there are a few serial numbers in the area that are filled in, and they appear to pretty much be standard rifles, shipped sometime in 1898. I would guess that your rifle is the same, standard style rifle that has a 26 inch octagon barrel in .30-30 caliber as you stated.
If you can post the pictures, that will help determine if it still has the original style sights, etc.