marlin mod 62 levermatic 30carbine

[superdown]

hi everybody just picked up one of these neat little lever rifles at a gun show yesterday looked in the blue book and fear i may have payed  what the gun was worth 350$ in 98% of new anybody own one these i am curious as to what any of pros or cons may be what you've hunted whith them basically info in general would great thanx ,superdown

[Flash]

If you bought it to turn a profit yes, you paid too much. If you bought it to keep it and use it, the value would depend on how much you wanted it and how many you could find elsewhere. Personally, I would have paid the same if I found one and any of the three calibers would have satisfied me. The 256 would really be the one to get but the 30 carbine loaded with a cast spitzer would be a nice round too. I think you did alright and it's going to increase in value, you know that.

[RugerNo3]

The M62 was intrduced in the 256Win Mag and thru corporate error failed to have serial numbers assigned to the first 4000 as Fed law required of centerfire firearms. All were in 256 chambering. The 22Jet and 357Mag were cataloged but never produced. The 30Carbine was intrduced in '67 and production of the model stopped in '69. These are the only 2 chamberings produced of 15,000 plus rifles. Slightly more then half were in the 30carbine chambering as milsurp ammo was available. The poor 256 was produced in the 62, and Ruger Hawkeye as well as a conversion of the M1 carbine that had many problems. The TC Contender had a run of this round as well.

[pastorp]

Three or four weeks ago I found one in 256WM without the serial # and picked it up. Have not shot it yet but I have brass and dies on the way. Regards, Byron

[RugerNo3]

Three or four weeks ago I found one in 256WM without the serial # and picked it up. Have not shot it yet but I have brass and dies on the way. Regards, Byron

As I understand, Marlin can assign a serial number to your firearm if you return it to them. It is technically in violation of federal laws.

[clodbuster]

The major shortfall of this rifle in 256 is the feeding system.  The rimmed 357 case can cause problems if you don't take care to stack them in the magazine properly with the rim of the upper case ahead of the the one beneath it.  The other gripe I have is the 3 round mag is too few.  Now having said all that I love mine.  It's accurate, hits hard and burns very little powder.  A perfect predator walking gun.  I've heard of making a rimmless 256 out of 221 fireball cases.  I'd love another model in this cartridge if some mfgr would take a chance, like marlin in 1894 or a lite weight pump with an action similar to the Winchester 62A witha tube mag.

[superdown]

 i love mine in 30 carbine took it to the range last weekend and it is very accurate at 50 yards well under 2 inches.