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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: marlin on March 30, 2012, 07:57:27 PM

Title: Factory misprint on Marlin rifle box!
Post by: marlin on March 30, 2012, 07:57:27 PM: I just picked up a NIB Marlin 981T today, from a pawn shop. I have been looking for one of these for a while and theyre hard to find. That led me to believe that they are sweet rifles and nobody wants to sell theirs.. I love Marlins obviously.. So I saw it and snatched it up. Got a good deal on it too. Definately wouldnt sell it for what I paid.
Well better yet, the box has a misprint.. Reads as follows:

Warning: Keep this firearm out of the reach of CHILDERN!
I thought that was funny as hell, and I shared a good laugh with the pawn shop guys about it.
I bet that misprint would increase the value, I have seen factory mistake stuff going on gunbroker.com for a good premium. So Im thinking maybe I will hold on to it and not shoot it until I find a XT-22T which is the new model of this rifle, and then possibly sell it for some profit.

Anybody have a 981T or the new XT-22T? Id like to hear some thoughts on the rifles themselves, and how much people think this misprint could raise the value. I never see these for sale on gunbroker, I saw one on gunsamerica, I know they sold new for like 175 but the thing is you can hardly ever find one for sale. What would you estimate the value to be?
Title: Re: Factory misprint on Marlin rifle box!
Post by: hammshunter on March 30, 2012, 07:59:59 PM: Damn dyslexia :chuckle:
Title: Re: Factory misprint on Marlin rifle box!
Post by: Curly on March 30, 2012, 08:12:06 PM: Damn childern anyway. 8) :chuckle:

Good find; I have no idea of the value of the misprint though.........
Title: Re: Factory misprint on Marlin rifle box!
Post by: marlin on March 30, 2012, 08:29:41 PM: Its a sweet rifle, the action is a little stiff but Im sure thats because its new and not worn in yet. Im sure a little polishing would have it smooth like butter. I am not going to mess with it yet because Im trying to decide whether to try and make some profit on it. It is brand new, the box is a little dinged up but thats it. Im not sure how stuff like this ends up in pawn shops. If I could get my hands on the XT-22T with the pro-fire trigger I would sell it no doubt. Would make a good little brother to my XS-7 in .308 with the pro-fire trigger
Title: Re: Factory misprint on Marlin rifle box!
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on March 30, 2012, 08:59:10 PM: Ebonics is alive and well at the Marlin factory! :chuckle:
Title: Re: Factory misprint on Marlin rifle box!
Post by: AWS on March 31, 2012, 08:05:43 AM: Just drove past a church in CA that had a sign out front inviting everyone to "PLAM SUNDAY SERVICES", they even had plam trees there.
Title: Re: Factory misprint on Marlin rifle box!
Post by: Blacklab on March 31, 2012, 08:11:17 AM: Quote from: Heredoggydoggy on March 30, 2012, 08:59:10 PM
Ebonics is alive and well at the Marlin factory! :chuckle:

wat u talkin bout willis
Title: Re: Factory misprint on Marlin rifle box!
Post by: couesbitten on March 31, 2012, 11:21:35 AM: Quote from: AWS on March 31, 2012, 08:05:43 AM
Just drove past a church in CA that had a sign out front inviting everyone to "PLAM SUNDAY SERVICES", they even had plam trees there.

:chuckle: That's some funny siht.
Title: Re: Factory misprint on Marlin rifle box!
Post by: bobcat on March 31, 2012, 11:24:38 AM: Looks like a great rifle, and you got a good price, but I don't see the mis-spelled word on the box having any affect on what it's worth. I could be wrong, because I'm not into collecting guns just to collect them, to me they are tools.
Title: Re: Factory misprint on Marlin rifle box!
Post by: netcoyote on March 31, 2012, 12:47:29 PM: I don't know what the date of manufacture of your gun is but, to me, this speaks more about the overall lack of attention to detail that has been a problem with the "new" Marlin after their takeover by Remington and the Freedom Group. I own 5 (pre-Rem) Marlin lever action rifles and like them all. The are all fine shooters. I have looked at some of the NIB Marlins and they are POS. Wouldn't by a new one made in their NY plant. Sounds like you may be lucky and got one of the last few made by the "old" Marlin. If so, cherish it.

To get more to your point, what usually makes a firearm increase in value is it's inherent quality, or something unique that makes it in short supply with a high demand, not a manufacturing flaw and even less a packaging flaw. There are other factors that may drive up a gun's value but I really think you should not expect to see much appreciation from the misspelled word on a box.

Enjoy your rifle for what it is and leave the misspelled box story for the campfire.
Title: Re: Factory misprint on Marlin rifle box!
Post by: MikeWalking on March 31, 2012, 01:28:02 PM: Childern is the Nightwatchman at Marlin, he likes to play too much.. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Factory misprint on Marlin rifle box!
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on March 31, 2012, 09:45:05 PM: Quote from: Blacklab on March 31, 2012, 08:11:17 AM
Quote from: Heredoggydoggy on March 30, 2012, 08:59:10 PM
Ebonics is alive and well at the Marlin factory! :chuckle:

wat u talkin bout willis

Wasn't there a member of Clinton's cabinet that called them "childern"?
Title: Re: Factory misprint on Marlin rifle box!
Post by: MikeWalking on March 31, 2012, 09:49:21 PM: Does Marlin make, fold and ink their own boxes? Or are they bought from another company ready to fill?
Title: Re: Factory misprint on Marlin rifle box!
Post by: Huntbear on March 31, 2012, 10:08:19 PM: I know a guy that bought a S&W revolver, model 29. Marked 44 mag on the barrel. Cylinders were bored for a .357 mag. S&W offered him a new gun in exchange when he wrote them.... he told them no... he had already been offered 5k for it by a collector. S&W sent him a letter about every other month for 4 years trying to get that gun back.. lol....
Title: Re: Factory misprint on Marlin rifle box!
Post by: netcoyote on April 01, 2012, 07:35:03 AM: Quote
Marked 44 mag on the barrel. Cylinders were bored for a .357 mag.

:yike: So was the barrel bored to .357 as well? At least it would be useable. If the cylinder was bored 357 and the barrel 44 mag it would be an expensive piece of scrap metal. I'd take the money and run.
Title: Re: Factory misprint on Marlin rifle box!
Post by: BigGoonTuna on April 01, 2012, 11:27:02 AM: Quote from: MikeWalking on March 31, 2012, 09:49:21 PM
Does Marlin make, fold and ink their own boxes? Or are they bought from another company ready to fill?
my guess would be they contract with a commercial printing shop.

those kinds of mistakes happen. when i used to work on the press at the olympian(before it went belly up) part of the job was to catch errors. i once found "washington" spelled wrong on the page header! :chuckle:
Title: Re: Factory misprint on Marlin rifle box!
Post by: marlin on April 02, 2012, 10:57:56 PM: So I guess the consensus is to just shoot the rifle and enjoy it? I also have a Remington 512 Sportmaster that was made in December of 1950, basically the same setup. It is a tube fed bolt action .22 s, l, lr. Its a keeper, so I guess I just have to have doubles of everything!
Title: Re: Factory misprint on Marlin rifle box!
Post by: marlin on April 07, 2012, 02:30:04 PM: Well I went and shot the 981T and it is sweet! I guess I need to either find a way to justify it or sell something to make room for it. I just wish it had a nice wood stock and the pro-fire trigger. I have looked at the possiblity of getting a stock from a 983 to put on there and finding out if the pro-fire trigger is compatible and maybe Marlin would sell me one.