I was at a local shop yesterday checking out their new and used lever guns. I'm gravitating towards a Marlin 336 in .30-30. They had a 1960 J.C. Higgins Model 45 in .30-30 for $275. As I understand it, this was the Sears Roebuck-branded version of the 336, and is mechanically identical, but has a fugly stock and no hood on the front sight. It appears to be in good to very good condition, with almost all of the original blue in-place, and a very light, smooth, pre-lawyered-up trigger. For that price, should I pass?
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