There are several similar ones (and I can't remember which is which - 37, 39, 51 etc.) - is that one of the ones with a bolt mounted cocking piece? Does it have a safety? If I remember right, some of them have external cocking pieces and no real safety (like many of the old single shot 22s - hold the cocking piece, pull the trigger and let it down gently if you don't want to shoot right away).
Keep that in mind when you check it out (if you want it as a kids gun). Also, some of them I have seen don't eject well - don't know if that is just years of gunk that could be cleaned out or a common part failure. Numrich does have a lot of parts for them though.
If it is in great shape, I would say $75 or so would be a fair price, I would try for $50 though.
I would look for a break open internal hammer Stevens (with tang safety) in 16 or 20 gauge though if I was setting out to buy a kids first shotgun. You have the mechanical safety and you can have them break it open to make sure it is absolutely safe etc.
I always thought it was a little unfair to kids to have them start out with a 410 - you really have to have a solid hit to anchor a tree-rat or big rabbit with one. 20's (and even 12's with light loads) don't kick that much harder and show better performance for non-expert shots (my two cents).
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