Short range report - pic

k8bor · Post by **k8bor** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:22 am

I bought this 1960 vintage 336SC from the local gunshop Friday. Yesterday I cleaned the bore and mounted an old 3-9 Simmons on it. I grabbed some lead reloads I had and took it out to sight it in. After getting a rough zero with the lead, I went back to 100 yards and fired 4 or 5 groups with some 200 grain core loks over H4895. What a suprise! This is typical of the groups it shot, keeping in mind that the center circle on this target is 1-5/16" in dia.

I had originally purchased this rifle to use as a project gun, but not anymore. It would be a travesty to change anything on it, what a hunter!

de k8bor

dave

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:25 am

What a find!!! Congratulations!!!

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:27 am

Yep, I'd say that's a keeper.

Rusty <><

Post by **Old Savage** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:49 am

Nuce shooting and that is not a fluke. These rifles will shoot that way. These are standard factory.

JDL · Post by **JDL** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:26 am

Great shooting! I have one that shoots very well also, that is destined to be my son-in-law's this season. Your's must be a deluxe model as I can see some checkering. -JDL

Tycer · Post by **Tycer** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:02 am

Allright!!!

Nath · Post by **Nath** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:04 am

Some times I wonder whether I should of got me a 35 Rem

Great find

k8bor · Post by **k8bor** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:56 am

JDL,

I wouldn't know the deluxe model from one that wasn't. What did they do differently? This one did have the white spacers and sling swivels. I honestly think the checkering was done by hand by somebody. It does have the raised cheekpiece (which I don't care for at all).

I'll will probably refinish the stocks and take the cheekpiece off at that time, as I don't have scopes on any of my lever rifles. I use them to check for bench accuracy like I did with this one, then, whenever I shoot with the open sights, if I miss, I know it was me.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:08 pm

Congratulations! Good lookin' rifle! AND a shooter to boot!

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:58 pm

Those .35's will group just about the same with a peep - my 1967 SC does.

You might want to reconsider your plan to refinish the stock, sanding off the checkering & removing the cheekpiece, if it's truely a Deluxe - since a Deluxe is worth a LOT more than even a SC, and tons more than an RC.

Fellow levergunner & collector, marlinman93, can better advise you than me, as to how to ascertain if your SC is a Deluxe, or not.
I can't remember if the barrel or the inside of the buttstock was specially marked with a "D",or not, or something else.

k8bor · Post by **k8bor** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:04 pm

Thanks Pete44ru,

Marlinman94 are you around?

Still looking for a way to tell a deluxe from a regular run SC.

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:13 pm

These guys (MM93's a member there also) can prolly help you too. The forum, there, has a "guest" section - where you can post questions & pics.

I would suggest good pics of both sides of the stock(s) & the barrel markings.

http://www.marlin-collectors.com/forum/ ... php?t=4729

k8bor · Post by **k8bor** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 3:45 pm

Thanks Pete,
I posted there, will see what I get.

1894 · Post by **1894** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:44 pm

Probably a good save right there Pete44ru

Phil

jdad · Post by **jdad** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:21 pm

Don't mess with the wood!

I have a 36A Deluxe and the hand cut checkering is the nicest part of the rifle.

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:40 pm

Nice looking rifle K8bor, and congrats on the accuracy.

Now, you guys have to stop tempting me with your leverguns.

WCF3030 · Post by **WCF3030** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:47 pm

Nice shooting, and nice rifle.

k8bor · Post by **k8bor** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:18 am

Thanks, everyone for keeping me from altering my carbine. The guys on the collector's forum told me the same thing, DON'T TOUCH IT!

I appreciate your help. I'm now very proud of my acquisition. I figured that the checkering was done by hand. But I never thought they ever did that at any factories. I could tell it wasn't done by machine, because it wasn't as consistent as machine checkering and I could definitely tell it wasn't pressed.

Thanks again,