Fit and finish of current production Marlin 336's

[Buckeye]

just ordered a Marlin 336 in 35 Remmy... 35.00 rebate made it more interesting...will be here after Christmas...

hopefully it will have a nice finish and good..wood ?

Any body here get in new 336's lately ?

I purchased one a few years back new and was a little disapponited..tooling marks on the barrel in front of the receiver...
But it was isolated incendent..according to others...

I'm hopeing this one will be dark blued and darker walnut..

i'm gonna scope her...fixed power

[dr walker]

I just looked at a new 336c in 35 today. The rifle looked great. Wood was decent, fit was consistently average. Sights were aligned. It all looked straight and clean. Everything I could see said buy it except the thickness of my wallet.
I hope you get a good one.

[Buckeye]

Yeah...but the prices of used are sooooo...close to the price of a new one....they hold there value ....A 336 in 35 Rem. is always a good choice ..properly handloaded ..right on the heels of a 356 Win. and right there with the 375 win. when loaded to equal or close to equal pressures.. + you have a good selection of bullets with good sectional density...and What i think as a wild card bullet the Speer 180 gr.one super tough bullet that penatrates like crazy with high BC and can be pushed to 2400 FPS or over...

i've got a straight stocked 336 RC in 35 Rem. made in 1957..that I'm thinking of restoring ,thats why picked up another one...

[Chuck 100 yd]

I have bought 4 in the last year. All have been just fine .
They do take care of the customer if there is a problem with a new one you know. Marlin = Good People.

[Pete44ru]

I've bought many used specimens, but only 5 new Marlin centerfire leverguns since 1967 - and every single one of the new guns definitely needed some final/internal "slicking up" before they would operate/cycle as smoothly as I would have liked.

However, a few evenings spent cyling the actions after a de-burring, while watching TV or somesuch, resulted in very satisfactory operation.

I just chalked it up to a tightly-fitted, excellent-quality rifle, whose maker tried to hold the price line down by not doing a whole lot of fine work.
I still think them worth both the $$$ and the home work.

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[brionic]

The most recent new examples I've seen in shops here have been real head scratchers. As in, "How did they let that get out of the factory?" and "Why wouldn't the store send that one back to their distributor?"

The answer must be that people are buying them, so it doesn't matter.

I was really surprised by how mediocre the fit and finish was, especially wood to metal fitting.

[Modoc ED]

If you're worried about fit and finish and wood, why order or buy a rifle signt unseen?

[Buckeye]

If you're worried about fit and finish and wood, why order or buy a rifle signt unseen?

They are no new 336's in 35 Rem. in local shops, except for one and they are asking 499.00.. and then add 10% tax and then 10.00 back ground , bout 560.00 ,,,wow !

Thats the reason..

[edsguns]

I've purchased a new 1894/.44 and 1895/45-70 in the last year or so. I also own an older .444S, .375, and 336 ER/.356. I like the satin finish on the new stocks more than the varnish(?) on the older models. The checkering was done nicely on both the new guns. The new satin finish will look even nicer with application of some quality wood polish/wax. The best stuff I've ever used on wood gun stocks is Natchez Solution. You can goggle it and order directly from them, should you want to.

The older guns, however have a better blued finish on them. Shinier more even blue finish. I totally agree with the previous comment about working the action in by spending some time cycling the action a couple hundred times. The trigger (scratchy on the 1895) will also improve with the action and by dry firing with the crossbolt safety on.