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LGS had a filthy, ugly, grime covered 1950 336A, on the rack, for a really fair price. I just happened to notice that it was a real "diamond-in-the-rough" and just needed a little cleaning. This had definitely been someones "hunting" rifle by the handling wear to the wood and metal......real character. I also noticed the fine cut checkering, sling eyes, and barely visible figure in the wood. This was a 336A-DL! 30-30. I unfortunately did not take any "before" shots, but it was bad. I spent about 2 hours cleaning it up. I also replaced the front ramp bead insert, with a Redfield "sourdough" and mounted a Lyman 56 I recently acquired, from one of the regulars here on Leverguns. I sighted it in at 100m and just changed my POA a little higher out at 200m.
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The inside lower tang is marked "3X", for the wood quality. I saw a photo of another 336A-DL that had 2 "X's", on the lower tang and inside the butt stock. Mine just has the serial number.
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Sweet rifle! Is the sight a 56LA, or just an A like fits Winchesters?
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Gary wrote:Nice score! That wood looks beautiful. I hope you enjoy it. It obviously is in good hands.
Rescuing a once-loved hunting-gun from the recycle bin is kind of like rescuing an old dog from the pound, all the more rewarding when you can see it was well-cared-for. It's even better with leverguns, because their 'lifespan' is almost infinite...!
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jdad, that is a beauty. How nice to find that hiding under grime and behind a reasonable price tag. Now just who is this "LCG"? Doesn't sound like any gun store I have heard of, but maybe I should have!
The rifle I am most likely to grab to go get some shootin' in these days is a 1950 336A plane-Jane baby. Guess that makes it my "favorite": sure is nice for off-hand work. So high fives for a fine score!
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earlmck wrote:jdad, that is a beauty. How nice to find that hiding under grime and behind a reasonable price tag. Now just who is this "LCG"? Doesn't sound like any gun store I have heard of, but maybe I should have!
The rifle I am most likely to grab to go get some shootin' in these days is a 1950 336A plane-Jane baby. Guess that makes it my "favorite": sure is nice for off-hand work. So high fives for a fine score!
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I really like buying "used" firearms and trying to figure out the history behind the "character". These are just my unqualified observations, since I have never had the opportunity to hunt or carry a firearm in the field.......
I was looking the rifle over last night and tried to figure out what caused the wear. It appears that the "hunter" cradled the receiver, in his right hand, or carried it by grabbing it on top just in front of the receiver. He probably grabbed the front part of the barrel, to move it around the camp site or in and out of home gun case. The bore and crown are pristine showing obvious cleaning from the breech end and knowing where the muzzle was pointed at all times. The rifle must have been wiped/oiled down after every use since there was no visible signs of rust other than under the rear sight.....probably over oiled by the staining on the forearm. The forearm "dings" are consistent with field bumps.
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Nice rifle!
If you hold the 336 in one hand you'll notice the wear is exactly where it balances. Most people carry them with the sling, but once it's off your shoulder they carry them one handed at the balance point, so any wear is at that balance point. Of course they don't just cradle them, but actually grip them, so the wear is top and bottom at the balance point.
Lower receiver just behind the forearm wood seems to always show more wear on most leverguns.
That would make an excellent lever silhouette rifle loaded with the Ranch Dog 311-165GC bullet and 20-22 grains of XMP5744 .
When I had some older 336's I always wanted a 336 A-DL or 336 SD . Any of the three calibers 30-30 , 32 Special or 35 Remington would have been fine with me !
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That would make an excellent lever silhouette rifle loaded with the Ranch Dog 311-165GC bullet and 20-22 grains of XMP5744 .
When I had some older 336's I always wanted a 336 A-DL or 336 SD . Any of the three calibers 30-30 , 32 Special or 35 Remington would have been fine with me !
My match load is 30gr of 748 under a Hornady or Speer 170gr FP. It will unfortunately, on occasion, ring a ram.
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That would make an excellent lever silhouette rifle loaded with the Ranch Dog 311-165GC bullet and 20-22 grains of XMP5744 .
When I had some older 336's I always wanted a 336 A-DL or 336 SD . Any of the three calibers 30-30 , 32 Special or 35 Remington would have been fine with me !
My match load is 30gr of 748 under a Hornady or Speer 170gr FP. It will unfortunately, on occasion, ring a ram.
At our club all the rams and turkeys are on hinges of a sort !
Perhaps they fall over easier then the free standing ones I honestly do not know . But to date I've never hit any at 200 meters that didn't go on over . I will say with the hinge it is impossible to get any spinners that stay upright , so I suppose that is somewhat of a benefit .
I have never shot a jacketed bullet from a lever action at a silhouette . Nothing against using them , I just sorta got in the game when I did so I had a reason to cast bullets in addition to hunting with them
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COSteve wrote:That wood finish is great looking. Did you just clean it, remove the lacquer and re-apply, or what? Details please.
I pulled the wood off, thinned out some Simple Green, used an old wash cloth, let it dry and then used 3 coats of Howards "Feed-N-Wax". Marlin switched to oil finish post WW2.
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COSteve wrote:That wood finish is great looking. Did you just clean it, remove the lacquer and re-apply, or what? Details please.
I pulled the wood off, thinned out some Simple Green, used an old wash cloth, let it dry and then used 3 coats of Howards "Feed-N-Wax". Marlin switched to oil finish post WW2.
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That stock looks reaaaaallllllyyy gooood!!!
