Marlin 336 C/W?

[ArmasTermin]

You know what I noticed? A surprising amount of topics on the GGE's front page general discussion don't really have that much to do with guns. So I bring you this.

Have you used or know much about the Marlin 336 C or W? (The difference between C and W are all external--walnut stock versus hardwood stock stained to look like walnut, shrouded front sight versus open, gold trigger versus blued, internals are the same, one's cheaper).



I like lever-actions for some of the same reason I like revolvers. Dependable, well-handling guns that are old in design and still in use, a testament to their efficient design. And the .30-.30 is balistically superior to the .223 (hard-hitting, I mean, not superior range). The 336 has a 6+1 capacity and can be topped off without opening the action. Effective range, from what I've read, is about 200 yards. That's about the maximum range you could shoot anything in Louisiana with all the freaking trees. My dream state Colorado I'm not sure about.

Thoughts?  

[uryu ishida]

I actually own a 336C, and like it very much. I like it so much, I ended up shooting all my ammo except 20 rounds, and I had a lot. I have a s**t TON of .30-30 brass, so I think I should start reloading it. And .30-06, as I have several hundred pieces of brass for it. No idea where they came from, because I didn't shoot that many and I was the only one shooting .30-06 that day.  

[OberFeldwebel]

My brother has the Winchester version of that one.
Walnut stock, gold trigger, blued finish.

Same kind of sights too, or at least something close to it.

My dad had it for a while so we took it out and shot it a couple of times, pretty nice and pretty awesome, then my brother took it back, not sure what he's doing with it now.  

[Requiem ex Inferni]

My grandpa has a Winchester, not a Marlin. I don't know the model, but it's .30-30, all blued finish. Don't know what the stock is made of. I'd have to check the internals if I ever got it, because it's been sitting under his bed in an improvised gun holder (the leg from a pair of jeans sewn up to hold it) for God knows how long.  

[OberFeldwebel]

Requiem6661

My grandpa has a Winchester, not a Marlin. I don't know the model, but it's .30-30, all blued finish. Don't know what the stock is made of. I'd have to check the internals if I ever got it, because it's been sitting under his bed in an improvised gun holder (the leg from a pair of jeans sewn up to hold it) for God knows how long.

Probably a 94.  

[Inquisitor Brock]

.30-30s have a history of being bad, my grandpa saw a guy tear his apart just trying to work the lever to get a deer, the round wasn't seated perfectly. Plus the rounds have to be rounded or they might set each other off.

tl;dr Get something ing 30-06 or something.  

[Requiem ex Inferni]

I wouldn't really know, I don't know too much about civilian ammo.

I'd also need to check his shotgun if I got it. The barrels actually looks like they need to be cleaned.

Also, how do you un-c**k the hammer on a double-barreled shotgun once they're cocked, other than squeezing the trigger(s)?  

[Sergeant CJ]

Hey! I have 2 .30-06's on my desk.  

[ArmasTermin]

Inquisitor Brock

.30-30s have a history of being bad, my grandpa saw a guy tear his apart just trying to work the lever to get a deer, the round wasn't seated perfectly. Plus the rounds have to be rounded or they might set each other off.

tl;dr Get something ing 30-06 or something.

I don't know if I can believe that... It's an old cartridge still in common use. I've never heard anything about this until just now. And as much as I'd like a Remington 700 in .308 with an Acuracy International stock... uh... where was I going with this? Oh yeah, that 700 would be expensive and so would its stock and so would its scope and so would its ammo and... damn. stressed  

[OberFeldwebel]

Inquisitor Brock

.30-30s have a history of being bad, my grandpa saw a guy tear his apart just trying to work the lever to get a deer, the round wasn't seated perfectly. Plus the rounds have to be rounded or they might set each other off.

tl;dr Get something ing 30-06 or something.

Not rounded, flat, or they must have a rubber, or soft plastic, 'ballistic' tip.

I heard of some other caliber for a lever action... can't remember what one though.

.308 Marlin Express.

Not sure what else they do different other than a ballistic tip. :/  

[Fresnel]

Someone once made a box-fed lever action, to get around the 'no spitzer' problem, around the turn of the last century. Shipped a bunch of them to Russia for the Czar, chambered in x54r, IIRC. Don't remember the model or maker though.  

[ArmasTermin]

OberFeldwebel

Inquisitor Brock

.30-30s have a history of being bad, my grandpa saw a guy tear his apart just trying to work the lever to get a deer, the round wasn't seated perfectly. Plus the rounds have to be rounded or they might set each other off.

tl;dr Get something ing 30-06 or something.

Not rounded, flat, or they must have a rubber, or soft plastic, 'ballistic' tip.

I heard of some other caliber for a lever action... can't remember what one though.

.308 Marlin Express.

Not sure what else they do different other than a ballistic tip. :/

Flat, rounded, depends on what you mean by flat or rounded.


Left .223 - Middle .30-.30 - Right .308 Win.

Looks rounded to me, but with a lead tip that's softer.

Edit: Nevermind, the one on the right is 7.62x51mm.  

[Fresnel]

ArmasTermin

Left .223 - Middle .30-.30 - Right .308 Win.

Looks rounded to me, but with a lead tip that's softer.

Edit: Nevermind, the one on the right is 7.62x51mm.

.308 WIN : 7.62x51mm :: .223 REM : 5.56x45mm  

[OberFeldwebel]

That red tip is soft so it wont set off the other rounds and it's still pointed so, better accuracy?

Seems to be a bit more stubby, not rimless, but Marlin claims it to be just as ballistically awesome as .308.  

[Inquisitor Brock]

Fresnel

Someone once made a box-fed lever action, to get around the 'no spitzer' problem, around the turn of the last century. Shipped a bunch of them to Russia for the Czar, chambered in x54r, IIRC. Don't remember the model or maker though.

Winchester model 1895 I believe.

Armas: You can get the remington 700 in .300 for like a little over 600 dollars.