Marlin 336 CS (30-30)

[Jorlcrin]

For reasons I am finding hard to remember, I dismantled my Marlin 336CS(Built somewhere in the 1990's) about 3 years back.
I think I had plans to do something with the stock, but cannot honestly remember what.
I mothballed it; parts into a sealed container after being drenched in Gun oil, and the barrel/action being wrapped in cotton cloth, and then soaked in gun oil.

I'd been through some problems with various sights beforehand; firstly a C-More 'Railway' red-dot, and then a 4x40 scope on it.
Neither really made my day, for various reasons.

So, in the back of my mind, I've been thinking I needed to bite the bullet, and have a look at it, and see if time had been kind.
Climate here is mostly hot and dry, but back of my mind, I wondered if I was going to open the cloth up, and find a whacking big rusty lump..

So, 2 days back, unwrapped the Marlin barrel/action, and it's pristine.
Spent the afternoon re-assembling it with the help of a visitor, and then fitted a Crimson Trace CTS-25 red-dot sight onto the rail on top.

Had a bit of frustration on getting the bullets onto the target; CT arent keen on explaining which way the damn knobs adjust the dot...
Anyhoo, some web searching, and experimenting, and a few dozen round, and we have the holes appearing in center of a 50 metre target, and Strelok pro tells me the holes should appear roughly in the same spot on a 100 metre target.
This Red-Dot seems to work much better than the C-More sight(lower profile).

I'd forgotten how smooth that action is.
I have a Win94 of roughly the same age, and we pulled it out to compare shooting while sighting the Marlin in.
The Win94's got NOTHING on the Marlin; smoother action, better trigger, better sight options, etc etc etc.
I was like having a reunion with an old friend.
Young visitor(about half my age) has taken the 336 out today for some 'Pokkin De Pork' along a creek about 20kms South of the homestead, and he was freaking thrilled to have the chance to take the 336.
Suspect there will be quite a few more on the Marlins' tally by tonight...

[Wm.Traynor]

A 1990's 336 would be worth its weight in gold

[in2anity]

JM era Marlins are generally way more accurate and smoother than the Remlin built stuff. Can’t comment about the new Ruglin. I have a 30AS at the back of my safe and it’s like you say, smooth, tight, perfectly reliable and literally stacks them at 50m. A really perfect, hard hitting, fairly flat shooting (to closeish distance) hunting rifle.

[wrenchman]

I have loaded my sons 336 for years check your boor size many run like 311 running just a little larger then 308 the actions on them older guns are very smooth and they handle very well.
The guns still shoot good it was just another time and for some reason it is not uncommon we run a lot of hand cast stuff in it he has a red dot on it and shots are less then 100 yards

[Sean]

Have a 30as as well, had it converted into a takedown. Bloody thing is reliable and accurate....one of my favourites
Had it for 37 years