What lever action???

Oh. My .22LR is a bottom of the barrel Savage 64 that for some inexplicable reason has a damned near perfect trigger and great accuracy. Truth is I got lucky, nothing else to it. Sorry it's not a levergun which is why I didn't go into specifics.

Sounds like a keeper.

Of course, the 39A is a completely different gun, and a takedown. There's no good reason not to buy it, also. Trust me.

I have the Marlin Model 1895 in 45/70.I relly like this rifle and find it very accurate.The recoil is nowhere as bad as people think it is.Much less than a 12 gauge shotgun in fact.

Stan

i started deer hunting with a winny mod. 88 lever in .308, and currently own a 94 in .30/30 (with rubber pad installed). they both beat the crap out of my shoulder in opposition to my .308 700 rem, but i'll vote for the .30/30.

can't go wrong with marlins! love their guns to death and good used ones can be had for not a lot of dough. the 39A's are gorgeous, but PRICEY!

WRT the 39A's price...

It seemed high until I realized that, whenever I go to the range or plinking with a group, there are 10/22's that cost their owners anywhere from $500 to $1000, maybe even $1500, not counting scope.

The ones for $500 weren't even nice. My new 39A cost less, and it's beautiful.

Compared to a Marlin 60 for $150, a 39A isn't cheap. But among its peers (SA22, 552, 572, etc.), it's not expensive, IMO more appealing though I like those others too, and it's made in USA, too.

Went and looked last night. Store near me had a new Marlin 39A on the rack
$500.00! WOAH!

Okay, I handled it and you can see/feel the quality and solidness of the gun but for crying out loud it's still a .22 rifle! I mean $610.00 gets me my stainless .45-70 guide gun!

(Disclaimer: Firearms prices in the Northern Virginia area have gone through the roof recently).

Get yourself a Savage Model 99. Seek out one with the rotary magazine. I own one in .300 Savage that is my primary hunting arm. I recently acquired another in .308 with the detachable box magazine. It's newer, of course, and in a more easily located cartridge...but it lacks the panache the other has.

ZeSpectre-

I can shoot a .22 down the street from my house in the city, at an indoor range, for practice, 'til 9 or 10 at night. I can't shoot the big stuff without driving out a ways.

The 39A is built like the centerfires, and it's a takedown. It stands to reason that, if it's made like a 336C, it can't be much cheaper.

Compared to a Marlin 60, it's expensive. Compared to the other guns in its class, it's not expensive. Depends if you have a reason to get an adult .22. It beats the hell out of the 10/22's I see with a rubberized stock, some trigger parts and a heavy barrel stuffed into them. That's also a $500 gun, and not nearly as nice.

Depends on what a .22 is worth to you. I've seen some that were $3000 -- not that I would get one, or could at the moment.

I guess since a new 336 can be had for around $350 I was expecting the 39 to be somewhere in that range.

Not a 336C, with polished steel and walnut, like the 39A has. Well, not around here, anyway.

336C is $430-440 new here.

I have a Winchester Wrangler in 32spl with a 16" barrel. And a marlin 444S ....both are fantastic and no scopes.

I would have to agree with armed bear! I was reading these posts and deciding what I would share as advice... I am of course a Marlin Finatic.

I was going to suggest a Marlin 336 in 30-30 and get a reloading outfit and have a lot of fun, but armed bear has cleared my train of thought. Go ahead and buy a 336 & 39A and enjoy life! I look over in the gun cabinet and thougt, man that is the best of both worlds isnt it!

by the way with the 30-30 you may also want to check into the new model of Marlin that was designed around the new lever-lution ammo, I found articles pushing 300 yards with that gun and that ammo.

I also used my Marlin 30-30 for varmint hunting. Remington makes ammo called Accelerator, which is a .223 bullet in a teflon sabot in a 30-30 casing. These were specially designed for lever action rifles and they perform beyond expectations! I was grouping 1-3/4" - 2" at 200 yards with these out of my Marlin 336. They do do not do as well out of my winchester 94, but they were still acceptable.

In my opinion the Marlin is the more accurate of the two guns due to the micro groove rifling that is in all Marlins. They have 6 lands and 6 grooves and more twist than the winchesters. I have also taken deer with the accelerator but really would not reccomend that to everyone. They leave the muzzle at around 4000 fps I believe ( they actually leave slower and accelerate...hence the name!) but they are fun.

But anyway Enjoy!

When the time for action has come...the time for preperation has passed!
Abraham Lincoln

PS you can go to www.remington.com and look at ballistics charts for various calibers and bullet weight and designs, including the accelerator!

Here is also the 336XLR! nice.....................