sears rifle

My LGS has a Sears model 45 in .35 Rem in. Obviously its a Marlin 336 but they aren’t exactly identical. Slightly different wood. The sears has a dovetail for both front and rear sights. As well as a slightly different barrel band. Does anyone know of anything else different between the models...

I offered to clean my boss's Sears Model 5 (Winchester 150 rebrand) and proceeded to disassemble it. When I removed the action, the recoil plate (original style) fell out. I'd never worked on a lever gun before so it took a while to figure out where it went. However, as soon as I reassembled the...

I got a Sears 3T rifle in a trade awhile ago. I ran it a few times and it was flawless. Slowly it started failing to fire. I tore down the rifle completely, pulled the barrel and cleaned it alongside the chamber well. I used to get an occasional failure to go into battery, this was immediately...