Marlin 336c

[gralewaj]

Not sure where the stock sight is. I will take a look in my spare parts bin.

I appreciate that, but it was a rhetorical question. I know I still have mine... somewhere!

 

[Pat Riot]

Years ago I had a see through mount with a cheap Simmons scope on my Marlin 336.
I got a neck ache trying to sight the thing in then the first day of deer season I knocked my rifle over as it was resting against my tailgate and the reticle on the scope broke. I yanked the scope and mount off and tossed them in the trash.
I learned 2 good lessons that day. I switched to peep sights.

Now that I am older, 62, I can’t see the apertures correctly on some of my peep sights as well as I used to. I couldn’t ethically shoot an animal knowing my shot may be off. I do okay with larger apertures but on my Marlin I installed the XS sights with the rail. I also plan to put a scope on it with Warne QD rings.
My Winchester 94AE with continue to have XS sights. For some reason, probably the distance from my eye to the peep, the aperture doesn’t blur out as much.

Some folks look down on lever-guns with scopes. That’s their problem. Not mine. I will do what’s best for me.

 

[red rick]

LPVO scope on a lever gun solves all the issues. Can go low for closest shots out to however far your round can go. 1.5-4X is my personal favorite. My eyes aren't all that old but I already prefer scopes over peep sights.

That is better than a straight 4x , but you still don’t get the same FOV as with both eyes open . If I were mostly shooting 100 yards plus I would definitely prefer a scope , but I would also prefer a bolt action rifle and not a lever action 30-30 . I have never shot an animal further than 82 paces and that one was a fox at night predator hunting . That is the reason that I decided on removing the scope on my in-line muzzleloader and 30-30 . The only advantage that I can see using a scope on deer size animals at distances closer than 100 yards is low light conditions .

 

[3Crows]

That is better than a straight 4x , but you still don’t get the same FOV as with both eyes open . If I were mostly shooting 100 yards plus I would definitely prefer a scope , but I would also prefer a bolt action rifle and not a lever action 30-30 . I have never shot an animal further than 82 paces and that one was a fox at night predator hunting . That is the reason that I decided on removing the scope on my in-line muzzleloader and 30-30 . The only advantage that I can see using a scope on deer size animals at distances closer than 100 yards is low light conditions .

I can use a 1X or 1.5X by 4 scope with both eyes open. Both of my Marlin 336 rifles can shoot MOA or close enough for a few shots until they get hot. I have no problem out to 200 yards, especially with the Federal Hammer Down and the Hornady LR and my home loads replicating them. Many of the areas I have hunted are open in places and brushy in the next, perfect country for a Marlin lever gun. Each to their own preferences .

 

[Chuck R.]

I shoot 3Gun with a 1-6X illuminated dot, with both eyes open. At 1X it acts just like an RDS. For that sport at least, it's much, much, faster than irons.

Guys have been shooting with both eyes open with magnified optics for a long time:

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Both eyes open” shooting was discovered by Glyn Bindon, the founder of Trijicon, and is called the Bindon Aiming Concept (BAC).

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It appears that RDS and LPVOs have just about taken over as the optics for driven boar hunts, so maybe those guys know something about how to kill fast moving game. The rifle I use for drives is a bolt gun, but it wears a 1.25-4X optic.

 

[Varminterror]

That is better than a straight 4x , but you still don’t get the same FOV as with both eyes open

I shoot both eyes open with 5-25x and 7-35x scopes…

Shoot with both eyes open.

 

[Artg56]

Those rings were the recommended setup back in the day, on my 336 as a youth the scope didn’t spend much time on the rifle and now with aging eyes I find it awkward.
I must have been more flexible as a teen.

I’m thinking of staying with the 2.5X scope on the low rings.

I am trying a scout setup on another Marlin, not favored by some but giving me good results



Also a 2.5X

 

[3Crows]

I like the Burris 2.75X Scout. It is a quality piece and works great. After having my glasses knocked off a couple of times with my .45-70 SBL I decided I was on borrowed time until needing stitches and that a conventional scope was not always a good thing with rifles that can potentially recoil heavily:

 

[Hokkmike]

Putting a scope on a lever is like kissing bearded lady....

 

[Picher]

I feel that if the weather is too bad to use a scope, it's too bad for me to go hunting. In my 70s, I'm a fair-weather hunter, for sure.

 

[Pat Riot]

I like the Burris 2.75X Scout

This scope is a finalist for my Marlin 336. I have been debating on this one, the Burris Scout 2-7x32 and the Vortex Crossfire II Scout 2-7x32.
I like the lines and size of the 2.75x Scout more than the other two.

 

[3Crows]

Putting a scope on a lever is like kissing bearded lady....

That is what happens when you cannot see .

 

[3Crows]

This scope is a finalist for my Marlin 336. I have been debating on this one, the Burris Scout 2-7x32 and the Vortex Crossfire II Scout 2-7x32.
I like the lines and size of the 2.75x Scout more than the other two.

You look for yourself but I have the Vortex and it is like looking through a coke bottle bottom, a lot of edge distortion, at least on mine. On the .308 Savage:



It is okay until I get to about 4X or so.

 

[WestKentucky]

There are 3 336 (kinda) rifles that have been handed down through my family over the years. My grandaddy had a Glenfield 30a which is now mine. My dad got a Glenfield 30g (I’m not 100% sure of the suffix) on his first anniversary. My dads brother got a used 336c upon completing his associates degree. All 3 had see-through mounts. 2 still do. Mine doesn’t because the year before my uncle got the 336 he dropped granddaddy’s rifle out of a tree and bent the scope tube and broke one of the screws holding the mount to the reciever. I was given that gun after it was stolen with the family gathered bedside at the nursing home for granddaddy’s last couple hours. 1 family member wasn’t present so we knew… grandma reported it stolen and the cops called within hours to tell her it was found and who had pawned it. I took grandma to get groceries a couple days after the funeral and she told me to go to the pawn shop. I went and got the manager, and we carried out all of the stolen guns and she gave him all the money he had paid for them. Grandma told me to never let anybody in the family other than my dad know the guns were ever found.

Now… on to the rest of the story… I pulled off the damaged scope and rings. The broken screw got filed down flush and then was the very first screw I ever used an easy out on. The gun now has a Tasco Pronghorn fixed 3x scope in low mounts. I tried irons and I killed some critters with it, but the factory sights are generally lacking. I have used reciever sights on other guns and will eventually go that route for this one.

Watch ebay for sights. Quite often the old school sights are unknown by whoever found them in the pile of stuff they inherited. If you look at those, there realistically aren’t many models, and you learn what to look for to identify them. The marlin sights are very square for the reciever,

 

[Pat Riot]

You look for yourself but I have the Vortex and it is like looking through a coke bottle bottom, a lot of edge distortion, at least on mine. On the .308 Savage:



It is okay until I get to about 4X or so.

How ironic. I just read that very thing just a little while ago on Amazon. Thank you for verifying. It’s off my list.

 

[red rick]

I now leaning towards ranger point precession . But before I spend the money on it I am going to see how I like the Williams on my in-line muzzleloader .

 

[greyling22]

Warne makes a mount that is about 1/8 lower than any other picc mount I have seen for a marlin.