troy fairweather
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My 1977 marlin 336 in 35 Remington 20 inch carbine has been a good work horse for about 10 years for me. I was a barn gun given to me, it had more rust then bluing and the but shock had some small cracks. there is a small spot of pitting in the bore for about a inch, But does not make it shoot bad. I have killed many deer with this gun, one even a 275 by what the gps said. because of the rust i striped the finish and rust and camo painted it years ago. The paint held up good over the 8 or 9 years.
One day i was thinking id would like to make this gun different form the normal marlin 336, i wanted a shorter tube to make it look like the A model rifle. so i cut 8 and 5/8 of the tube, I got rid of the screw that hold in the tube cap and just soldered it in this gives it a nice clean look.
I was going to do a flush mag tube with the forend, but for now left it out some. i drilled out the tube plug to give me a 1/8 or so more room in the tube. The tube holds 4 rounds of 35 rem witch is nice doing this made the balance move so its better when u swing the rifle. Since the but stock was cracked i used a stock blank that was given to me, I re shaped it and did the fitting. I have a checkering tool but not all the cutter so i checkered the outside pattern and stippled the wood. I think it came out nice.
I id the same for the forend to. i was going to fit a Remington aluminum but plate to it, but i don't have what i need to do that here so that's put off for now. I would like to take a /2 inch off the butstock to. My Lyman peep is on there and a xs front sight is on, i may just use the original ramp and sight but it is beat up.the small cut is still in the barrel for the front band , I will weld that up one day. For the rear band it never had a screw in it just a pin and not a good one. since the one band has more work then normal, i drilled out the band and used a 3/16 roll pin. this holds the forearm very tight, i still have to cut the pin, i cut of about 5/8 of the forend because it was not doing anything.
The rifle still has most of the paint on it, that will be stripped when i get it ready for bluing. I hope u like the gun i think it looks different then most marlins, thanks. troy.
One day i was thinking id would like to make this gun different form the normal marlin 336, i wanted a shorter tube to make it look like the A model rifle. so i cut 8 and 5/8 of the tube, I got rid of the screw that hold in the tube cap and just soldered it in this gives it a nice clean look.
I was going to do a flush mag tube with the forend, but for now left it out some. i drilled out the tube plug to give me a 1/8 or so more room in the tube. The tube holds 4 rounds of 35 rem witch is nice doing this made the balance move so its better when u swing the rifle. Since the but stock was cracked i used a stock blank that was given to me, I re shaped it and did the fitting. I have a checkering tool but not all the cutter so i checkered the outside pattern and stippled the wood. I think it came out nice.
I id the same for the forend to. i was going to fit a Remington aluminum but plate to it, but i don't have what i need to do that here so that's put off for now. I would like to take a /2 inch off the butstock to. My Lyman peep is on there and a xs front sight is on, i may just use the original ramp and sight but it is beat up.the small cut is still in the barrel for the front band , I will weld that up one day. For the rear band it never had a screw in it just a pin and not a good one. since the one band has more work then normal, i drilled out the band and used a 3/16 roll pin. this holds the forearm very tight, i still have to cut the pin, i cut of about 5/8 of the forend because it was not doing anything.
The rifle still has most of the paint on it, that will be stripped when i get it ready for bluing. I hope u like the gun i think it looks different then most marlins, thanks. troy.
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