The 336 Club
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AStone
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Something has occurred to me repeatedly lately.
AR's have 30 rnd magazines. When they run out, the shooters replace the magazine.
Lever gun shooters have a different strategy: don't run out; keep feeding it.
It's neither better nor worse, just different.
AR's have 30 rnd magazines. When they run out, the shooters replace the magazine.
Lever gun shooters have a different strategy: don't run out; keep feeding it.
It's neither better nor worse, just different.
rromeo
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All that ammo doesn't do any good without primers.
AStone
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<laughs> I wonder what that was about.
In any case, I like the bandolier concept.
In any case, I like the bandolier concept.
dragon813gt
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rromeo
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I do like that bandolier.
AStone
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Surprisingly, I know a few steampunkers who like live ammo.
And seems to me that lever guns make good fodder for SP. Dunno.
And seems to me that lever guns make good fodder for SP. Dunno.
AStone
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Fast Frank
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Well, I can't argue with the math...
But that's not what I think of when I think .30-30.
Here's mine.
I bought it cheap after a tough financial time, because I didn't have a rifle and I figured ugly but functional was better than nothing. (I had sold off all my guns to get by) The action is the perfect combination of worn smooth and still tight. It locks up perfectly and the trigger is light and crisp.
I payed $165 out the door at a pawn shop, thinking I could get by until better times came along. This rifle was rusty, the scope was mounted with the cross hairs making an "X", and I thought the chopped off barrel was dumber than anything I had seen all week.
It has grey pickup truck bed liner on the stocks, and it's spray painted flat black. I took it home and fixed up the see-through mounts (Loose and backwards) and shot a fresh coat of Krylon on it.
Then, one day I shot it.
That was when I realized I had found a Diamond In The Rough.
This thing will put Winchester 150 grain soft points right where I aim it, and has shot enough "Three shots just under an inch at 100" groups that I would bet money I can do it again with you watching.
I had originally thought this ugly duckling would just be a temporary thing to be traded off later on, but it has earned a place in my gun safe and will stay with me. I have since bought some nice rifles, but the last two deer I shot both fell to this rifle.
That barrel is 16", and has a beautiful crown on it. Whoever did it knew what he was doing.
But that's not what I think of when I think .30-30.
Here's mine.
I bought it cheap after a tough financial time, because I didn't have a rifle and I figured ugly but functional was better than nothing. (I had sold off all my guns to get by) The action is the perfect combination of worn smooth and still tight. It locks up perfectly and the trigger is light and crisp.
I payed $165 out the door at a pawn shop, thinking I could get by until better times came along. This rifle was rusty, the scope was mounted with the cross hairs making an "X", and I thought the chopped off barrel was dumber than anything I had seen all week.
It has grey pickup truck bed liner on the stocks, and it's spray painted flat black. I took it home and fixed up the see-through mounts (Loose and backwards) and shot a fresh coat of Krylon on it.
Then, one day I shot it.
That was when I realized I had found a Diamond In The Rough.
This thing will put Winchester 150 grain soft points right where I aim it, and has shot enough "Three shots just under an inch at 100" groups that I would bet money I can do it again with you watching.
I had originally thought this ugly duckling would just be a temporary thing to be traded off later on, but it has earned a place in my gun safe and will stay with me. I have since bought some nice rifles, but the last two deer I shot both fell to this rifle.
That barrel is 16", and has a beautiful crown on it. Whoever did it knew what he was doing.
AStone
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^ Totally awesome, both rifle and story. (FFrank, you've always been good at stories; you should do a blog.)
And so good to see and read about another 16"er that shoots so good.
Mine will be shorter soon -- by January (other competing financial obligations first),
but not sure if I'll go full 16.5" or 17" or even 17.5". Still sitting on that fence.
And so good to see and read about another 16"er that shoots so good.
Mine will be shorter soon -- by January (other competing financial obligations first),
but not sure if I'll go full 16.5" or 17" or even 17.5". Still sitting on that fence.
Great thread. Glad someone bumped it. Might take awhile to read back to posts starting in 2007! 
I picked up a Marlin 336 in .30-30 earlier this year. Serial number puts it at a 1979 manufacture. Got it for a good deal at a show because it was a mess. The receiver was full of crud, the load port was dinged something fierce, and the stock was in bad shape. Nothing that some detailed cleaning, some emery paper, and a good stock refurb couldn't fix! It's a great shooter.
I looked for a pic and can't find some unfortunately.
I picked up a Marlin 336 in .30-30 earlier this year. Serial number puts it at a 1979 manufacture. Got it for a good deal at a show because it was a mess. The receiver was full of crud, the load port was dinged something fierce, and the stock was in bad shape. Nothing that some detailed cleaning, some emery paper, and a good stock refurb couldn't fix! It's a great shooter.
I looked for a pic and can't find some unfortunately.
AStone
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Like, 8 years.
But the good news is, if you read it all,
AND carry/shoot a 30-30, you get a merit badge.
Lazy R
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Took mine for a walk on Friday
AStone
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^ Welcome, Lazy.
That's evidence that you're not really lazy.
That's evidence that you're not really lazy.
AStone
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So, I confirmed something that I suspected about my 336 today. I spoke with a gunsmith who may end up being the one that cuts and crowns my barrel. He asked if my gun was a true Marlin or a Remlin. I told him that I suspected it was a Marlin, because I bought it just as the transition was happening, and that I probably got a rifle that was already at the distributor, before the newer Remlin's began shipping. The fit and finish was good, and with my smoothing the action, it shot great.
He said, "Look on the barrel. Does it say North Haven CT?"
I looked, it does.
"Congratulations," he said. "You have a true Marlin. They were all made in CT. The Remlin's will be stamped with (forget the name), NY."
That made me smile real big.
He said, "Look on the barrel. Does it say North Haven CT?"
I looked, it does.
"Congratulations," he said. "You have a true Marlin. They were all made in CT. The Remlin's will be stamped with (forget the name), NY."
That made me smile real big.
AStone
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Bump.
In less than ten days, I have to pack up my 336 to travel back to Maine.
I can't take it on the plane (even though I can take my handgun in checked bags),
so I have to ship it to my home. But at least it will arrive shortly after me.
In less than ten days, I have to pack up my 336 to travel back to Maine.
I can't take it on the plane (even though I can take my handgun in checked bags),
so I have to ship it to my home. But at least it will arrive shortly after me.
horsemen61
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I am sorry to hear that it won't be able to fly with you.Question tho have you decide what length to cut it back to yet?
AStone
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Horse, yes: 17".
horsemen61
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Cool any reason why 17?
AStone
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I "posted" a response, an answer to your reasonable, interesting -- and relevant -- question.
Unfortunately, when I clicked "Post Quick Reply", it vaporized. All those creative minutes lost.
I'll try again tomorrow.
Key concepts, to remind me:
* 3" shorter than 20.
* It's legal plus 1.
* Doing it myself; if I mess up, still room for smith repair
* Because, there's just something about 17 that feels .. about right ...
<copying for insurance>
Unfortunately, when I clicked "Post Quick Reply", it vaporized. All those creative minutes lost.
I'll try again tomorrow.
Key concepts, to remind me:
* 3" shorter than 20.
* It's legal plus 1.
* Doing it myself; if I mess up, still room for smith repair
* Because, there's just something about 17 that feels .. about right ...
<copying for insurance>
ThomasT
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Fast Frank I like your rifle. Thats the kind of gun you can carry and don't mind if it gets bumped or scratched. I have a few like that.
I was at Academy a couple of days ago and looked at the guns. In the gunrack they had a Marlin 30-30 and I asked to look at it. Made by Remington. It looked pretty good with the sights mounted straight and all. But it was flat black just like Fast Franks gun. Matt blued all over including the bolt. I guess thats cheaper than the chrome Marlin used to put on the bolt. And it had the 16" barrel and short buttstock. Yep a youth model. I have been thinking about it ever since I saw it. But the one thing I didn't like was the wood was not walnut but Beech or at least hardwood. At least it wasn't plastic.
Lazy R your snowy picture reminded me of a day hunt I went on many years ago. I paid $50 to hunt some ranchers land. As soon as I got close it started to sleet. When I left my house it was warm and all I had to wear were a T Shirt and a lined flannel shirt. It was cold but I sat in a box blind so it was bearable.
Before long the only other hunter came by and said he had had enough and was leaving. I stayed in the blind for another hour or so and decided to do a walk around since I had the whole place to myself.
There was ice cycles hanging off the trees and all the brush was coated with ice. It was dead calm and not a sound could be heard. We don't see a lot of that kind of weather in Tx so it was like a new world to me. Its was beautiful. It was like being in a fairy tale land. I found a small cave a feet feet up on the side of a hill. I went in and built myself a small fire. I loved the adventure and the being alone. I guess I made a 2 mile walk and then packed it up. I didn't see any deer. But it was one of the best deer hunts in my memory. Thanks for the picture and the reminder.
I was at Academy a couple of days ago and looked at the guns. In the gunrack they had a Marlin 30-30 and I asked to look at it. Made by Remington. It looked pretty good with the sights mounted straight and all. But it was flat black just like Fast Franks gun. Matt blued all over including the bolt. I guess thats cheaper than the chrome Marlin used to put on the bolt. And it had the 16" barrel and short buttstock. Yep a youth model. I have been thinking about it ever since I saw it. But the one thing I didn't like was the wood was not walnut but Beech or at least hardwood. At least it wasn't plastic.
Lazy R your snowy picture reminded me of a day hunt I went on many years ago. I paid $50 to hunt some ranchers land. As soon as I got close it started to sleet. When I left my house it was warm and all I had to wear were a T Shirt and a lined flannel shirt. It was cold but I sat in a box blind so it was bearable.
Before long the only other hunter came by and said he had had enough and was leaving. I stayed in the blind for another hour or so and decided to do a walk around since I had the whole place to myself.
There was ice cycles hanging off the trees and all the brush was coated with ice. It was dead calm and not a sound could be heard. We don't see a lot of that kind of weather in Tx so it was like a new world to me. Its was beautiful. It was like being in a fairy tale land. I found a small cave a feet feet up on the side of a hill. I went in and built myself a small fire. I loved the adventure and the being alone. I guess I made a 2 mile walk and then packed it up. I didn't see any deer. But it was one of the best deer hunts in my memory. Thanks for the picture and the reminder.
AStone
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Skyrock, two main reasons for 17, in no particular order of priority.
1) I live on the southern border of the Great North Woods that extends
from here into Quebec then north toward Newfoundland and Labrador.
Translation: that means really, really thick woods, mostly conifer (especially fir, and going north, spruce, so low and close to the ground), especially second growth like you find after a cut. That means it's really, really hard to walk in those woods while carrying anything longer than your arm. Add major hills left by glaciers (moraines), boulders, ledges, swamps, marshes, mud (now is mud season here), blackflies and mosquitos ...
If you've never walked in the GNW, but want to get a sense of density, take I-95 north out of Boston into Maine, two hours past Portland to where it bends eastward -- toward Bangor, the gateway to 'downeast Maine' and the northwestern highlands.
Several points along the drive from Newport to Bangor, you will see the GNW, and might "get it" about 17.
2) I like short barreled rifles.
1) I live on the southern border of the Great North Woods that extends
from here into Quebec then north toward Newfoundland and Labrador.
Translation: that means really, really thick woods, mostly conifer (especially fir, and going north, spruce, so low and close to the ground), especially second growth like you find after a cut. That means it's really, really hard to walk in those woods while carrying anything longer than your arm. Add major hills left by glaciers (moraines), boulders, ledges, swamps, marshes, mud (now is mud season here), blackflies and mosquitos ...
If you've never walked in the GNW, but want to get a sense of density, take I-95 north out of Boston into Maine, two hours past Portland to where it bends eastward -- toward Bangor, the gateway to 'downeast Maine' and the northwestern highlands.
Several points along the drive from Newport to Bangor, you will see the GNW, and might "get it" about 17.
2) I like short barreled rifles.
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ThomasT
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Astone you made open the map program to see where you live. I have never been that far north but would love to visit that area. That 16.5" marlin I wrote about in my earlier post sounds like it would be just the thing for your woods hunting.
AStone
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Ratshooter, for most of us, north is the logical direction,
especially if ... when .. it gets hot.
The coldest air -- like in your freezer -- is at the poles,
and given that there's 7X more land in the northern hemisphere
than the southern, it sorta makes sense to go north.
.30-30 is good. .30-30 is great.
Especially as you go north.
Gin and tonic, anyone?
Have I mentioned my 9?
especially if ... when .. it gets hot.
The coldest air -- like in your freezer -- is at the poles,
and given that there's 7X more land in the northern hemisphere
than the southern, it sorta makes sense to go north.
.30-30 is good. .30-30 is great.
Especially as you go north.
Gin and tonic, anyone?
Have I mentioned my 9?
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