New Lever Gun

[Red]

Nice shooting that sure is a nice looking gun. Ill bet you will have her ready for this fall.

[ny hunter]

Looks like its ready to go..........good luck..

[Mike DBH]

top eject, at this point i don't plan on putting a scope on the gun but they do come drilled and tapped.

I believe these are angle eject, they wouldnt be drilled and tapped if they were top eject..Good choice though, win94 (clone) is superior in design/quality to marlin IMO. I pondered one of these till I found a AE 94 cheap  but they didnt have the laminate stock marine finish then, nice upgrade.

[NYBuckHunter27]

I believe these are angle eject, they wouldnt be drilled and tapped if they were top eject..Good choice though, win94 (clone) is superior in design/quality to marlin IMO. I pondered one of these till I found a AE 94 cheap  but they didnt have the laminate stock marine finish then, nice upgrade.

 

You are correct sir, side eject. and this model with the laminate stock is a davidson gallery of guns model that i wasn't able to even find in NY!

[sailinghudson25]

IF you cycle a lever slowly, it is more prone to jamb.  However, you don't need to cycle it coybow shootout speeds either.

 

Sometimes the rubber nose of the hornadys can jamb my 336.   Hornady makes good ammo, but I reload with Remington 150gr cor-lokt heads.  They work great and I can shoot good groups at 200 yards with a scope, and decent 150 yard groups with my peep sighted 336.

 

I have both the early ballard rifling marlins and the micro-groove versions, all of them 20" barrels.  Some brand new, some worn in a bit, but still works good.  I have not came close to their advertised velocities of the hornady ammo.  I get another 75 to 100 fps over 150gr cor-lokt factory loads.

 

IF you do get to reload, the hornady brass is designed for the leverevolution ammo.  It is about ,020" longer even before you shoot them.  So, if going back to regular bullet heads, trim back that brass.  Hronady is real nice brass to reload.

[NYBuckHunter27]

IF you cycle a lever slowly, it is more prone to jamb.  However, you don't need to cycle it coybow shootout speeds either.

 

Sometimes the rubber nose of the hornadys can jamb my 336.   Hornady makes good ammo, but I reload with Remington 150gr cor-lokt heads.  They work great and I can shoot good groups at 200 yards with a scope, and decent 150 yard groups with my peep sighted 336.

 

I have both the early ballard rifling marlins and the micro-groove versions, all of them 20" barrels.  Some brand new, some worn in a bit, but still works good.  I have not came close to their advertised velocities of the hornady ammo.  I get another 75 to 100 fps over 150gr cor-lokt factory loads.

 

IF you do get to reload, the hornady brass is designed for the leverevolution ammo.  It is about ,020" longer even before you shoot them.  So, if going back to regular bullet heads, trim back that brass.  Hronady is real nice brass to reload.

Going to stick with the factory hornaday loads as i do not reload, thank you for the info though.

[SCbklyn]

Nice gun. Good luck.

I got my marlin 30-30 two Junes ago and it has become one of my favorites to shoot. I left it with the stock sights and plan to still hunt with it one day. It shoots really nice groups with the hornady levelution.

Unfortunately I waited to long to get one and mine is made by remington not marlin. Takes away from it a bit IMO

[45/70]

Very nice, enjoy your new lever.

[sailinghudson25]

I posted wrong, the hornady brass is about .020" shorter, not longer.

 

Cycle the whole tube of ammo without firing, and then look at the bullets.  Some guns scratch up or dent the bullet when cycling, which can be an accuracy problem in lever guns.

[Caveman]

Beautiful gun.  I'm in the market for a used Marlin 336 now, but I wouldn't hesitate to consider that one if I were planning on buying new.