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11-06-2006, 02:26 PM
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Another older Marlin!
I found this 1957 Marlin 336 RC, straight stock carbine at a gun show this weekend up in Jacksonville. It is chambered in .35 Remington. I have wanted one like this for some time.
I could not find any 200 grain Core-Lokt here, so I ordered some off the internet. The 4X32 Kassnar scope came with it, I added the sling this morning. The rifle is in beautiful shape. Bore is perfect, no rust, no dings. It was a bit spendy, at $325, but one this nice is hard to find. 
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11-06-2006, 07:11 PM
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Looks great
Those classic older arms have an appeal that is unique. Let us know how it shoots. All the best...
Gil
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11-08-2006, 09:14 PM
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Sweet rifle, if it were mine I'd lose the glass. Nothin' like an iron sighted lever gun in the woods. The fact that it is a 35 makes the coolness meter swing even harder to the right peg.
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11-10-2006, 04:41 PM
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Hard to tell by the photo, but if it is not a tip off, I would get a Weaver tip off mount. I have had one on my 444 since 1971. it returns to zero every time and gives you the ultimate options for a good woods rifle.
That 200 remington should shoot real well and be close to the 358 Win in a leaver gun. If you cast, try the RCBS FNGC 200 grain bullet. Ed
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12-08-2006, 07:50 AM
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The "Texan" stock versions are harder to find. That's a good treasure.
When I was doing some gunsmithing for a little shop in MS back in the 70's we had one like that, in mint condition, traded in on a bolt gun. It sat in the rack for a year and the owner of the shop, during a slow time, offered it to me for $65. I put a scope on it to see how accurate it was and suffice to say it exceeded my expectations. I dont care too much for scopes on handy lever guns so I took that off and mounted a Williams Foolproof receiver sight on it and kept it. The .35 is a real sleeper....Frank Hamer always thought so and Bonnie and Clyde were impressed :-) Riposte
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01-24-2007, 08:52 PM
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Billy A, I need the scope to see! Old eyes and irons don't work together all that well. I swapped the scope out for an old El Paso Weaver V4.5.
Yes Rapier, the mounts are Weaver tip offs. Shooting 220 grain factory Remington Core-Lokts, its giving me 1.5 inch groups at 100 yards, and less than 1 inch at 50 yards. I keep the scope set at 2.5X
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01-25-2007, 07:30 AM
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That is a winning combination.
Ed
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