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Today was the first day at the range with my new-to-me Marlin 336 in 35 Remington. It's a 1970 Centennial model. Seems to be a shooter so far.

Beautiful rifle and a great caliber with the JM stamp. Congratulations!

Very nice Marlin in a great caliber. 1970 100th anniversary of Marlin fire arms. One time a couple years back at Cabella's in Hamburg, Pa. there were four Century's on the used rack. Two 30/30 and two 35 Remington. I left there with out any of them.

bandit1250 wrote:Very nice Marlin in a great caliber. 1970 100th anniversary of Marlin fire arms. One time a couple years back at Cabella's in Hamburg, Pa. there were four Century's on the used rack. Two 30/30 and two 35 Remington. I left there with out any of them.

The other day at Cabela's near me they had a really nice 30-30 Centennial. I might "need" one to go with the 35.

if it shoots anywhere near as nice as it looks, its a Keeper .... looking forward to your range reports

That's a beauty ditto. I've got it's twin in 30-30. 1970 model with medallion in the stock. Only change I've made to mine was installing TruGlo fiber optic sights. They really improved the sights visibility without ruining the classic look of the rifle. They do however require removal of the front sight hood so the rod can gather light properly.
If you shoot cast boolits, watch your speed. My microgroove rifling (different cal. obviously) likes to strip the bullet and lead terribly if pushed much past 1,600 fps. Under 1,600 fps or with jacketed, the 336 is a real delight.

EDIT: I see yours wears peep sights. Nice looking setup and longer sight radius. You've got a winner there.

JEBar wrote:if it shoots anywhere near as nice as it looks, its a Keeper .... looking forward to your range reports

I shot a bunch of steel at 100 yards. Was able to hit the smallest ones (about 4-6 inches) by holding at 6 o'clock on them. I'm not much for shooting groups, but I did shoot one at 50 yards just to confirm that the sights were on.

Does it have XS sights on it. They are fast sights for deer and bear in the thick woods. If it will feed the shorter overall length cartridges they are fun to shoot hand loaded with jacketed 357 pistol bullets. Some won't feed the shorter length ammo. My SC is not 100% on feeding them but I still shoot it for practice. They can be pushed at higher speeds than the cast and not have leading issues if you stay with JSP or JHP bullets. I load my nephew 180 Hornady's in his 35 for deer and they drop them with no problem. His is very accurate with that bullet and a full load of 3031. You picked up a real fine Marlin with that one. Have fun with it.

Yes, it has the XS sights. They work really well. My Henry 30-30 has them, too, so I already had experience with them.

Sweet looking rifle, ditto. Congratulations.

Congrats ditto!!!
Like JEBar said if it shoots like it looks you've got a winner.
Got some 35's myself, imr 4198 & a 200 gr cast work pretty good. Hey you don't believe me ask Jim over on MO.

That's a really nice looking rifle. Congratulations! Happy shooting...

Great looking rifle! A keeper in my book.

Congrats! Good shooting to you.

My MT husband owned one if not more (?) Marlin 336C rifles in the 35Remington caliber.

He used to own many, many Made in CT Marlin rifles in 60 plus years. He only owns a couple of CT Marlin rifles now.

Then he went back to using the 30-30 caliber in some hunting spots out here in Western Montana. He hunts in various types of terrain.

He sold his last Marlin in 35Reminton several years ago and sold all of his reloading stuff for it too.

It was a very nice gun and the man who bought it still loves to shoot it and hunt with it. They see each other at the range. Two men who were friends of each other were interested in it and one guy told the other one that if he did not buy it asap - he would while they were standing in the gun store together. The original man ended up buying it but his friend shoots it too!

Take care!

Cate

The 35 rem is one of my favorite levers.
Enjoy

P.S. I wish Henry would make a 35 rem in the new
BIG Boy. I would order one today.

biglever wrote:P.S. I wish Henry would make a 35 rem in the new
BIG Boy. I would order one today.

Ditto on that. I'd buy one, too.

Well Henry lost that sale, I picked up another Marlin 35 rem. A few weeks back at a gun show.
And it looks almost new. Pre cross bolt safety.