scoping a marlin 336 HELP....

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Get a weaver one piece base and weaver quadlock medium height rings. Then add a scope. That should be a simple enough solution for you. The Talley one piece are the rings built onto the bases. Those are nice too. But I have found weavers system to be perfectly serviceable for less than half the cash of the talley system.
 
I have the Talley one piece low rings on my 336 with a new Redfield 2-7x32 scope. I think they are worth the extra money if you don't plan on taking your scope off and on routinely. It clears the rear sight by a few thousandths and is as low on the gun as you can go, which I prefer. If your scope is a 40mm you would probably have clearance issues with the low mount unless you removed the rear sight.
 
i dont want any fancy rails. im going to put a leupold fx II unltralight on my marlin. i just want it to be simple. but should i get low rings? or is that too low? medium rings?

does leupold make a good mount for the 336?
 
Low rings might be OK on the objective bell clearing the barrel, which is normally the concern when scoping a rifle. The consideration that has to be made with the 336 is the hammer will probably not clear the occular bell on the scope. DNZ only makes a medium and high mount for the 336 for this reason.

I tried the DNZ and I'm not sure if it was the mount or my rifle but I used every bit of elevation adjustment I had to get UP to a 100yd zero. This was a 336 in .308MX with a Vortex Viper 2-7x32 (96+ MOA of adjustment). I considered this unacceptable and removed the mount in favor of the XS rail and Burris Signature Zee rings. Offset bushings in the rings should allow me to get the scope zeroed without having to use all the elevation in the scope.
 
i just want it to be simple. but should i get low rings? or is that too low? medium rings?
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Re-read post #4 the answer is in there. The hammer and spur clear the occular bell on mine by a lot with the low rings. And yes, Leupold makes fine bases and rings to fit a 336 and they aren't exactly cheap either.
 
If you are using the FX 2, I would get the XS lever rail and use the Leupold 1" QRW low rings. Works very well for me. You can even buy the kit with the rail and iron sights. With the QRW rings you can take the scope off quickly and have good backup iron sights.
 
renegade.

i dont need that much eye relief. im not using the leupold fxII scout, but the fxII Ultralight.....i think it only has 5" eye relief.
 
After reading all of these responses, I see that you are more or less back at square one.

The Weaver medium height quadlock rings are low enough that with my 32mm objective scopes, the rear sight has to be flipped down to accommodate the scope. Different scope ring makers have different actual heights for their version of low or medium or high, so be mindful of that. I like to go as low as possible, especially on a 336 because of the comb height on the butt stock: it is low, so as to be able to easily employ the iron sights.

Good luck. :)
 
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I'll make this easy and just tell you what to do, whether you listen or not is up to the OP.

Get a Leupold one piece base.

Put a low pair of Leupold rifleman rings on it. The things are .112" from the ring base to the bottom of the scope tube.

I know they're aluminum, but it's for a 30-30 or 35 Rem so we're not talking a big kicker here.

Note, the Weaver Quad-Locks are fine but the ring height is .168". With the 2.5x20mm lower is desirable.
 
If you're interested in a Redfield, one piece standard mount, PM me.....

I pulled the scope off my 336 and went back to Williams appeture sights.

I used med. height rings with a 40 mm 3-9x scope, but have recycled these over to my Savage bolt gun. You see them all the time on e-bay for short money, however.

I like standard mounts, and though they aren't tacticool, I've always found them to be solid as a rock.
 
Ahh I see, I would personally still use the same setup. The lever rail, not scout mount. You can still mount it all the way back or for however much eye relief you would need. QRW rings work excellent with that mount. Also, if you did decide to go scout mode in the future, you would have the whole setup already and would just need the scope. It's relatively inexpensive, versatile, and IMO makes the marlins look mean ; ).
 
Asherdan and Abel......ya'll seem to get what i am doing and where i want to go with this. thanks for the help. and thanks Asherdan for the links......i am going to follow your intructions to the T.
 
Ahh, too late I see.

If you find your setup not to your liking, weaver see-thru rings are an excleent choice...and what I chose.

Optics are great, but being able to use your irons for rapid acquisition or firing on dangerous game or in heavy brush is very handy.
 
yeah, i agree....especially with the perfect balance of this gun which has well designed sights......but this scope is pretty fast. it has lots of eye relief and is only a 2.5x. it is compact and sits low so the balance is still good. but you are right.....i really love the irons on my Marlin. it was a sacrifice.
 
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