Marbles Tang Sight Install

[kcsteve]

I need a little help about a Marbles Tang sight.
If I install the recommended Marbles Tang sight on my 1970 model Marlin 336, I will drill and tap a hole in the middle of the serial number. I can't do that. I will go to jail for altering the serial number of a firearm.
It does not make sense that Marbles would sell something like this.
Has anyone else run into this?

 

[rcmodel]

Yes.

But I believe the current Marbles 336 tang sight has a short enough base to miss drilling the serial number.

http://www.marblearms.com/standardPeepTang.html

This from Marbles webpage FAQ:

What should I do to avoid drilling through my gun’s serial number?
It is illegal to drill through a gun’s serial number when installing a peep sight. All Marble Arms peep tang sights are design to avoid drilling through the gun’s serial number

rc

 

[kcsteve]

The serial number on the 1970's model 336 is right up next to the tang screw. Actually it would need a sight base about 1 1/2" long to clear the number.

 

[Palehorseman]

I have a 30-30 Stevens 325C, it has no serial number whatsoever, and it came from the factory that way?

 

[kcsteve]

I read on another forum that your serial number could be on the side of the tang. You have to take the stock off to see it.

 

[rcmodel]

Serial numbers were not required by law until the 1968 Gun Control Act was put into law.

rc