Marlin 336 Scope Thoughts?

[mustanger98]

I think a Lyman 48 would be an outstanding receiver sight for this rifle. Without exception, every receiver sight I mounted required a higher front sight. If someone drilled & tapped the receiver you could mount a 1x5 or get a rebuilt weaver k3 with a post & crosshair reticle.

I don't recall seeing where Lyman made a #48 to fit a flat-sided levergun. Hence the #66.

No, don't D&T a waffle top.

 

[Charlie98]

People put too much value in maintaining the 'value' of a firearm. No, I wouldn't drill a Waffletop, but I would (or would have) the butt drilled professionally for a sling mount, assuming that's what you need. The true value of a firearm is what it means and does for you. If it has/is going out into the field to hunt, well, it's not going to be a museum piece, anyway.

The rear sight... I just take the ramp out from under the leaf and leave it. It doesn't really get in the way. If you insist, you can get a dovetail blank to replace the old leaf... a few of my rifles have them (you can see them in the photo I posted.) Those were put in by previous owners; personally, I just either leave them, or tap them out and leave the empty dovetail.

 

[shooter1niner]

Before I put a scope on my 1963 model 336 it had a steel Lyman 66LA on it. Perhaps someday if my grandson hunts I'll put that sight back on. I wouldn't feel bad putting an aluminum Lyman or Williams on. They are adequate for a hunting rifle. That steel Lyman used will cost twice what the new ones cost.

 

[SwampWolf]

or tap them out and leave the empty dovetail.

Just me, I suppose, but an empty dovetail slot would offend my sense of what's right and wrong with the world. Nope, I'd be looking for a blank to fill that void before tomorrow.

 

[troy fairweather]

Just me, I suppose, but an empty dovetail slot would offend my sense of what's right and wrong with the world. Nope, I'd be looking for a blank to fill that void before tomorrow.

i make the blanks from small scrapes of walnut, i made a dovetail in some round stock. they are quick to make and look nice, it bugs me when i see one without a black.

 

[mustanger98]

Just me, I suppose, but an empty dovetail slot would offend my sense of what's right and wrong with the world. Nope, I'd be looking for a blank to fill that void before tomorrow.

That dovetail blank, in my view, is a safety feature... keep somebody from absentmindedly running their hand across a sharp edge.

 

[troy fairweather]

That dovetail blank, in my view, is a safety feature... keep somebody from absentmindedly running their hand across a sharp edge.

yup i seen a guy wreck a new $200 jacket to.

 

[mustanger98]

i make the blanks from small scrapes of walnut, i made a dovetail in some round stock. they are qik to make and look nice, it bugs me when i see one without a black.

This would be different and, if you have small pieces of walnut sitting there, maybe less expensive than the Lyman blank.

 

[Charlie98]

Meh, if you look at my pic, 2 of those rifles don't have fillers... the 71 and the 1894. 2 others do... so instead of a dovetail cut, there is a big square piece of metal sticking up? To each his own...

 

[Charlie98]

The one that busted your lip... what rifle was it mounted on? I'm trying to visualize how that'd happen.

It was on a Sharps, a .45-120 black powder cartridge rifle, and the tang sight had the big traverse knob on the hinge. I learned to shoot peeps right up and close... so when he let me shoot his rifle, I just, well... snuggled right up to it! The rifle went *boom!* and I saw stars... I thought I had knocked my teeth out. I did not drop the rifle, however I probably bled on it a little... and I did hit the steel target. Lesson learned.

 

[brutus51]

I bought a Trijicon 1-4 accupower for my AR15, really cool scope but putting one on a lever gun seems sacrilegious to me.
Kinda like putting a red dot on an old Colt SAA.