Recent production Marlin rifles

[Jason_W]

Looks like a used but not abused Marlin is my best bet. I could probably have a lot of fun modding one out into a utility/pseudo-scout rifle (sorry, purists).

And yet another question: What do all the suffixes after the 336 mean? I've seen 336c, 336 RC, 336cs etc.

Are they all mechanically identical and just have different stocks?

 

[CaliCoastie]

Very similar, cs cross bolt safety, rc regular carbine (20"barrel), t Texan (straight stock). Allot of them deal with different woods birch/walnut. Check Marlin owners for more info.
Mechanically the are the same.

 

[NYH1]

We bought my son (10) a Remington made Marlin 336Y 30-30 Win. (short 12" LOP stock and 16.25" barrel) for Christmas. It's a nice little carbine. Fit and finish was really good and is better then a lot of new Marlins that we looked at. Gotta make sure you look them over really good before buying them. That go's with any firearm.

NYH1.

 

[larryh1108]

As for the clones, the Mossberg 464 is a very nice repro that handles and shoots very well. Is it a Marlin? No, but if you want a nice lever action for a good price then you can certainly do a lot worse than the Mossy.

 

[atomchaser]

I'd stick with a used one. I bought mine in years past and they have all been well made and no issues whatsoever. There was a post I read on a Marlin Forum somewhere by an engineer who had worked at the CT plant who largely refuted the "worn out equipment" excuse. He likely had an axe to grind, but it hard to understand how any reasonable QC program at the new plant would let some of the rifles out the door with the obvious problems that have been reported.

 

[jsimmons]

I'm not that big of a Henry fan. They are just a bit too much "full of themselves" for my taste.

<SARCASM>Ahhhh, a well considered reason.</SARCASM>

I don't care for the Henry centerfire rifles due to the tube-loading as opposed to a side loading gate (like seemingly every other manufacturer has). Other than that, they're really nice rifles, and customer service is out-freakin-standing. Henry's lifetime warranty means lifetime of the rifle - not the original owner.