IkenI, does that fine looking rifle have a stainless receiver with a blued barrel, or is that just an optical illusion in the photo?
Also, can you tell us a bit more about it? Age? History?
Nem, It's one of 500 produced by Marlin about five or six years ago in a special run. Mines # 91
It's all stainless and is very accurate. I've probably shot about five or six boxes of ammo thru it. It sits in my gun safe with a few shotguns, a couple of Ruger Hawkeyes and some other Marlins: a 336 30-30 that my grandson uses; a 336 .308 Marlin Express that my son really likes; a 20 year old 39 .22 LR that all of us shoot; and a .444 that I changed around a bit.
I changed the .444 from a pistol grip to a straight stock rifle and really prefer it that way. It replaced the .35 Rem as a woods rifle, hog gun and black timber elk rifle (although I rarely hunt elk any longer.) The .35 has had a low power scope on it but I prefer open sights on straight stock Marlins and scopes on pistol grip Marlins. The .35 has XS ghost ring sights on it and the .444 has Williams FP. I also have XS sights for the .444 and can't tell any difference in the accuracy between the two.
I'm hunting big game less and less as I get older and birds more and more (with Ike my 10 year old GSP). When I do go I usually carry a .257 Roberts Hawkeye for deer. a 338 Fed Hawkeye for elk, or the .444 in the dark stuff. The 336 .35 Rem is a great little rifle but I no longer need it. I used to keep lots of guns but over the years have gone down to those I use. At one time I had several SIG handguns but am now down to just the two I use, a .245 and a 220, both old german.
IkenI