357maximum
03-22-2008, 08:17 AM
Just thought I would stop and brag a bit.
A buddy of mine who peruses everything auction just recently picked me up a marlin 336RC in 30/30, I told him if he saw a good one I would go 400bucks...price was 320 bucks.
Now the good news: It is an E prefix (1948, first year) with pristine ballard rifling in about 85%+ external shape very nice overall......just plain nice, with just abit of thin bluing here and there, nothing serious. It is intended to be a shooter, not a safe queen anyway. It has the old high cut 36 type high curve pistol grip lever and I am in lust already.:-D:-D It has been D&T'ed in the waffles but it was done very well and came with an old weaver K4, which will stay on her if all remains well.
I just finished her first (very informal) test. Lyman 311440 copy over 21 grains of old H-4198/ 2.448 O.A.L/CCI 200.......5 shots inside 1.5 inches at about 90 yards, and group 2 was just over 1.25"...this was the first recorded groups, and shot off the top of my dog kennel on a simple bag rest into a spray painted spot on the burn barrel....as I did not feel like draggin the bench out in the snow this morning, but I just had to see what she was capable of. I had to work alot all week and could not play, but this morning Temptation plumb overruled.
I now have a matched (sort of) pair, this one in 30/30 and my proven shooter a straight stocked K-prefix (1953) 35 remmy look right nice together on the rack...color me tickled.
Thanks for listening,
Michael
A buddy of mine who peruses everything auction just recently picked me up a marlin 336RC in 30/30, I told him if he saw a good one I would go 400bucks...price was 320 bucks.
Now the good news: It is an E prefix (1948, first year) with pristine ballard rifling in about 85%+ external shape very nice overall......just plain nice, with just abit of thin bluing here and there, nothing serious. It is intended to be a shooter, not a safe queen anyway. It has the old high cut 36 type high curve pistol grip lever and I am in lust already.:-D:-D It has been D&T'ed in the waffles but it was done very well and came with an old weaver K4, which will stay on her if all remains well.
I just finished her first (very informal) test. Lyman 311440 copy over 21 grains of old H-4198/ 2.448 O.A.L/CCI 200.......5 shots inside 1.5 inches at about 90 yards, and group 2 was just over 1.25"...this was the first recorded groups, and shot off the top of my dog kennel on a simple bag rest into a spray painted spot on the burn barrel....as I did not feel like draggin the bench out in the snow this morning, but I just had to see what she was capable of. I had to work alot all week and could not play, but this morning Temptation plumb overruled.
I now have a matched (sort of) pair, this one in 30/30 and my proven shooter a straight stocked K-prefix (1953) 35 remmy look right nice together on the rack...color me tickled.
Thanks for listening,
Michael