What to upgrade on Lever, Marlin 336

[okie john]

#1) Whats the best peep sight? Whats the sight I see with side rails that is a ghost ring on all the custom guns?

I prefer the Lyman sight I mentioned above. I've used XS Sights http://www.xssights.com/index.php?nI...ghts&sID=rifle but found that the aperture is subject to being crushed or snapped off with rough handling.

I've killed a couple of deer with a Brockman rear sight http://www.brockmansrifles.com/sight_options.asp I'll check tonight and see if I have an old one in my gear if you want it.

The rear sight from
http://www.wildwestguns.com/accessories.html is highly regarded, but I've never used one.


Okie John

[KarbonChemist]

Most any of the sights listed above are a huge improvement and the only upgrade I'd suggest.

[Iowa Don]

1 - Brockman sights front and rear. If you can break these I'll find you a polar bear to wrestle.

2 - Butt pad - Brownell's has a light grayish one that is 1 3/8 thick, which you'll want cut from the stock to maintain present length

3 - DRC Firearms & Outdoors - Big loop lever in stainless or blue for pistol or straight grip. This is NOT the overgrown underthought that John Wayne used and that Brownell's sells. John was a big man 6'3" and hands to match so that lever was useful and practical for him but DRC has figured out what works for most of us.

4 - Trigger job - 4 3/4 pounds. Specify that exactly. The reason is that anything less than that is NOT SAFE and you may experience something that will make you very unhappy and perhaps scare the hell out of you.

5 - Ammunition - Look at Buffalo Bore and Grizzly. They make some stuff that'll wake you right up. But your rifle must be a Marlin of late model-after 1995. They are very specific about this. You put it in an old gun and you'll end up with a pile of parts and quite possibly parts missing from you too. No BS. They warn you in bold red letters.

6 - Why not a scope? I put a 1.5-5x illuminated crosshair Leupold on mine. Used LaRue Tactical rings and quick release base. It's probably more power than I really need but then it helps extend the rainbow trajectory too. Plenty of pros an cons to that. Scope eye is the worst. Don't got one and don't need one either.

You're gonna like it. Have fun.

[Vic303]

You may want to save this link for future reference if your lever starts doing the dreaded Marlin Jam.
http://marauder.homestead.com/files/marlin94fix.html

[Mr. Smith]

There is so much to do if you want.







Just a little

[Iowa Don]

THAT is how it ought to look. The only things stopping me are: 1-fear of my wife; 2-common sense not to arouse a Mamba (her); and lackaloot. But by and by. slowly and surely I'll get it where I want. By the way, is the .45-70 buttstock thick enough to take a large mercury recoil reducer and still withstand the Grizzly and Buffalo Bore rounds? I had a .458 Win at one time but there's nothing here in Iowa or until the Rockies grizzly area that needs that, unless you count an enraged Holstein bull.

[M1AG30]

There is so much to do if you want.







Just a little

That is beautiful!!!!

[Lost River]

I stuck a 1-3x compact Weaver on my 16" 336. Shown on the bottom.

The top gun is a 1894 with a fixed 2x weaver.

Both are nicely proportional for the rifles. A leather ammo butt cuff from Milt Sparks is pretty practical as well. The scopes may look odd on the leverguns but they help quite a bit for more precise shooting.

[Mr. Smith]

Thank you

[samuse]

As a long time lever gun shooter, the best thing I ever did was leave it in the safe and shoot a decent bolt gun or an AR.

I have a Marlin with the XS sights and they suck horribly to put it nicely. Aperture is waaay too big and easy to knock off.

I'd just call it a 50-75 yard gun and not do anything to it.