marlin lever action

A couple of months ago I found a Marlin 336 that had been made in 1976 at a local gun store. The sights are pretty much useless in low light. So I thought about replacing them with something a little more modern. The question I keep asking myself, should I mess with a rifle that was made in...

How is the quality of the newer marlin 336 compared to the older rifles? A local pawn shop had an older Marlin 336 in stock. Serial put it at a 1976 production. In all honesty, I have no experience with new Marlin 336 lever action rifles. My son has one that was bought for him around 2002...

My sons Marlin 336 30-30 started having some problems this weekend - the action is easy for a couple of cycles, and then its really hard. The action is so hard to work, that it feels like something is going to break. We were shooting factory loaded Remington 150 grain core-lokt. The first 2...

Hey everyone, I have been reading the posts in this forum for quite sometime and now that I have recently purchased a Marlin 336W I can dive right in with the conversation. Does anyone have this rifle, and if so what was your luck with it? Got it brand new and fell in love with it at first...