Agree. One other thing you should know. Right up until Remington purchased Marlin, one could send their 336 back and the factory would do pretty much anything to it that one wanted done, as long as they had the parts.
A really popular change for example was making Cowboys out of standard RC (straight or pistol grip guns). They wanted happy customers and their money. Yours could have gone back for a facelift. This was not all that difficult as we would now call Marlins pretty much modular construction. Example: trigger plates for 336 interchange. Butt stocks for 1894, 39, and 336 basically fit as long as they are of the same grip configuration. Or, trigger plate, lever, and grip could change.
All your gun would require would be a barrel and magazine tube and related hardware, plus a forearm assembly if it had been a barrel band model in the previous life.
A local smith could have done the same thing with parts from Numerich while the parts held out. A lot of parts from Numerich have been sold out.
Good luck
Jack
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