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I am confused
I thought a 336 A was a rifle?
This looks like a RC waffle top?
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I am confused
I thought a 336 A was a rifle?
This looks like a RC waffle top? Yes a waffletop....one of the photos was supposed to show it but clearly a mediocre picture....I read that this lever gun because of the E in the serial number, was made in 1948...
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The model A has a 24 inch barrel and a end cap on the fore arm I believe.
A waffle top is marlins in action 336 built pre drilled and tapped models. ( about 1953?)
I think there were three waffle top desings?
I think you might own a carbine …..shorter barrel, full mag tube, and no end cap on the fore arm.
It looks like you have a very desirable Marlin. But I need to see a photo of the full firearm to tell the model.
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But I do think unmolested waffeltops are sold at a premium.
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Look at the serials numbers for the 336A
Prefix Date of Manufacture B 1941 C 1945 c (lower case) 1946 D 1947 E 1948 F 1949 G 1950 H 1951 J 1952 K 1953 L 1954 M 1955 N 1956 P 1957 R 1958 S 1959 T 1960 U 1961 V 1962 W 1963 Y 1964
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I think you have a 336 R/C.
If it were mine I would need $1600 shipped to give it up.
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This is a Marlin 336A
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They also had a less expensive 336a/336as,with birch stock, 20" stock full mag tube. I can't recall the year of intro. The waffle tops were 336A (rifle) 336RC (regular carbine) and336SC (sporting carbine) I think as mentioned yours is an RC. Very nice gun! '
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This is a Marlin 336A I don't get it...pic of closeup says 336-A 30-30??? Any ideas?
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1948 was the year they transitioned from the model 36 to the 336 designation. It's possible that your gun was a transition gun, as 1948 was the first year of the rifle, also. Your rifle should have ballard (cut) rifleing. I believe you have a rare gun, I have never seen one. You might be able to find more info on the Marlin collecors forum. Good luck!
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Odd that the forend band is over top the barrel markings. Is that common on the RC?
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Good catch! I wonder if it was rebarreled at some point? If it's button rifled, (micro-groove), it's not the original barrel. The mystery deepens!
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If you look on the classifieds there is another 336 A that has a short barrel.
Perhaps cutting barrels was a “ thing” in the day.
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Odd that the forend band is over top the barrel markings. Is that common on the RC? No. Not at all
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I have a E prefix 336 RC that is marked RC
I have two 336A's that are marked A. One is a E prefix and the other is a J prefix.
On the 336A's, there is no barrel band over the barrel.
None of the barrel markings are near where they would be covered by a barrel band.
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It’s hard to say what the value is on a 336 I went to the Tulsa show a couple weeks ago. There were well over fifty JM Marlins there. I was looking for a 32 Win Special waffle top and didn’t find one. I cruised the aisles and looked at pretty much every 336. There were only two that I saw that were under $1,200. There were few Remington Marlins and I believe zero Ruger Marlins. I sold my 32 Special brass and dies, so I’m not in the market for a 32 anymore. ( I had sold my pre-64 32 earlier. )
I don’t go to Gun Broker any more and stopped selling there quite a while ago when they wanted to know personal bank information. They want too much of a cut besides.
I looked at Guns International for prices on 336’s. Two were under $1,000 - both 30-30’s. Most were much higher. I didn’t see any 32 Special Waffle tops and there were few 32’s.
It all boils down to one thing, I guess. The rifle is worth what the purchaser is willing to pay.
I’m certainly not a collector of Marlin 336’s having only a couple and a couple Remington Marlins. Collector value means very little to me, how well a rifle shoots, how it handles are most important. But I’m not going to carry a rusty old gun and a gun that Buddha destroyed either. I collect other guns or have so in the past. Now I’m getting long in the tooth and am trying to sell one at a time and I’ve gotten fond of the ones I have and it’s not easy.
Maybe put the rifle up for sale at a price you’d be happy with??? Be aware there are a few scum that have joined 24hourcampfire that may want to destroy your sales.
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