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Girlfriend and I usually take a couple day road trip after Christmas. Check out some outlets for her and a few out of the way gun shops for me. Didn't buy anything this trip until I got to the last stop. Marlin 336 jm in 35 Remington , decent leather sling and 4x Weaver. Pretty good overall shape. The other is in 35 also. Remington 760 cut to Carbine length. 35 Remington stamped mag . Hideous see throughs and a 3-9 Tasco that has to go.

You two did great.

Good fine. Have both. My Rem 760 hasn't been cut. Still nice.

I saw it behind the counter I was really hoping it was a factory 35 Remington carbine. Still not complaining though

Ill take them PM sent

Beautiful ! What makes you think the 760 was cut and not a factory carbine. They did make the 760/742 with 18” carbine barrels.

Thanks. All the factory carbines I've had and seen were marked carbine.

Yup. They were all marked "CARBINE". Say what you want about Tascos. I spent a lot of years with them in my younger days and never had a problem

I've hunted with and shot a lot of Tasco scopes too. Younger days they were what I could afford, now I tend to use Burris or Leupold

I'm with you. I use better stuff too. But I can't find anything bad to say about my Tascos back in the day. I've had a Leupold erector lens let loose on me but those Tascos and Bushnells did right by me

Nice!

I gotta a buddy who swears by Japanese tascos.

300 jimmy sold one yesterday here.

Love the 336s. Kicking myself for not grabbing more before online prices went bananas.

Same here.

Id just like to say for the record that you Sir, suck. So Jelly right now.

Haha. Even a blind hog finds an acorn once in a while

Nice finds. 2 nice rifles.

If the second letter on the barrel code of that 760 is V, which I highly suspect it is based on the stock and forearm, that is a shame they cut it. That's a 1979 and a 1 off yr only chambering in 35 Remington. I have two I was fortunate enough to come across. One I hunt, the other is a safe queen.

They chambered not a lot, but chambered in 35 Rem from 52-67. Stopped chambering in that cartridge altogether then brought it back for 1 yr only in 1979.

Doesn't take away from your use for it, and coming up with a gem. It looks in great shape from here.

It is a 79. Yeah I first saw it behind the counter and knew it was 18 1/2" they said 35 Remington I tried not to look to excited. Then I looked and it wasn't marked carbine . Still can't complain.

No sir. It looks nice. Depending on the price I sure wouldn't turn it down, cut or not.

Many 760 Remington’s have the beautiful (😵‍💫) see-through rings. If I got a set, they would be on a table for $5.

The ones that came on this one are in a drawer. They were popular at one point but I never could stand them

You did great - looks like they did a good job of cutting it down (sacrilege I know but nice none the less)……two fine venison getters right there!……and you must have a special lady to “let” you buy guns with her!!

Congrats!

PennDog

The crown was definitely done well. If not for the lack of carbine on the side you couldn't tell the difference between a marked carbine. We have a good time she enjoys road trips and I get a few gun shop visits in. Kinda lucked out on these. Virginia has weird hunting regulations. The gun shop these came from is in a shotgun/ muzzleloader only county and a shop that mainly deals in black and tactical style stuff . They had both been in the shop for a month so they knocked the price down on each then some more for buying both. If they had been in my home county at the original prices they wouldn't have lasted an hour on the sale rack.