Home Forums Lever Action Central Marlin 336 Lever Actions Marlin - please make a 336 in a "small" caliber...

Yeah........but.........these new Marlin XLR's are so cool especially with the great accuracy they get!!!

but i like a flat-sided lever ...

I think the backthrust on the bolt face would be too much for the pressure of the .243 or similar cartridges because they are of much higher pressure than the .30-30, .35 Rem or .45-70. Thompson Center Arms looked at this years ago and that is why they came out with the Encore which is a beefed up Contender. The smaller case head like the .223 will handle the backthrust because the case head is so small, even though the pressure is very high also. I don't remember the formula but the large case head of the .45-70 causes less stress on the bolt face than higher pressure cartridges like the .243. Thanks...Bill.

we're talking the xlr here, not the regular 336 series, and we're talking .308 express brass for the smaller bores, not .30-30 series brass. the combination should be able to handle a pretty big jump in pressure ...

I'd be tickled with a 336 in 25/35....

i'd sure enough look into one one if they offered it. kinda fallen in love all over again with the marlin ...

I built one a few years ago, using a 26", 1 in 10 twist Douglas Premium barrel, and chambered for the standard 25/35. Brockman did the chambering and fitting of the barrel, and I did the rest. What might be of interest is the way the magazine tube and forend are fitted. The mag tube is floated in that it is retained with a single screw into a solidly mounted barrel band. The forend wood is screwed to a straddle block which is attached to the barrel.

The rifle is topped with a Lyman Alaskan scope with a post reticle. I have only fired Winchester factory 117 gr. ammo in the rifle, but find it capable of M.O.A. or better.

The 25/35 has a modified factory stock. Here is what I intend to do in the near future - whenever I get around to it.

Not a 25-35 WINCHESTER!

Make a 25-36 MARLIN AI.

Bruce

nice rigs.

A 25-35 would be totally cool. Maybe in .218 Bee and 32-20 and 25-20 again for those who missed out the first time around. What about a 475 Linebaugh or 500 S&W.

I'm about a nanosecond away from picking up a 30/30 and getting it rebarreled to 25/35.

Did I mention that I love mine?

do it, steelie, do it. go half mag. it'll be slicker than hog fat on teflon.

.454 Casull? .308 MX necked to (Gasp!) .260Marlin/Hornady something or other?

I just need to find a Marlin in 30/30 without a checkered stock. Marlins are as scarce as hen's teeth around here. Already made the phone call, 24" barrel, forend cap (no barrel bands) and 2/3rd length magazine.

Heck I might have to get me a '94 and get it re-barrelled to 25-35. Gotta be cheaper than those I've seen lately. The mid-seventies '94s are still pretty cheap.

.219 Zipper!!

I have been looking for one. Now I am looking for a barrel maker that wil match the contour on my 336 so I can rechamber it and own one.

Bobbed stainless magazine tube, Stainless barrel, blued action black synthetic stock. HELLO COYOTES!

Can't pointed bullets be used in a tubular magazine like the one Remington developed for the 14/141 pump action, with a helical rib the length of the magazine to tip bullet noses away from primers? Surely the Remington patents have expired by now.

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