Saw a Marlin 336 carbine (20" bbl)chambered in .32 Win Special at a garage sale on Saturday. The guy was asking $450 but indicated he might take less. Honest beauty/wear marks on it. Barrel had minor exterior pitting here and there. Bore looked OK without a bore scope. Overall a nice patina on the wood and metal.

The rear leaf sight had been replaced with a receiver mounted Redfield peep sight and the front sight was a Marble "Sheady"?.
Also included was one full box of Remington 170s. Original price tag was $9.49 from a local store.

Drove by about 5 hours later and saw the rifle sitting there.

Dropped the Mrs. off at home and went back. Well, seems like he'd been drinking most of the day and by this time had two buddies with him. After some discussion I ended up with it for $325 plus the box of shells. He might have gone $300 but I would have had run for a half rack of beer and chew for him.

I sure don't need the gun, but Damn it's hard to pass up on an old Marlin.

Reckon I'll take it to the next gunshow at the fairgrounds and see what I can get. Either that or it's going to camp with the .35 and .30-30. Oh yeah, it's J serial number so that puts it at 1952, I believe.

Nice buy... those old Marlins or WW's are fun to own.. Have two 94's and two 336's.. Really don't need any of them, but they are fun to shoot and nice to have sitting around.. There will be no more...

I'd a been on that like a duck on a June bug.

ballard rifling 32 in 336 should easily be worth that or more
plus the value of the added peep and ammo

I happened upon one a few years ago like that except it was a Model 1936 .32.
Only wanted $275 cuz the "blueing" on the frame was bad.

Oh man...bad bluing! Wahatta dang shame!

Yep, both sides too! To be fair, I did explain to him that's the way it was supposed to look.
I don't think he believed me though.

Nice buy. I just bought a U (1960-61) for $470, really liking it. It sits next to a .35 Remington, too. I need a .30/30 to make triplets.

even better buy than the 38-40 win. marked king's patent. was only good for parts. eighteen dollars

t. very nice buy.. I owned one 36 one time in .30-30.. You know the story.. Don't remember why or whom I sold it to...