Originally Posted by Blackheart
Originally Posted by Ghostman
Originally Posted by Jericho
It is an awesome woods rifle for black bear and white tail deer in the New England states.


x2. I used a Marlin 35 Rem in NY state and Maine for several years
A Marlin 336 is a better woods rifle than a Model 7. Woods rifles are often called to shoot offhand and a model 7 has piss poor balance {muzzle light} for offhand shots.


I keep hearing this and have to say it is BS. Yes when they were all wood stocked and had the thin 18 inch barrels this was true. With the current synthetic stocks they balance just fine with the 18 inch barrels and perfectly with the 20 inch barrels. I like the Marlins and I presently own 2 but both are heavier than my model 7 7-08 and certainly balance no better.

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