I bought my first Marlin 336 in 1979 and have owned a half dozen over the years since. None have given me any trouble. The one I have now has been hunted every year since I purchased it used in 1998 and while I haven't beaten any grizzlies to death with it or used it to paddle a conoe or drive tent stakes it has been hunted in rain, sleet, snow and sub zero temps without issue. I have put a lot of rounds through it over the years and it has accounted for a sizeable pile of deer in my hands. I have a safe full of scoped bolt action rifles but the Marlin has been and still is my most used deer rifle.
