Home Forums Lever Action Central Marlin 336 Lever Actions Why did Marlin not just use the .307 Winchester instead of the .308 Marlin Express

All above is BS. The bottom line is that Marlin wanted a proprietary cartridge. Just how hard is that to understand. Just like Winchester continued to mark M1894s 30 WFC long after Marlin was marking rifles 30-30 Winchester. Bottom line was that it was a Winchester developed cartridge named 30 WFC and that was held up in court when Winchester sued both Marlin and Savage. Thus the 30 WFC marking on Winchesters and 30-30 Winchester or just 30-30 on Marlins and Savages.