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The Marlin 336A featured a 24 inch barrel and abbreviated magazine tube with no barrel bands. Glenfield offered a very similar model during the late 1960's but with a 20 inch barrel.

Sherwood

I love those old 24" half mag. Marlins.. Have had several now a .30-30 and .25-35.. Both are a blast to shoot..

Bout a month ago a guy had a half tube .35 pre safety for 350 in really good shape on the classifieds
Out of south Carolina, I was tempted to take an 11 hour drive, talking to him on the phone
Soooooo tempting, had the money, but I also bought a glock 24 the week prior.
Got a new turkey gun insted

It caused a stir for awhile among a few, geuss it all got sorted out in the end.
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I tripped over a 336SC in a pawn shop nearby, a couple of years ago. It's pretty nice, for a little levergun that I wasn't really thinking about until I found it. It shoots into 1.5" with all the factory ammo I've tried in it, even better with 150PP stuff. I've only had it hunting once, but it dropped the doe within 40 yards, and there was no doubting she was going down. I like it, fun to shoot, don't even have to load ammo for it, and it carries pretty well.
It IS a bit barrel-light, but I'm used to a 24" M70, or heavy-barrelled varmint rigs, everything is muzzle-light compared to them. I adapt pretty well, anyway.

I have always considered the Marlin 338-A models the poor man's Winchester model 64. The 24-inch tapered barrel on the "A" models points like a quail gun.

I have both the short magazine tube Glenfield in 30-30 which I prefer carrying the Glenfield in the field.

Just used my .30-30 in Texas..

Here’s my 375......

Good choice. My G30 is my favorite of four configurations of .30-30s.

Jack