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1 3/4 to 6 Leupold on my 3030 but it is a savage 99 made in 1910.

I put a 2-7x27 on mine and took it off a year later. Looked great, but my eyeballs need more magnification and light. Put a Leupold 3-9x40 on it. Been whacking bambies with it ever since.

I agree with the 1-4X20 theme or a slight variation of.

I have a VX-Freedom 1.5-4X20 on my ML and really like it, that's my first choice behind the VX-3i 1.5-5X20 if that kind of change isn't wanted to be spent.

VX-3i on my GG. (it's now wearing a receiver sight)

SS336, nice clean-looking rig, obviously an earlier example.

Thanks, Vic. It was made in 1978. I bought it used in Colorado 20 years ago for $285. It had a few problems and over the years I’ve fixed them had it reblued and refinished the stock. It shoots very well and has taken some game.

I did have a 2.5x Weaver on my Marlin but my AR needed it. I do think it was a good fit for my Marlin though

I bought my 336 in .30-30 with a Redfield Tracker fixed 6X scope. I love the combo. Looks good. Shoots sweet. Carries easy.

i Suggest a fixed 3x or 4x, mounted as low as possible....especially if your Grandson is fairly new to hunting. Less to dink around with when he's hunting. Keep it simple. You can always move him to a variable 2-7x later.

Never been a big fan of a scoped Win. 94 or 336. But, I do have a set up where I can put a Leupold 1.5-5x20 with a German #4 on my wife's Mod. 94 in .356 Win for moose hunting season, other then that it wears a peep sight from XS Sights. My Marlin 1895 in 45-70 wears a Skinner Alaskan peep.

If I was going to scope it or any other 336 action I would get the Skinner base with the machined cut out for Warne or Talley rings. One still has the peep sight, but a scope in Talley or Warne quick detach medium height rings allows scope use or a quick scope removal and peep sight use. That is in my opinion the best and most flexible option for those wanting to scope a 336 Marlin action. Also I can get good hits at 300 yards with a Leupold 1.5-5x20 and hunted with that scope on a .338 for 12 years. No moose ever complained it wasn't enough scope.

Big hubble sized scopes have a use for certain types of shooting disciplines. Big game hunting out to 300 yards ain't one of them in my opinion.

I have the same set up on my .444 Marlin. Same rings and scope. I really like it as well.

When it comes to lever action scopes most people seem to be more concerned with aesthetics and cosmetics than functionality. A 20mm objective low power variable scope that so many seem to prefer and recommend are about useless in heavy cover low light conditions.

I hunt dark to dark. ALL my lever guns have upper end quality scopes with at least a 32mm objective. Several have 40mm objectives. I have no problem seeing branches that may deflect bullets and animals well past legal shooting time.

I really like the leupold 2x7 scope on mine

I have an elderly 1-4x Redfield 5 Star 20mm tube on my Marlin 336Y. All my hunting with that rifle is in deep swamp or palmetto thickets. A long shot would be 40 yards.

Funny, I've shot a pile of deer in heavy cover, low light, {under full hemlock/pine canopy on cloudy days at last light} with a Weaver 2.5x20 and Leupold 1-4x20. It concerns me there are so many people out hunting with eyesight so bad they can't.

Haven’t had any problems with that 20mm objective, yet. Works fine for me. I did want it to look good and not overwhelm the rifle. I like my rifles to be stylish.😁

definition of short term and long term goals

Mine wears a Redfield Widefield 2 3/4. fixed power. I like the large field of view as opposed to more magnification.

I think the same, as deer move at dark. 30 mm tube minimum with as large of objective lens as you can handle....killing machine!

Leupold 2.5-8x. Won't overpower or unbalance the rifle and he won't out grow it either. Pity the Leupold custom shop isn't running cause a German No.1 would be perfect on a 30/30.