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I've had this rifle in the safe for a few years now. Need to put a scope on it and put it to work. I'm thinking something like a 2-7 or do you like a 1-4? Any ideas?

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all my marlins wear 1.5-4.5x20 leupolds on talley extra lows these days with the exception of one that has a cheapo bushnell 4x. they seem to give me good eye relief and fit the gun really well.


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1.5-5x20 Leupold for my 336 .30-30.


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I have one 336 with a Denver Redfield 4X with a post/crosshair reticle and a second one with an El Paso Weaver V4.5 1.5X4.5 with duplex reticle and tv view ocular lens. Both mounted in Weaver Pivot mounts with low rings.

A Denver Redfield Widefield 1.75X5 or a Redfield Lo Pro Widefield 2X7 with either a duplex or post/crosshair are also nice options. Just avoid the "tapered" reticle in the older Redfields, they are very difficult to see in low light situations.

However if you still hunt in situations where you'll jump a buck and only have a split second to get off a shot, then the Leupold Vari X III in 1.5X5 trumps all of them. It has a wide field of view at 1.5 and the most "useable" eyebox of any scope around in my opinion.


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I put a 3x Weaver on my sons RC that he got from his Grandpa. I like the vintage look and it has pretty good optics for a 50 year old scope.

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I picked up a 336SC at the beginning of deer season last fall. Almost no scopes to be found. I stumbled upon a Bushnell 1.5x-4x. It seems right at home there.

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Don't know if it is perfect but I have a Leupold VX-II 1-4x20 on mine.

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Originally Posted by JDK
Don't know if it is perfect but I have a Leupold VX-II 1-4x20 on mine.


Had one of those on my 444P. Perfect for a lever gun in a short to medium range cartridge.


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I’d go fixed power 2.5x20mm or 4x33mm. Plenty of wide angle and power out to 200 yards. No fussing with altering power, just sight and shoot.

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I run straight 3x Leupolds on both my 35 rem and 444 Marlins

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I have an older Burris 4x20mm Compact on mine. Seems just about perfect to me…

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Good quality straight 4x

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Originally Posted by JDK
Don't know if it is perfect but I have a Leupold VX-II 1-4x20 on mine.
Same here.

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Skinner sights work for me


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I'm partial to the Leupold 1-4x20 in it's numerous variations, I have a 1-4x20 Freedom Pig-Plex on one of my coyote rifle and like it a lot. I've used the Weaver V-4.5 when they first came out and graduated to the Leupolds just for the variable, I use that type of scope from my 218 Bee to 35 Whelen, most are Leupolds but the 35 Whelen wears a Nikon 1-4x20 Monarch.


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336C 30-30, Leupold VXII 1-4x20 works great for the Whitetails I hunt in Wisconsin and UP - Michigan.

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1-4x20 is a great choice.

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My 336 in 35 rem also wears the Leopold vari X III 1.5x5 also. Just about the perfect combination I think.


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Leupold VX3i 2.5-8 x 36 works for me.

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