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Pre 64 Winchester 94.

I've got 2 1894 Winchesters and a savage 99 and a Rossi 92, you know you just can't have one

I've got 94s and 336s I like them both but the 94 just feels right

Scoped 336 Marlin is my primary deer rifle. I like Winchesters and pick one up every few years, but always end up moving them along. The lever I'll always keep is a little Browning B-92 in .44 mag.

Winchester Model 94

30-30, My favorite subject! I've still got my first Marlin I got in 1981, it being a 30-30 20" brl made in 1977, from a good friend who got it new. All I owned for almost 25 years where Marlins, having been around and handled others M9d 94's.
I've probably got as much trigger time behind a 30-30 as anyone, reload em, have killed all my deer but 1 with a 30-30. I have an outstanding Tikka 30-06, Rem 700 270. And couple more cars.
Now, I wouldn't trade my Win Mod 94 or 64 for a any Marlin! I know full well the quality and dependability of a Marlin they're top notch. More accurate? Everyone's different! My Winchester's will outshoot, out handle, out everything from my perspective! I hardly ever pick up my only Marlin now, the original 1st I bought!
And it's hard for me to say which Ein I like best it's according to the day, I love them both!
For iron sight hunting distances, I'll always choose a Mod 94 or 64 Winchester! I won't scope a Levergun, it's not f9r me!

Very nice, Windknot!

I got my first M94 30-30 when I was 11 years old. Busted my butt, saved all summer and paid half. My dad paid the other half. $89 at Service Merchandise back then. No longer did I have to just tag along deer hunting. I was a deer hunter too.

Sadly, I have my dad’s M94 30-30 now. I took it out the other day on his birthday and fired some nice groups with it. A great way to commemorate some great memories spent hunting with him.

Oh, yeah, I hunt with and enjoy shooting lots of other calibers now. I’m a big bolt gun fan. But the ole 30-30 will always be special to me!

Oh, and no scopes on a M94 for me either!

I don't want to sound like I'm bashing a Marlin, I know full well how good they are! But after I finally tried a Mod 94, even knowing all them years their rep from friends, even shooting em, I was just a Marlin addict! But when I got my Mod 64, gave it a real try, I said, where you been all my life!
Then I actually bought the Mod 94, because it was an early 60's clean as a dinner plate, great shape, for my granddaughter. No way I thought I'd prefer it anywhere near the Mod 64 or even the Marlin! Now i love that rifle, maybe even little more than the Mod 64!
Where I hunt you just about never need a scope, steep as cows face thick and rough! Can't beat a Mod 94 for around here!
Gotta love a rifle when you carry it in one hand, at balance point, and your f8nger and thumb will touch, and you can hold it and shoot it like a long barrel pistol, and bunch more reasons! Now when I pick up my Marlin it feels to me like a WWll BAR, and that's just honest opinion from experience!
Most people got wrong impression of the 30-30 too! I remember reading long ago, a writer? Who wrote a quote from Jack O'Connor saying, "He knew a Hunter in a western state? Don't remember which state, that had killed 17 Elk with one 20rd box of Rem CL 30-30!"
And pretty common knowledge that elk are the toughest of all deer species to bring down!

Marlin with the straight grip from the '70's or up to '83 w/o the X/bolt safety

My safe votes Model 94's...but I wouldn't toss out a Marlin or Savage.

Get the first best deal you can I say and build from there...I like em all.

My favorite hunting arm is a Mossberg model 464 featuring a 16 inch barrel, laminated stock, and marine coat finish. Very accurate with any brand or weight of bullet! - Sherwood

henrys look and feel like dogshidt to me, pass me a Win 94. if I had my choice make it a 64 deluxe

This is a bit like a “do you like blondes, brunettes or red heads (Savage 99’s)” type question.

Everyone has different taste and picks what they like best.

There’s no right or wrong answer.

I have a little Marlin 336Y Spikehorn (12.5" LOP, 16.25" bbl.) w/Wiliams Fire Sights. Awesome little brush gun.

NYH1.

Just stopped in a local gunshop and they have a Marlin 30-30 made in 1969 in nearly mint condition for $500. The scope and see thru rings are free! Even has the front sight hood on it. Doc Hollidays Grants Pass Oregon if anyone wants a really good one.

That's a good buy fireball2. Mb

I like my levers but I got a "lever on the side" Carbine, that is my pride and joy. A Sears & Roebuck 30-30 (sav. 340) I got for $15 at a garage sale.
And the "turd polishing" began. Actually she was pretty minty but still, worked trigger best I could (became a believer in Nano lube) off came the beech, on went the walnut, fabbed a scope mount, fit stock for it, Leupy/Redfeild 2x7, fun project, shoots great, looks pretty nice too, if I do say so. Don't feel "undergunned" anytime she comes out, and got a half dozen guys on the death list for it when I kick! Never imagined I'ld have a death list for a $15 gun.

A Marlin 336A with a 24" barrel if it was going to be scoped.

A Winchester 64 with a 24" barrel if it was going to have a receiver sight.

I have a few lever action 30-30s and the only one that I have shot within recent memory is a Mossberg 479.

I have had it for years Marlin with a 24" barrel and half magazine. Also a 25-35 to match. Have 2 model 94s, my dad's .32 spl and my neighbor's 94 in .30-30. Both made around WW2 and both carbines.The long barreled Marlin is my favorite.

You have a custom Marlin 25-35?