Alaska_Lanche and I each snagged Marlin 336Ys for hopes of a fairly light, short, fast handling truck gun.

We also spied that Ram-line makes a synthetic youth conversion kit for a 336 and we snagged a couple of those as well hoping to shed a few ounces in the process. With the condition of my Burris scope that had previously been on my hunting rifle, the durability of the synthetic stock set would be another plus.

We got the rifles and the first thing we thought was "HOLY WORST EVER EXECUTED GROTESQUE REAR CANKLE STOCK!" This thing is U-G-L-Y and I wasn't sad to see it go. The much slimmer grip was a welcome feeling for my teeny weeny hands as well...



Installing the rear stock was a no-brainer, and this was where all the weight savings came into play.

Marlin rear stock--21.9oz
Ram-line syn stock--12.4 oz

In addition to the weight savings, the OAL of the gun was shortened by 1", as was the LOP.

Stock 336Y OAL--34 3/4"
Ram-line Syn OAL--33 3/4"

Apparently the Ram-line kit makes your 336 into a 336 youth gun, not your 336Y into a 336UY, as the fore end stock was too long.

So we started a bit of stock work with a chop saw and a dremel (every ones favorite gunsmithing tool:) ).

Cut to length and after some more power tooling and hand sanding, this is what we came up with. (Pic of stock isnt 100% touched up)

After much fitting, trimming, pushing, and pulling, we got the fore stock fitted up and this what we were looking at for a final stock swap...



vs. the stock 336Y



And with QD bases/rings and a redfield 2-7x33, she sits at:

So after we were up until midnight doing this to Alaska_Lanches rifle, he left me to do mine on my own and I took a bit of a different route with what I'm going to try for optics.





I don't have rifle weights with the receiver length picatinny rail and red-dot, but I'm assuming a few ounces less...nothing real exciting...

I love my 336Y, but the LOP was way too short. I wound up installing a one inch spacer on the butt. Guess I could have just ordered a new regular stock set, and might do that yet.

Ram-line makes a regular length stock set for replacement. Just outta curiosity, how tall are you? This bugger feels good to me but I'm just a little fella

I am 6'3, and wear 36 inch sleeves on my shirts.

the original stock was listed as 12.5" lop are these 11.5" what is the weight on your scale in?

Weight on the rifle stock was 106.7 ounces...

Nicely done!

I just went over to Bud's and bought myself a 336Y.

I'm just going to leave it "as is". The LOP is a bit short but not as bad as I anticipated.

I bought it to be a house/truck gun, and it fits that role very well.

Good goin' Bristoe! You gotta admit that that buttstock is hideous!

After the beating my Tikka took last year on a few hunts, I think this syn stock setup will get me a bit more durability. What are you going to do for a sighting system? Stick with the way she came?

The buttstock is a bit thick, but that's easily remidied if someone wants to go to the trouble.

My only complaint with the little rifle is, Marlin chose not to drill and tap it for a receiver sight.

I like Lyman receiver sights on my lever rifles.

??????

You mean for a rear peep?

Yeah,..a lyman receiver sight.

Both Winchester and Marlin have been drilling and tapping two holes in the side of their receivers to accept a Lyman receiver sight for years.

They chose not to do so on the current 336Y.

Like this one on my "Sears"chester.

That rear peep would be a major improvement, IMO...