Found a 336 SC in .35 Rem and it is in 98% condition. Magazine tube is 3/4 length. Are these hard to find? Tried looking at prices but there are not many out there. Serial number is from 1962. There is a sling stud a little below the bullseye on the butt stock and a swivel clamp on the mag tube.

Sakoluvr,

Since Marlin's closing in 2011 finding a 98% 336 "Sporter Carbine" is your lucky day. Buy the rifle for it's 98% condition as MOST marlins were/are meat guns with years of use showing on wood and metal.

In my opinion, the 3/4 tube Marlins shoot much better than the full tube magazine rifles and require very little bedding tinkering to cut down the group sizes. All my Marlin rifles are 3/4 tube guns for a reason.

Thanks for the reply. I put it on hold and have till Tuesday to decide.

Most of the 35 R.E.M. S.C s I have found were waffle tops. Not factory drilled and tapped. I don't have brphys book with me right now but I think what you found is rare.

I do think having a sling installed would knock it out of the 98% deal however? But it wouldn't bother me......

Saves me from putting one in.

Marlin 336SC in 35 REM arent hard to find in my opinion. The conditions can range from poor to mint, and most of them are in the New England states.

Sakoluvr,

Is the Maelin 336 SC in .35 your considering the same rifle posted for sale on "Trapshooters.com"?? The seller is asking $1,100 for a pristine rifle......way overpriced.....he is smoking crack!

He'll no. I am considering one for 550 and if it wasn't for the condition I thought that was high

I think marlin quit making the short tube magazine 336sc in 1963ish. My old shooters bible from then shows the rifle factory drilled and tapped. I think the ones from the fifties had the waffle top, were not drilled and tapped and no pistol grip cap.

Since I did a little looking, these guns are not easy to find since Marlin quit making them in 1963ish. My 1965 shooters bible does not list them. My 1961 shooters bible indicates the addition of a pistol grip cap. They were drilled and tapped as early as 1961.

I find your statement somewhat amusing especially about finding them (especially in .35 rem) in "mint" condition.

I believe Marlin started drilling and tapping for scope mounting about 1954 1/2. I bought a 1953 336 SC off Gunbroker in 2007 in 97% condition which had not been drilled and tapped ever with the Ballard rifling. The "Sported carbine" models have a heavier less tapered barrel than the 336-A models or the full-length carbines which made the rifle to ME..front heavy. I sold the rifle to a fella in North Dakota who wanted the rifle for cast bullet shooting. I replaced the sported carbine with a 1953 336-A in .35 Rem with the longer 24-inch tapered barrel. The rifle shoots great as long as you don't shoot Remington "Core-Lokts" either factory ammo or hand loads through it. I consider the Marlin 336-A's the POOR Man's model 64 Winchester.

That agrees with what I've found. Had a 1955 SC with Ballard rifling that was drilled and tapped, but in looking around the net the ones made before 1954 and some made in that year as well were waffle top with no factory d&t.

OK, did you do it? Considering condition, the price seems reasonable. There are not a lot of them for sale in our area. I scratched that itch with a Glenfield30 and a set of presentation wood.

Re the comment about 336 A and Win. 64, I have a friend in S. Texas that deals in a few rifles. He buys every one of each that he can get and still make a few bucks. Both are hot sellers in his area.

Jack

This is my 1960-ish 336A in 35 Remington. Rear stock was replaced after damage during a moose hunt in Ontario.

Sherwood

The 336 SC is my favorite model, mine is a minty unmolested .35 rem waffle top. Hope you grabbed it!