Marlin 336 at 100 yds today. Not bad

[steelfingers]

Pics please..

 

[steelfingers]

What ring/mount combo is holding the Leupold?
Been thinking about scoping my 336XLR. Sweet rifle.

Sent a pic of e Leu rings on the Leu scope. Low 2 piece on pic rail.
I've had good and bad luck with Leu rings. Had to lap a few and though I would have to do that with this one. I didn't use any blu loc tite because I was ready to give up on getting it to set at zero. Spent a lot of time to make sure I got the proper lb/inch on the base and rings and perfectly even on setting the screws. If it gets loopy I'll lap the rings and blu loc the screws.
As I mentioned before, I like one piece ring set up (if possible) and as low as I can get the scope. With one pieces you rarely can get the low rise one piece unless you have a very large bell (which I like) and even then it may be high.
It's a preference. Tomato/Tomauto

 

[steelfingers]

Pretty good group for a lever gun in 30-30. That barrel band that clamps on the barrel to stock typically causes the shots to start walking when the barrel warms up.

They have a tactical fore end that looks pretty good but I love the way it looks traditionally. This is not a TactiCOOL gun. It's a man's brush/hunting gun. I would have zero problems using it for grab and go or self defense. It's a lever gun. Other than the extraction pin, very few moving parts to go wrong.
I guess you can tell I'm a Marlin Fan Boy

 

[O4L]

Pretty good group for a lever gun in 30-30. That barrel band that clamps on the barrel to stock typically causes the shots to start walking when the barrel warms up.

Interesting that you mention that because my Glenfield has the end cap instead of the barrel band.

I've heard it makes a difference but I've never done a direct comparison myself.

(Not my photo)

 

[dennishoddy]

Hell, as bad as my eyeballs are getting I'd have trouble hitting the milk delivery truck at 300 yds. I hate the thought of having to put a scope on my lever gun.
Just don't seem right. No sir, just don't seem right at all.

I know what you mean. It's almost sacrilegious, BUT when the eyes start going away, one has to duck the head, and go ahead with some optics. A 3mil red dot is a pretty good start, and bushnell makes one that looks like a short scope that doesn't take away from the aesthetics of the gun too much.

 

[bigred1]

I know what you mean. It's almost sacrilegious, BUT when the eyes start going away, one has to duck the head, and go ahead with some optics. A 3mil red dot is a pretty good start, and bushnell makes one that looks like a short scope that doesn't take away from the aesthetics of the gun too much.

I'll give it a look see.

 

[TedKennedy]

Scope on a 336? Yep, I have one. I can shoot irons just fine, but when light is low that Leupold lets me see the small branch that may turn an easy shot into a miss. And then there's the hog issue - most of my hog shots come a few minutes after "iron sight time".