Marlin 336W 30- 30 Lever Action Rifle Review

the Marlin 336 3030 let's check it out [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] lever-action rifles were introduced back in the 1840s it was a big advancement over the single-shot rifle and these could be loaded really quickly and of course with the lever action itself very smooth very easy to shoot now these were used during the Civil War also during the Indian Wars here in America but a number of other wars around the world now Marlin firearms was founded in around 1870 and they began to produce these rifles and really competing with the giant Winchester for a long time Marlin was the underdog but many years later Marlin really took the market mainly because it was a solid mount on the receiver which that way you could mount scopes optics you know to be able to shoot especially as you know modern shooters really started using optics for hunting the lever-action rifle is still one of the most popular hunting rifles especially in 3030 today we're going to take a look at the marlin model 336 w this is actually an 1895 designed lever-action rifle but this has been one of the most popular by Marlin they also make another model or have in the past the 30 a s which has a birch wood stock the model 336 has a walnut stock and these are really nice what's funny is I don't have any Marlin lever-action reviews on the channel and so Natick gun Pro deals was gracious enough to send this little model 336 for the review I really appreciate Natick gun Pro deals for sending this and being a sponsor of the channel so we're going to take a look at the Marlin 336 a lot of its details and these are great little rifles as you know the Marlin 336 was actually introduced in 1948 and it has been one of the most popular lever-action rifles in America first thing we do is make sure the gun is unloaded tube is empty action it's clear to me the lines of a good lever action rifle just appeal to me they're handy they're lightweight much less than a bolt-action rifle and they're very quick to load I mean when you pop that lever I mean it makes those rounds really fast loading one of the things that was really a big plus with these rifles is they have a tube-fed magazine so you have six plus one you can you're ready to go you have a lot of repeatability especially in a hunting situation or for that matter even a home defense situation a few years ago I did a review on lever-action rifles for self-defense especially those states that have restrictions on semi autos or even countries a lot of times the lever-action rifle is a great surrogate now this particular model already has a three by nine scope mounted with rings and the mount one of the great things about the Marlin lever-action is that they are solid top one of the reasons why they really started surpassing Winchester and sales because Winchester has the ejection port at the top and that really hinders putting scopes now you can do a side mount scope but this is definitely a better option of course this model just happens to come with this of course there are models that don't have it the scope itself there's no name on the scope it's just included with the rifle but pretty decent scope duplex reticle and pretty clear glass now the barrel is 20 inches they do make a 24 inch model as well over the years they've made different barrel configurations down to even 16 inches and different calibers these are really medium range brush guns and when I talk about medium range we're talking about 150 to 175 yards really the caliber is really close to the 7.62 by 39 by the Russians the same around used in the ak-47 now the wood stock is very well done the checkering is nice you know you're not seeing as much wood with guns but this is really a beautiful gun and really more traditional I mean again this is really specifically for hunting it makes an excellent deer rifle it does have a pistol grip which makes it really nice a lot of the older especially Winchester's had the straight grip the lever kind of curves down and really easy to deploy that lever now right here is the loading gate it will take six rounds in the tube one of the things about this loading gate in particular was it was pretty stiff when I first got it it's but after shooting I probably shot about 300 rounds through this rifle and it really loosened up quite a bit one of the things about the Marlin is that people really like the side loading gate with Henry they do a tube-fed so you loaded the top of the tube so a lot of guys prefer this so it's one of the things about the Marlin as you can see when you bring the lever back the bolt comes back around is led up here into the chamber and you're ready to fire here is a cross bolt safety so once you put it on it actually blocks the hammer it doesn't stop the hammer action but there is a firing pin block the great thing about that is if you drop it it's not going to fire so you can actually carry it this way and then when you're ready to fire just hit your safety and of course red means fire the trigger pull on this rifle is really crisp and very nice I mean it's a single stage trigger probably breaks about 6 pounds okay we have rear Buckhorn sights right here these are adjustable and the front sight is hooded and it is a blade it also has a brass speed to be able to pick that up pretty quickly and now with these mounts you can't see through the mounts but if you wanted to take the scope off you could easily use the iron sights they are very effective we do have a sling attachment right here at the front and it's just a band that holds the handguard on we have another swivel mount here does have a plastic buttstock 3030 is not really excessive with recoil but it can definitely punch your shoulder just a little bit now as far as ammo choices the sky's the limit I mean there are so many different ammo choices for 3030 these typically go from 110 grain up to 160 grain and the velocities can range anywhere from 2300 feet per second up to 2,600 feet per second and give you about an 1800 foot-pounds of energy at the muzzle so again this is a suitable whitetail round for sure and they've been used to harvest thousands if not millions one of the things though about the 3030 because it is tube fed and you've got the rounds lined up this way if you used a pointed bullet you could actually hit the primer when you're placing them into the tube and of course with recoil and things like that so typically your 3030 is round these are hunting rounds these are fusion from federal and you know that's the one of the thing the limitations of the 3030 with the tube-fed is because you have to use that rounded tip Henry came out with a rifle just recently there was a lever action that you can actually shoot through 23 or 308 which all have a standard tip with the bullet now some of the advantages of a lever-action rifle again it is light its handy it's compact it's really easy to use in the field left-handed shooters are easily adaptable to this the only difference is is your loading gate but you know as far as shoot ability it's really ambidextrous you do have six rounds in the tube it is super fast to reload again it is more of a brush gun so a limitation would be is your range I mean you're talking about you know again 150 to 175 yards shooting this prone is definitely a problem because of the lever even if the shooting bench sometimes it can be a problem making sure that you have a higher breast and the weight on here typically is about seven seven and a half pounds with the scope it runs just over eight pounds also these are really limited to medium pressure rounds the action itself is not really great for high pressure rounds there are a lot of different caliber choices with lever action 4570 being my favorite but the four point for Marlin is really close but still those really high pressure rounds this action is just not that strong the price is also very reasonable this rifle with the scope runs three hundred seventy four dollars and pretty much those are the pros and the cons of the rifle it definitely has its limitations but then again it has its advantages 3030 again is the recoil is not that excessive so it makes it a good solid hunting round and yet it's not bruising up your arm now Marlin was bought out by Remington Arms and they moved the production facility since that time honestly for the quality of these rifles has suffered some in fact when I first picked up this rifle the loading gate was kind of stiff the action was a little bit just not quite as smooth as some of the earlier Marlins now one thing is after I shot about a hundred rounds through this the loading gate was working much better the action was a lot smoother and so I'm gonna attribute a lot of that just to you know this gun being brand new never been fired but that definitely was a little bit of a disappointment to me but again for the smoothness that you're going to get you know you're gonna pay quite a bit more you know what the Henry rifles you know they can run up to about seven hundred dollars for a comparable model but the quality is really very high with this you get a good budget lever action rifle in 3030 really for well under four hundred dollars with a scope and without the scope it definitely brings it down even more so I think that this is still an excellent choice you'll just probably need to shoot at some to kind of break it in at least on this model in particular and so for those who say I never say anything negative again pros and cons and a few things about the rifle but overall this is a very fine rifle and the accuracy is really good on these rifles we're looking at it probably just under two inch group at a hundred yards unfortunately while I was out at the range we got some shooting done and we did some testing and that was what we were getting but I lost that video so unfortunately I'm not gonna be able to show it but guys honestly the Marlin 3030 spin around since 1948 and if you want to look up accuracy there is tons of data out there for you to check out and again I want to thank native Gun Pro deals for sending this rifle for this test & Evaluation check them out at gun Pro deals calm and they've run a lot of great specials and their prices are excellent any disclaimer to YouTube I am NOT selling this rifle I'm not offering it for sale this is for information only thank you be strong be of good courage god bless america long live the Republic [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] it's holy crap Wow block a lot of blabbering they were used in the Civil War they were used obviously in the cowboy Indian Wars there's a lot of checkering oops and just really a big today we're gonna look at we're my faithful [Music] you

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Length: 13min 17sec (797 seconds)

Published: Fri Nov 17 2017