This buy was so cool. I was looking for an inexpensive 30-30 for hunting and found this 336RC at a local pawn shop for 200 bucks. I would say it is 85-90 percent and was made in 1952. Now I'm gonna have to buy another one to hunt with. :D

goat

Welcome to the forum goatsoup. Something wrong with shooting the one you found? There made to shoot, seems a waste not to.

Welcome to the forum goatsoup. Something wrong with shooting the one you found? There made to shoot, seems a waste not to.


It is such a good looking rifle and functions so smooth I would hate to damage it. It being as old as it is, it feels to me, that it demands a little respect. I was just sitting her thinking about the miles it has traveled and who the first owner might have been.

I am going to hunt with it this year. But next season I will definitely retire it.

Thanks for the welcome,
goat

It is such a good looking rifle and functions so smooth I would hate to damage it. It being as old as it is, it feels to me, that it demands a little respect. I was just sitting her thinking about the miles it has traveled and who the first owner might have been.

I am going to hunt with it this year. But next season I will definitely retire it.

Thanks for the welcome,
goat

Goatsoup, I firmly believe that a man's property is his to do with what he will. But, if the rifle were mine, I'd enjoy it to the fullest while not abusing it. It's a very, very nice rifle -- I know, I own six 336s from that era -- but it's not a pristine collector's item. It's obviously seen loving use and maintenance. Another generation of loving use and maintenance is, IMO, the highest respect it can be paid.

I just bought a very nice 336SC in 35 Rem that is a work of art. The wood is unbeliveable and the metal has almost a "Colt" blue to it. My buddy that had it said he just couldn't hunt with it, because it was too nice. I guess I look at guns different. They were ment to be shot and hunted with. I dont abuse my rifles. I dont use them as pry bars, I dont use them to push a fence down with to crawl over it, I dont use it as a club ect. I have rifles that I have hunted with for 20+ years that look almost new. This 35 Rem will get hunted with this fall and I hope to get a deer with it. I have no intent of having it look any different by the end of the season than it does now. Use your rifle and take care of it, add some history to it by using it. ;)

I'll have to echo Big Medicine! I use my rifles as well. However, I can't say mine necessarily look new anymore! I've got my first 444S which was new when I first purchased it, and after over a quarter century afield today shows some distinguished silvery thinning of the bluing over much of the gun, and the wood too shows some suveniers of memories made afield as well.

My 444P too shows a surprising amount of these same attributes after being continually afield since purchase the same year they began manufacture.

I don't mourn the wear signs however, as these two guns in particular have put more meat into my freezers than all my other firearms combined. Too, they have spent many, many memorable hours afield either carried in my hands or a saddle scabbard, and the thinned finish on each is simply the well deserved mark of experience.

I like to think of the silver coming through the blue, and the thinning of finish overall akin to my now well-gone hairline and greying beard, both come with age and experience.

Don't be afraid to use that 1950's era levergun! It was made to hunt, and you won't hurt it mechanically. The worst that can happen is you'll enjoy it!

Have a great hunting season with your new friend.

God bless,

my 336/rc was made in 54. She looks her age, but a little oil and a wipe plus some oil to the stocks finsh, she still be hunting when my son gets to be my age. The guns are butter smooth to use so enjoy it while you can, and let some one else have it after your gone

Thank you all. The input I have recieved has prompted me to "add a little history of my own". I have bought and sold several firearms in my younger days and have vowed to never sell another. So, this one will be going to my offspring. Hopefully with some stories of times spent experiencing the beauty of Gods creation. Thank you all again.

goat

Goatsoup - I can understand where you're coming from. I found my first Marlin (a 1978 336 30-30) at a pawn shop last week for $100. It looked like ****, but it was mostly due to dirt, flaking finish and just a little surface rust. Now after a few days of TLC, it's absolutely beautiful! I considered not shooting it...for about two seconds! Now I'm trying to find some Hornady LEVERevolution to take her to the range, then off to a tree stand!

By the way, my GGGrandfather was from NE Alabama - Gadsden, I believe. 19th Alabama Inf, Co D. God, I'd love to have HIS rifle!

WmR