Any Marlin 336 owners out there? A question

[I live in Margaritaville]

I have a Marlin 336, .35 rem. Same as the model in this picture (not mine). This gun was my grandfathers and it was passed down to myself a number of years ago when he passed. Its quite beat up from spending long amounts of time in the woods throughout the last 25 years. He bought it once he got older and wanted a caliber that would just drop a deer. He was getting too old to be tracking for hours. This was the kinda guy that would pass up whitetail for five years straight until a trophy came walking by. This isn't my style of hunting, Ill take any decent sized deer, buck or doe, because I like the lean meat and deer jerky. Before you get all PETA on my a$$, your words are falling on deaf ears, go eat some string beans and drink up on the green tea before you faint from frustration in your cubicle.



Now onto the point of this post. This lever-action beast has seen better days. The stock is banged up and there is surface rust throughout different areas. Ill be sending it out to be re-blued. Meanwhile I have a friend of mine custom making a stock for the Marlin. We have chose a beautiful English/French Walnut for the project, and it will be a laminated type. Problem is, I've started the tear-down and can't figure out how to remove the handguard. Anyone have any experience with this? Or anything similar? If not share your related stories, I'd love to hear them!

[greyhare]

http://www.urban-armory.com/diagrams/marlin33.htm

[I live in Margaritaville]

http://www.urban-armory.com/diagrams/marlin33.htm

You sir, are the SH*T!
Time to make some progress. Its going to take a little force to get the sucker off now that i see it in that view. Thank you!
My next concern is going to be getting the new guard in without effin up the finished product.

[1lojet1281]

you should also check out this site, they give detailed instructions for a complete teardown and they have a great writeup on slicking up the action and fixing the jamming issue that some older 336's develop. the action slicking makes it feel like a whole new rifle, well worth the few hours that it will take you.

http://marauder.homestead.com/Rifles.html

http://marauder.homestead.com/files/tuning_m_1894.htm

[Egilbe]

I can't believe you want to eat Bambi!

[I live in Margaritaville]

you should also check out this site, they give detailed instructions for a complete teardown and they have a great writeup on slicking up the action and fixing the jamming issue that some older 336's develop. the action slicking makes it feel like a whole new rifle, well worth the few hours that it will take you.

I haven't had this issue yet. If i do, thanks for providing this information!

And yes, Bambi tastes pretty good if you ever get the chance. The meat the USDA stamps kinda freaks me out anyway! At least Bambi isn't jacked up on roids and other crazy sh*t.

[Egilbe]

I haven't had this issue yet. If i do, thanks for providing this information!

And yes, Bambi tastes pretty good if you ever get the chance. The meat the USDA stamps kinda freaks me out anyway! At least Bambi isn't jacked up on roids and other crazy sh*t.

When I hunted, I usually tagged out every year. My now ex-wife wouldn't eat deer meat so it ended up getting wasted. I stopped hunting, but my son wants to hunt, so I may have to take it up again.

Love venison sausage.

[foxtrot762]

Love venison sausage.

Guy at work makes venison summer sausage that is amazing. I asked him to make me a couple logs of it for the freezer.

[I live in Margaritaville]

When I hunted, I usually tagged out every year. My now ex-wife wouldn't eat deer meat so it ended up getting wasted. I stopped hunting, but my son wants to hunt, so I may have to take it up again.

Love venison sausage.

Mom was the same way. I made her some burgers and told them they were from the meat market a few miles away and some nicely smoked jerky. She said they were amazing. Then I disclosed what they really were. She looked as if she had been tricked into consuming human flesh. After she got over it, all she wanted was MOAR. Once your friends and family started asking you start giving more and more away, but I never have enough freezer space, so it works out.

[DustinM]

I'm actually looking at picking up a 336 30-30.

What are your thoughts on it? I assume that your rifle is an actual Marlin and not a remlin.