Marlington 336C....

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So, making a choice be it a dumb or wise, I picked up a new Marlin 336C. Upon returning home, I installed the base, rings and a

Redfield 3X9X40 Revolution scope. To my disgust the elevation setting cannot be set any lower. To remedy this problem, I have turned

to a .020" shim beneath the rear of the scope mount base to compensate for this "barrel droop" problem as it is now referred to by

other "New Model Marlington" owners...

Has anyone else gone thru this $hitshow of an issue. I am extremely frustrated at this point. I have also heard that if you try to return

the rifle to the factory for a fix, it is a six month+ wait and a roll of the dice wether or not the rifle actually gets repaired correctly....

Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated. I'm sighting in tomorrow.....:mad:
 
to a .020" shim beneath the rear of the scope mount base to compensate for this "barrel droop" problem as it is now referred to by other "New Model Marlington" owners...


If you already new about this problem then why ##### about it.
 
My, just recently sold, Marlin 336 never had this issue, but it was purchased back in 2007/2008.

I guess the reports on the current productions do hold some weight though.

Sad, to say the least.

As far as your issue shimming is about the cheap fix.

The other option is some Burris rings with the inserts. They have different sized inserts to adjust for elevation.
 
Fortunately, I have avoided new Marlins since there is already a good supply of quality used ones floating around.

Rather than mucking around with shimming and/or eventually dealing with factory warranty work, my advice would be see if you can return the rifle to the store that sold it to you and pick up a used pre-Remington Marlin.

Good luck with whatever way you choose --- the 336C can be a real lovely and accurate rifle when it's put together properly.
 
Love older marlins. The new ones are junk. They won't fix your gun they will give you your money back.

That happened to me just recently with a 336Y. Too many errors to fix according to their gunsmith.
 
If you set a yard stick on the top of the receiver,
does the barrel look like it is straight?
If there is a considerable gap between the muzzle
and the straightedge, the gun should be wrapped
around the QC guy's head!
I've been looking for a pic I found on Marlinowners.com,
but can't find it right now. If it is off, it will be
quite noticable.

Take a look at your fired brass. If it looks bulged, or
not quite straight, the chamber is not square to the
receiver, which is not square to the barrel. Nothing will
ever make it shoot well.
 
Should have just bought an older model from someone off the EE. I sold one a while back and still regret letting it go. I would buy it back in a second given the opportunity.

There have been so many reports of crap guns coming from Marlin these days that they have been nicknamed the "REMLINS"

My 0.02¢
 
chrisco said:
Should have just bought an older model from someone off the EE. I sold one a while back and still regret letting it go. I would buy it back in a second given the opportunity.

There have been so many reports of crap guns coming from Marlin these days that they have been nicknamed the "REMLINS"

My 0.02¢
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Hmm...rhymes with 'gremlins'. Not good.
 
bearhunter338-06 said:
to a .020" shim beneath the rear of the scope mount base to compensate for this "barrel droop" problem as it is now referred to by other "New Model Marlington" owners...


If you already new about this problem then why ##### about it.
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I'm not bictching about anything. I merely asked about this problem for advice and to see if anyone else had any other ideas or remedy for this particular problem, which I had no prior knowledge of....... Be kind of nice if people were granted a little more slack then being told to stfu......
 
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