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1960 era Marlin 336 lever gun- shooter or safe?
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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 427855" data-attributes="member: 24284"><p>I've got an old Marlin made in '58. One I bought used in the late '70's. Bullets would land on their side (Key hole). During the mid to late '80's Marlin ran a 'tune-up' program. Wrote them a letter explaining and they had me send it in. Barrel was worn out so they re-barreled it, re-blued the whole carbine, I've never taken it apart so I don't know if springs were replaced , if I'd look at the letter that came back with it , all that was done is listed. Seems those older barrels just didn't hold up well with jacketed bullets. Going from Ballard to Micro-Groove was supposed to be for jacketed bullets. Micro-Groove was first used in about '54. Not sure what twist was used on the earlier .30-30 but, I remember reading an artical some years back that said the 1-16 twist used on the .32 Win. Special models became a very irratic shooter with just a little wear. Such as it is with the 'older' model firearms. We tend to forget that some of the technology we take for granted really is new.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 427855, member: 24284"] I've got an old Marlin made in '58. One I bought used in the late '70's. Bullets would land on their side (Key hole). During the mid to late '80's Marlin ran a 'tune-up' program. Wrote them a letter explaining and they had me send it in. Barrel was worn out so they re-barreled it, re-blued the whole carbine, I've never taken it apart so I don't know if springs were replaced , if I'd look at the letter that came back with it , all that was done is listed. Seems those older barrels just didn't hold up well with jacketed bullets. Going from Ballard to Micro-Groove was supposed to be for jacketed bullets. Micro-Groove was first used in about '54. Not sure what twist was used on the earlier .30-30 but, I remember reading an artical some years back that said the 1-16 twist used on the .32 Win. Special models became a very irratic shooter with just a little wear. Such as it is with the 'older' model firearms. We tend to forget that some of the technology we take for granted really is new. [/QUOTE]
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