336 trigger

[zoner]

I recently picked up a 336c, 1977 vintage 30-30. Trigger pull on this rifle was 5.5 lbs,not bad, but heavier than my other rifles so Saturday morning i tore it down. The trigger return spring on these guns is real strong so i gently tweaked the leg bearing on the trigger up about 30 degrees....not quite....one more....then put the gun back together. Went from 5.5 to 3.5 lbs pull weight with no honing and no compromise of safety or function. Start to finish less than 30 minutes.....i'm getting quite fond of this rifle

[bremraf]

Nice man, I've got the almost exact same gun.... my trigger pull has got to be around 8lbs or so...

[Dee]

Mine's not a Marlin but I LIKES my 3030. Mine is a 1958 vintage. I made my weekly practice shot about an hour ago at 250 yards. I shoot almost nothing but the 150 grain round noses, and have been for almost 53 years now out of the same rifle.
This is what an almost dead center hit looks like on the bottom of a water filled milk jug (six inch square) at 250 yards with that 150 grain round nose.

Click to enlarge. The pic has a red arrow showing bullet hole in what's left of half of bottom of jug. It has lots of energy left at that distance.

[JPShelton]

I got my 336 in 1977 when I turned 12.  I always thought the trigger was pretty good on it.  Still do, 33 years later.  Mine's about 3 3/4 lb pull with nothing done to it since I've owned it.  I doubt if its been touched internally since it left Kenna Drive.  It reminds me of the single action pull on the old Smith and Wesson Model 66 I began my law enforcement career with.  It really is that crisp and clean.  It might not make the rifle accurate, but it does make it easier to shoot accurately!

JP

[Keith L]

A trigger job on my 30AW made it into a different rifle.  I never measured it before, but it was hard and crunchy with lots of creep.  A polish job and it is under 3 pounds and breaks like a glass rod.  Three inch groups at 100 yards are now less than an inch.

[Dee]

About 30% of your accuracy is in your trigger pull. Bad trigger can pull you off that much.

[Savage .250]

 I have no idea what the trigger pull(lbs)  is on my 336 but when I pull it......it goes bang.  I like that.      

[Dee]

It does add a sense of value to the rifle, doesn't it Savage?