there was a dude at work who for years I told him I would buy his 30-30 if ever he was gonna get rid of it. I asked him if it had a gold trigger, he said yes, so I thought that meant it "was a good one". Finally he said he was selling it, did I want it and I said yes so we did the deal, and when I saw it I was like "crap its one of those WalMart guns...
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he had a nice leupold one pc base and a new generation scopechief (really nice scope considering..)
well guess what? its one of those "when something positively has to die today" guns, damn good shooter, rock solid, feels like you could beat a door open with it. I love mine. I have a pristine precrossbolt from the sixties in the safe and it will be gone before my 336W will. I don't know if it is just me but the grip feels fatter....and I like that. People say the wood is crap but I really like the lighter color. A lot. The action is slicker than snot. and the trigger is horrible. like all Marlins.
but its DRT'd everything its been pointed at with 170 gr Speer flat points and H4895 and H335.