Marlin 336 Dark Series .30-30 Winchester
Model: 70902
Marlin 336 Dark Series .30-30 Winchester
Model: 70902
Full Specifications
Threaded 5/8"-24 barrel: compare .30 caliber suppressor prices.
About This Firearm
The Marlin 336 Dark Series is a short, polymer-stocked lever-action .30-30 Winchester built for carrying in bad weather and shooting with an optic. It has an MSRP of $1,519. A radial muzzle brake is fitted to its 16.17-inch barrel and a Picatinny rail sits on the receiver, so a brake and a rail do not have to be added.
It comes with irons as well, an adjustable ghost ring behind a fiber optic front sight, and they stay usable under a low-mounted red dot. A cheek riser clips to the comb to lift your eye behind an optic, the handguard is anodized aluminum with its own M-LOK slots, and flush cups at the butt and at the muzzle end of the handguard take QD swivels. The brake unscrews and a thread protector is in the box, so the 5/8-24 thread will take a suppressor mount instead. Length of pull is 13.5 inches with nothing in the stock to change it.
If you're cross-shopping, the Marlin 336 Trapper SBL has an MSRP of $1,599 on the same length of barrel, with stainless steel, black laminate and a Skinner receiver peep in place of the rail, at 3.2 oz more weight. The Marlin 336 Classic has an MSRP of $1,359 and is the walnut rifle, with a sixth round behind a 20.25-inch barrel. A barrel this short gives up velocity, and .30-30 has little of it to spare.
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Strengths & Limitations
- The bolt and lever are nitride finished and the major components are Cerakoted, so there is no blued steel waiting to rust under a sling.
- The finger lever is flared and mid-sized, so a glove fits without the big loop that catches on brush.
- The stock itself carries M-LOK slots, so a light or a sling mount bolts to it without an adapter.
- Five rounds, one less than the walnut rifle, because of the short barrel.
- The radial brake vents gas to the sides. It is unpleasant for anyone standing next to you at a bench, and swapping in the thread protector is the fix.
- Cerakote over polymer does not look like a traditional .30-30, and the walnut Marlin 336 Classic is the alternative in the same line.
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.30-30 Winchester Ballistics →Frequently Asked Questions
Does the .45-70 Dark Series use the same muzzle thread?
No. The 1895 in that series is cut 11/16-24, so order a brake or a suppressor mount by chambering and not by series name.
How does the tube fill?
Through a gate on the receiver, one round at a time, so the magazine is topped up with the rifle shouldered.
Which bullets does the 1:11 twist suit?
Marlin cuts 1:11 right hand across its .30-30 rifles, a touch faster than the 1:12 the Winchester and Henry lever guns use.
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