Marlin 336 Trapper SBL .30-30 Winchester
Model: 70906
Marlin 336 Trapper SBL .30-30 Winchester
Model: 70906
Full Specifications
Threaded 5/8"-24 barrel: compare .30 caliber suppressor prices.
About This Firearm
The Marlin 336 Trapper SBL is a short stainless lever-action .30-30 Winchester built for guides and for close work in heavy cover. It has an MSRP of $1,599. Marlin fits an adjustable Skinner Sights receiver peep and a Skinner blade front, so the sights are an aperture and a blade and not a buckhorn notch.
The muzzle is threaded 5/8-24 under a factory protector, so a .30-caliber suppressor mount or a brake screws straight on. Sling swivel studs and an offset hammer spur come in the box, the bolt is spiral fluted and polished, and the lever is an oversized loop that takes a gloved hand. There is no rail and no other factory optics mount, so a red dot means working around the peep or taking it off. The stock gives a 13.38-inch pull with nothing to change it.
If you're cross-shopping, the Marlin 336 Dark Series has an MSRP of $1,519 on the same length of barrel, and swaps the stainless and laminate for polymer and Cerakote with a Picatinny rail, a ghost ring and a factory radial brake, at 0.2 lbs less weight. The Marlin 336 Classic has an MSRP of $1,359, costs less than either and carries a sixth round behind a 20.25-inch barrel in walnut. At 34.25 inches overall this is the shortest of the three.
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Strengths & Limitations
- The receiver, lever and trigger guard plate are CNC machined from stainless steel forgings, and the barrel is cold hammer-forged stainless.
- A threaded muzzle with the protector already in place, which the walnut Marlin 336 Classic does not offer at any price.
- The laminate buttstock and forend hold their dimensions as the weather moves around them.
- It carries 3.2 oz more than the Marlin 336 Dark Series on the same barrel length, because stainless and laminate weigh more than Cerakote and polymer.
- Five rounds in the tube, where the Marlin 336 Classic holds six behind a longer barrel.
- The Marlin 336 Dark Series has the lower MSRP of the two and arrives with a rail, a brake and a fiber optic front sight, so this is the dearer rifle and the less equipped one.
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.30-30 Winchester Ballistics →Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the 336 SBL or the 336 Trapper?
Marlin's own name for it is the Trapper. The SBL version of the 336 is a separate rifle with a gray laminate stock, a longer barrel and a six-round tube, and Marlin lists the two in different series.
How does it differ from the .45-70 Trapper?
Same platform, different bore. This one has a 1:11 right-hand twist; the .45-70 version uses 1:20 right hand and a bigger muzzle thread at 11/16-24. Both share the barrel length and the Skinner sights.
Does it have a manual safety?
Yes, a cross-bolt button through the receiver, and the hammer keeps its half-cock notch as well.
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