Marlin 336XLR question

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Marlin 336XLR question

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I'm looking for a rifle to use in centerfire class, and am trying to find a Marlin with a 24" barrel in 35 Remington. There's a 336XLR on Gunbroker right now, it has the JM stamp on the barrel but I don't know what year it is from. It looks like it has the crossbolt safety, and I've heard that a lot of people don't like the Marlins made with that safety. But don't all the 336XLRs have that style safety?

Thoughts, opinions, input??? Current price is $690.
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cross bolt safety no problemo. Buy a happy trigger and install it. Put a Williams rear sight and a lyman 17 globe on the front and go shoot. I wanted a 35 also...but when I found that brass was way more scarce than 30-30 I went with the 30-30.
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+1 = What Glen said
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Does it have that rebounding hammer crap on it? Thats what causes the problems I hear (in 39a's at least). But you can cut it off easy enough.

I do believe the XLR's are recent enough of a variety that they will all have the safety.
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Have a 336XLR in 30-30 unless you purchase something like a Uberti much more this is the way to go. I like the Uberti's because of weight.
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I had a 336XLR in 30-30 and it was a great shooting gun. For me it wasn't barrel heavy enough so when I got my hands on a 336 Cowboy 30-30 (24" octagon NIB) I jumped on it and sold the XLR. The XLR did not have the rebounding hammer. The problem with the .35 Rem is the availability of brass and jacketed bullets.

If you can find one and are willing to pay the price the 336 Cowboy is a beautiful gun. However, I recently watched one sell NIB on GunBroker for $1,795.00. Thankfully I found mine when they could be had for less than $1,000.
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