New here, 336 modded

So, as a kid in South Texas with a Dad and Uncle who loved to hunt, I was out there from the day I could shoot a pellet gun - through the .410 ~ .22 years - and up through my first real rifle. A Marlin 336 in 30-30 that my old man bought for me at a gun show. I was about 10 yrs old. I used that rifle up through jr. high when I switched to .270 for all hunting as the Marlin back then, didn't have a front swivel for a sling and was HEAVY! in College I made the mistake of lending it out to a friend for a hunt that I was not attending. I got it back broken like in the first pic ..

He said it was on the front gun rest of his ATV and it broke on a bump but that it must have had wormholes in it... ya right.. ok. well he didn't fix it, nor pay me and it sat in my gun safe for the last 12 years until this last year when I decided to fix it and get it ready for my first deer season in a decade. I went online and found a synthetic stock to replace the front foregrip and rear buttstock and replaced it immediately.. looking like this pic .


I then ordered a replacement front ring with built in swivel for the sling since the rear buttstock replacement came with one built in. I don't have an updated pic of it but will post again soon as i'm not done with the mods on it.

Deer season came and went and not 30-30 action.. I took it out for sighting in before the season started, but with 2 weeks to go after 5 rounds and zeroing in on target, I discovered that one of the retaining screws on my scope mount had stripped and backed out leaving the scope moving around on each round. I used my old mans .243 weatherby for the season along with a .264 that I borrowed from a friend on a pig hunt through the woods.

What I also discovered during this sighting in was that each cartridge would not eject during a cycle. It seems not only did he break the back end off the rifle, but it also popped out and lost my ejector spring. So i'm gonna have to replace that if I can find one online, which is how I found this website out. I have read around on here and found that others out there have gone the black synthetic route also and a couple have also gone to my next mod after repairing the ejector spring.. a reflex red dot site instead of a scope. The trusty Weaver 4x10 that was on it was ok, but i'm gonna use this rifle primarily for stalking through the woods for hogs, quick aim and fire situations and really can't wait to get it fixed, sight mounted and taken out for a round.. plus I think with all the black it will look kick ass too. Always got my glock 19 on my hip for backup but this is a sweet gun if I do say so myself.

anyhow hello and will update project black marlin soon.