Field and Stream review of "Red" Marlin 336 in .30-30For almost all my life I could walk into a gun store and find a new Marlin Model 336 rifle on the rack. It was comforting to know that no matter what, a good rifle was always available. From 2007 until now, however, there were no new Model 336 rifles to be had. This year, that’s changed. During our 2023 F&S Rifle Test we got to thoroughly evaluate one of the first reintroduced Marlin 336s off the assembly line.
Field and Stream review of "Red" Marlin 336 in .30-30For almost all my life I could walk into a gun store and find a new Marlin Model 336 rifle on the rack. It was comforting to know that no matter what, a good rifle was always available. From 2007 until now, however, there were no new Model 336 rifles to be had. This year, that’s changed. During our 2023 F&S Rifle Test we got to thoroughly evaluate one of the first reintroduced Marlin 336s off the assembly line.
There are three periods of Marlin history. Rifles from 1870 until 2007 could be called Blue Marlins, which was the color of the logo before Remington came along and turned Marlin Green. Now, under Ruger, the Marlin logo is Red, and those three colors are probably the best way to differentiate between the firearms Marlin has and will produce.