Picked up a neat one

[Bushwacker]

Picked up a 1st year production 336A with "E" prefix 1948 serial number in the early 900 range. It has the 336 roundbolt receiver and obviousely a parts clean up barrel marked 36 A DL. The reciever is not drilled and tapped on the side for a side mount receiver sight such as my 1950 is. Has the waffle top on the reciever that I like and different style rounded sight hood, where my 1950 was square shaped. For you collectors, any idea how many rifles went out with mismatched barrel to reciever? Thanks, Ryan

[marlinman93]

Literally thousands! It wasn't actually a mismatch, as Marlin regularly sent out standard 336 Marlins with the barrels marked 336A-DL. I've lost track of how many I've seen with that marking. Wouldn't have been a "clean up run" in the first year of production. They would have simply used them up the next year, if that was what they were doing.

[Bushwacker]

Thats just it, this isn't a 336 barrel, it is marked as a 36. That is why I reference it as a clean up. Cleaning up the run of 36's to the round bolt 336.

[Don Anderson]

Bushwacker:

As Marlinman93 stated, Marlin used up parts on hand in transition years. That is the case with your 336 with a 36 barrel. Some years back I had one. It was a first year production "E" with a serial number in the 800's. This was not unusual to see in transition years. I don't understand your reference to the "sqaure shaped" hood on your 1950 Model 336. It should have a ramp type front sight and the old "keyhole" shaped front sight which slides onto the ramp.

The first of the Model 336's were made in June of 1948.

Don

[S.B.]

[Mr fixit]

What S.B. said!! Mr fixit