When i started deer hunting 11 yrs ago now i started with a 30-30 and i have not looked back since. My first 30-30 was a savage bolt action i wish i still had that gun. then i got a marlin 336 it had a high mounted scope that i didn't like so i took it off and replaced the brass front sight with a fiber-optic sight. when i got out of highschool my parents bought me a winchester 94 A.E. Blackshadow with a 24 inch barrel in 30-30. i kept both 30-30s for a couple of years. the marlins feel s stronger built and r a lot simpler the take a part and fix both my 30-30s shot about the same when it came to accrecy, but when it was snowin or rainin i grabed the marlin cause i knew it could make it through the weather. my winchester will be retired at the end of the year cause i'm getting the 336 XLR.

pat

p.s. get the stainless steel 336