RE: bought a new rifle
I bought a 336W before last deer season as a backup to my Remington 7400 in .270 Win. My dad hunts with two .444 Marlin's, and talked me into getting a lever gun. I loved every minute of hunting with it. Killed a nice 8 point and a couple does with it. In the thick timber of Northern Missouri where i hunt, you can't beat a good brush-thumper lever gun. i have a Bushnell 3x9x50 with high rise mounts on mine, so i can still see the irons, though.