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Old 08-24-2010, 07:48 AM
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keyshunter
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You don't mention the caliber of your 336. If it is a .30-30, or .32, these headspace on the shell rim, but if it is a .35 Rem, it headspaces on the shoulder. If factory ammo fires ok, then you are probably setting the shoulder back a bit when you size the cases for your reloads. This is not difficult to do with the small shoulder on a .35.

I don't know if Marlin has made changes in recent years, but in early .336's broken firing pins were far from unknown.
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