RE: My first rifle
welcome david m, i would take the 336 over the 94 also because of the fact that the 94 is a top eject, nothing wrong with the 94 just weak on the scope mounting situation, tell us more about you where you live (state) and what you plan on hunting, whitetails i'll bet, i used a marlin 336 for my first rifle and killed several deer with it, truth be known the 30-30 has propably killed more deer than any other. agian welcome and best of luck