Marlin lever action rifles are nice guns. Tasco scopes suck! The .30/30 is plenty of rifle for those collie-dog sized whitetails in Central Texas! ("Everything is bigger in TX-except the Central Texas deer.")

For ranges at which the .30/30 is effective, if you want the Marlin 336 rifle, I'd choose one chambered for.35 Remington instead.

I hunt in the Hill Country. Leases there usually require that you hunt from a blind. Shots rarely exceed 100 yards or so. The longest shot I've taken was about 175 yards at a 40 lb. pig. (She was quite tasty...) If you are hunting Senderos (pipeline or high-line rights of way), and likely to get longer shots, you might want to step up to a bolt action with a flatter shooting cartridge like the .243, .25-06, or .270.

10-4, Good Buddy!

i bought a use marlin 3030 with a tasco scope on it for my first gun loved it exceptthe recoil i did not likethe tasco scope would not buy a tasco scopefor a dollar every other time i shot it i would have to resight it because the scope was cheap and junk i love yor gun choice but not scope choice i would rather have no scope then a tasco

also i paid 275 for mine used i thin you can get one new from 300 to 400 if ou look around

I dont have first hand experience with it but i do know that it is a great gun, also you cant go wrong with a win. 94 30/30 either.

i LOVE my marlin 336 30-30!! it is an awesome rifle that i will never part with. i also topped it off with a bushnell 4x scope.

I have the Marlin 336 in 30-30. Great gun

I've heard this before, and .35 will make a bigger hole. On the other hand... ammo costs twice as much. I've not shot deer with .35; those I've shot with 30-30 dropped as quick or quicker than anything else I've used (30-06, .270, 7.62x54, muzzleloader, shotgun...). The .35 does... about the same???

The only real advantage to the 35 is that it is better suited for larger game at that same 150 yard range as the 30/30.