I also have a Marlin 336 in 35 Remington! Mine has a rather cool story about how I got it! Dad bought it about 15 years ago at a used gun shop for around 200 if I recall. There are 3 boys in my family and we are all close to the same age. So most of us took that old gun hunting when we turned 12. We all liked the old gun, but when we turned 18, dad bought us all new Ruger M77 MKII's, and we started hunting with them. The old 35 was just sitting in the gun cabinet, so dad sold it to his cousin, not knowing that we all loved that gun! Well my younger brother just couldn't have that, so he went to dads cousin, and offered to trade a Remington Model 700 in 30-06 for the old gun. They accepted, and he got the gun. I was glad it was back in the family, but I really wanted it! Fast forward to about a half year ago. My brother was fussing about needing money, so good brother that I am, I offered to buy the 35 from him
He wanted nothing to do with that, he wanted to sell me his 300. I already have a 7mm mag so I told him I didn't really need a 300 yet. A few days after we had this conversation, we went salmon fishing on Lake Onterio. I am good friends with a taxidermist, and she owed me a free mount. I figured on catching a nice salmon, and getting it mounted. Well believe it or not, my brother caught a pretty nice one that he wanted to get mounted in a bad way! So I told him if he gave me the 35, I would get that fish mounted for him!!
Much to my surprise, he accepted!!!!!! So I got the old 35, and he got his salmon mounted! The gun was in pretty rough shape, so I sent the metal out to get re-blued, and refinished the stock and forearm myself! It turned out beautifully and I am so happy with that gun! I looked up the serial number, and found it was made in 1950. That is one gun that I will never sell, and hope to pass it on to the grandkids some day!