winchester 94 or marlin 336

I'm sure you have Hawg, so have I and many others, but the fact remains that many a good rifle has had the muzzle ruined by contact with a cleaning rod.
 
I have no problem cleaning my model 94 Winchester rifle from the muzzle. One of the cardinal rules for cleaning any firearm via the muzzle is to use the cleaning rod (regardless of what material it's made from) judiciously, avoiding any contact with the crown. This is not that difficult and many, many firearms require cleaning from the muzzle, including almost all non-takedown Winchester and Savage lever-action rifles; all current Remington pump and semi-auto rifles and virtually all revolvers (Dan Wessons and some top-breaks excepted), to name a few.
 
If cleaning from the muzzle I use a bore guide. I have bottle neck cases I have cut the shoulder and neck from and slip the rod through the neck and that pratects the bore.

In a 30 cal I use a 270 case cut off and it will fit in the bore at the crown. This keeps the rod from rubbing on the end of the barrel.
 
Cleaning guns from the muzzle isn't a death nail.
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If done wrong, repeatedly, it is.

Look for rifling at the muzzle of some of the milsurp guns out there ..... some have none left on one side or the bottom, right at the end, it having been worn away by steel cleaning rods..... And folks wonder why their Mosin can't shoot into a pie plate @100 ......
 
If the 94 is in good shape and a good shooter there is no reason to change unless you want to scope your gun. If mine ever dies and can't be fixed I will change but as long as it still works and keeps shooting I'm hanging onto it.

Dos centavos from a dinosaur
 
If you have "old eyes" get a Marlin
but if you have young eyes get or keep
the Winchester.
Nothing carries like a Winny 94
 
not only

Not only can you clean the Marlin from the breech, you can access and repair/replace the ejector and extractor.....not a task to be taken lightly in a '94.

That said, I've had both and if limited to irons (which was my preference 'till my eyes went 50 something) I liked the Winchester.
 
i have a winchester ranger witch i have been told was just a sub version of the 94. after doing some research about the scope i found out after 85 they started making them a angle eject so you could mount a scope on top. the shell still comes out the top but instead of straight up it goes up less then a inch and then off to the side. it clears my scope fine when i eject.
 
I prefer the Marlin but I would say buy an older used gun in good shape as you will find the quality and finish of the older Marlins to be a little better. Look for one in .35rem. Best levergun caliber ever made IMO. I guess thats why they quit chambering them for it. The model 94 is not a bad rifle though and I would say if you can afford to keep them both just do that.
 
My 2 cents......

For a 30-30 carbine I prefer a Winchester model 94 built between about 1937 to sometime in the late '40's, before they shortened the forearm and before they abandoned the checkered hammer in favor of the cheaper serrated one. For a rifle version I vote for the Winchester model 55, preferably in solid frame. For those not familiar with it, the model 55 is essentially a model 94 with a short magazine, rifle length barrel, and, "shot-gun", butt-plate. As far as the Marlin 336 goes, the only ones I am attracted to are the 336T and 336 Cowboy. In any of them, my first choice for caliber is 30-30. A strong second choice is 38-55. Not much interested in 35 Remington or 25-35 or 32 Winchester Special. For pistol-caliber leverguns I like the Marlin Model '94 Cowboy. These days, I generally prefer guns that are older than me.
 
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