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How To Clean A Marlin 336 Brownells

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  • #1
I just got a Marlin 336 .30-30, my first lever action burglarize. How often do I need to clean it? Also I install new marlin 336 golden trigger. I put twenty rounds through it at the range the other night. Is it time, or can I go longer?

I'k however getting the hang of all of this. I have more experience with semi-car handguns, which I regularly put +100 rounds through earlier cleaning. With .22lr'due south, I can fifty-fifty do +200 rounds.

Just wanting to accept care of my rifles

  • #ii
I like to clean my firearms* after shooting...every time.
*Muzzle loaders of course...but also my mod firearms , rifles , shotguns , handguns , fifty-fifty my .22 firearms...
Become cleaned after each session of shooting , hunting and the similar.

You lot spent fourth dimension and money getting the firearms y'all like....why not take care of them right away....?
Cleaning and maintaining a firearm is part of firearm ownership...simply like shooting.
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  • #iv
Easy kid… guns aren't fabricated of saccharide, the in a higher place advice notwithstanding. The main matter is proper stewardship and respect for your gun.
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  • #v
Wait, you lot are supposed to clean your guns?

Lol, just kidding.

Things I take into consideration when looking at cleaning guidelines. Coatings, materials, action, ammo choice.

If information technology is a blued gun it gets cleaned every outing, every bit shooting it warms it which means condensation. Condensation and blued guns near alway equals surface rust, left untreated equals pitting. The blued firearm doesn't need a full particular cleaning, but information technology should exist wiped and lightly lubricated. The bore should be at least bore snaked. Cerakote helps, as does table salt nitride. Least resistant are blued and parkerized.

Materials, well aluminum don't rust. So the higher up condensation sort of doesn't thing. Aforementioned with stainless, but non all stainless is created equal. These can go longer per say.

Activity type, semis become dirtier faster, lever guns don't foul the activity so quickly. Then they really don't need detailed cleaning as oftentimes.

Ammo. Shoot filthy ammo, pb bullets, etc. These things need different cleaning regiments.

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Run a diameter snake thru it, wipe the outside with oily rag or silicon cloth and call it adept.
  • #7
I started off in the OCD camp and take, over time, plant myself in the "if information technology own't broke" army camp. Then once again, maybe I've just got a different feeling for "clean".

100rds down my 1911 is a warm-up. If that's all that I shoot, it's field stripped, wiped, lubed and put dorsum together. 15min or less. A more than typical session would be in the 500 round ballpark. That gets a more than thorough cleaning - again though, non past field strip. ane 60 minutes or less. Every ~2500-4000 rounds I'll particular strip it downwardly to the final nubbin to clean, inspect and replace parts if needed...requite information technology the beloved that would make Saint B. smiling.

And that's virtually the story with all of my guns. A few rounds is like having a sprinkler hit your freshly washed car...yea information technology isn't perfect anymore simply it's far from dirty. The effort that I get through to clean up needs to be directly proportional to the amount of shooting that I've washed.

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  • #8
If using a suppressor then a gun needs more frequent cleaning. Otherwise I clean my guns when they need it. Bolt activity rifles, every trip. Handguns? If I shoot more than than 50 rounds I field strip it and clean it. Only takes a few minutes. Other rifles? Every few hundred rounds.

If a gun gets wet from rain or trunk sweat then I exercise clean it and supercede the light coat of oil. I am diligent virtually rust prevention.

My armed forces days of cleaning every gun with dental tools after every range twenty-four hours are over.

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  • #9
For my semiauto rifles (AR, Bren, AK, SKS, Ace) I'll clean every 1500 to 2000 rounds. For semiauto pistols I'll clean once a year or so or nearly 1000 rounds. I've pushed an AK to 5000 rounds without cleaning and no issues. My valuable milsurps are wiped of fingerprints after each use but not disassembled for cleaning more than in one case per twelvemonth (disassembling too often causes excess wear). I've never cleaned my Mossberg 930 except for an intentional bath nether the garden hose.

Excessive cleaning isn't worth the time or effort. Heck, I run near of my firearms nearly dry, including my AR, and shoot more often than not steel cased ammo and I've rarely ever had a hiccup. If information technology'south a defence weapon I'll wipe information technology downwardly a few extra times and make absolutely certain it's functioning as intended.

Edit: forgot to address your specific question. I clean my stainless Marlin 1895 about one time a year and check for lead buildup in the bore adequately often.

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The 336 is extremely like shooting fish in a barrel to accept autonomously. Accept pride in information technology and clean it every time.
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  • #11
I clean every time they are shot. If they take non been shot in a year They go cleaned anyway.
I clean my truck the same way. It gets used It gets washed and vacuumed out. I similar driving a clean truck, I like shooting a make clean gun. DR

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