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Posted By: pyscodog Marlin 336 219 Zipper - 04/28/24
Went to a local show today and an older gentleman had this rifle in his rack. Also had loaded ammo and dies to go with it. He wanted to trade me for my 35 Remington. Its a cool rifle but I don't think I want to get rid of my 35 Rem just yet.
Posted By: 260Remguy Re: Marlin 336 219 Zipper - 04/28/24
I have a 336 SC in 219 Zipper and shot a lot of 'chucks with it when I was a kid, it was a fun walking varmint rifle.

Marlin 336s in 35 REM show up a lot more often than those in 219 Zipper.
Posted By: shawlerbrook Re: Marlin 336 219 Zipper - 04/28/24
Don’t blame you for not wanting to trade but I would try to buy outright.
Posted By: tmitch Re: Marlin 336 219 Zipper - 04/28/24
IF the condition of the .219 was the same as your .35, I would've traded in a heartbeat. There's a lot of .35s out there to replace it with but darn few .219s.
Posted By: moosemike Re: Marlin 336 219 Zipper - 04/29/24
I would have traded
Posted By: Blackheart Re: Marlin 336 219 Zipper - 04/29/24
I wouldn't have a damn bit of use for a .219.
Posted By: WStrayer Re: Marlin 336 219 Zipper - 04/30/24
It depends on how much use you would get from the 219. If you like to hunt woodchucks along fence rows, and not long shots, then it would serve you well. It is high up on the "cool factor". I think the 219 brings more money but demand is limited.
Check with the guys at Marlin Owners. https://www.marlinowners.com/forums/
Posted By: iskra Re: Marlin 336 219 Zipper - 05/01/24
I have an original .219 in "SC", from 1958, which was the only Factory configuration offered. I bought it because it was "there" on a GS table, reasonably priced & "minty". As the comment above, I had/have no use for such chambering but I was collecting 336 genre Marlins. Objectively, concurring with above comment, I'd not have traded a perfectly good 336 in 35 Rem either! As far as trades... Money talks and cash in pocket is ever better than trade hassles in most all contexts. These were "limited production" just as when Winchester intro'd the chambering pre WWII. The limitation "happening as poor sales for the chambering. Marlin with, as I recall less than 3000 resulting to Model discontinuation. RIP Wasp! Conversely, the .35 Remington, a decades over winner 'in its class'!
Great collector piece potential, but that chambering, especially as long out of production, speaking strongly about the popularity... Lack!

Congrats on an uncommon "whale sighting" event!
Best!
John
Posted By: 260Remguy Re: Marlin 336 219 Zipper - 05/01/24
Originally Posted by WStrayer
It depends on how much use you would get from the 219. If you like to hunt woodchucks along fence rows, and not long shots, then it would serve you well. It is high up on the "cool factor". I think the 219 brings more money but demand is limited.
Check with the guys at Marlin Owners. https://www.marlinowners.com/forums/

I used my 336 SC in 219 Zipper to hunt 'chuck in overgrown pastures near my boyhood home. Ranges weren't long, no more than 150 yards or so, and the 56 grain round nose bullets worked fine at those ranges despite their low BC. The lack of factory ammo for that rifle and a Savage 99G in 250-3000 was the thing that prompted me to start reloading.

In 1967 this rifle was very cheap because the 219 Zipper factory ammo had been dropped in 1964 or 1965. All of the factory ammo that I ever had was old when I got it, Winchester in the yellow and blue boxes and Remington in the green and red boxes. I remember that my Father thought that it was a dumb move to buy a lever action varmint rifle with a tubular magazine, but he did what dads do and drove me around so that we could buy all of the 219 Zipper factory ammo and component brass that we could find gathering dust on dealer shelves.

Paul Koller told me that his dad, Larry, rebarreled a Savage 45 Super Sporter from 30-30 to 219 Zipper and that it was Larry's preferred mid-range 'chuck hunting rifle despite the Super Sporters universally crappy triggers.
Posted By: zcm82 Re: Marlin 336 219 Zipper - 05/02/24
Originally Posted by tmitch
IF the condition of the .219 was the same as your .35, I would've traded in a heartbeat. There's a lot of .35s out there to replace it with but darn few .219s.

100% agreed. I wouldn't have had a second of hesitation on that deal if the condition of the Zipper was halfway decent.
A 219 is the last one on my bucket list of Marlins.
Posted By: moosemike Re: Marlin 336 219 Zipper - 05/03/24
Originally Posted by Feral_American
A 219 is the last one on my bucket list of Marlins.

I've still never laid eyes on one
Originally Posted by moosemike
Originally Posted by Feral_American
A 219 is the last one on my bucket list of Marlins.

I've still never laid eyes on one

Me neither.....
Posted By: iskra Re: Marlin 336 219 Zipper - 05/03/24
Marlin 336 .219 Zipper, "R" series serial prefix. Feast thine eyes! smile
Best
John

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Posted By: 260Remguy Re: Marlin 336 219 Zipper - 05/03/24
Mine also has an "R" prefix.

There were only around 2,300 of these rifles made, so you don't bump into them every other day.
Posted By: T_Inman Re: Marlin 336 219 Zipper - 05/04/24
Does anyone here have any .219 Zipper reloading stuff for sale? Dies, forming dies or brass?

Please PM me if so.

thx
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