What is this rifle?

FLINT · Post by **FLINT** » Mon Jan 12, 2026 10:55 pm

This short popped up on youtube just now and the rifle looks like a marlin, but the top of the receiver has a groove running down the middle of it. I've never seen a marlin like that. Also the forend looks a little wonky. Like the end of the forend closest to the receiver doesn't taper in like a marlin usually does.

https://youtube.com/shorts/sK63CgFsjgo? ... cXNXxmlyl6

I found the full length video also. At the very end of the video you can see the left side of the rifle. The forend is weird and there is something on the left side of the receiver. Is that a safety? also, there's something weird with the lever and trigger area. like the trigger is connected to the lever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZhMWbpxEcU

That is not a normal marlin. I've never seen anything like it, but I'm sure one of you guys knows what it is

6pt-sika · Post by **6pt-sika** » Mon Jan 12, 2026 11:09 pm

Guy was shaking a bit for sure . I’m bassackwards I shake after the shot of the deer runs off enough that I don’t see it drop . My friends used to say I was cold blooded when it came to deer .

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 12:04 am

Well... it definitely looks a little like a Marlin, but... I'm unfamiliar with early 336s, or 36s... Also it doesn't have the fat forend of the Marlin's I'm familiar with. But, there were store brands supplied by Marlin, Sears, Montgomery Wards, Western Auto, among others. Also, Mossberg's copy...

765x53 · Post by **765x53** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 11:04 am

Mossberg 472 or Stevens 425.

hfcable · Post by **hfcable** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 11:23 am

765x53 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 13, 2026 11:04 am Mossberg 472 or Stevens 425.

i think its the mossberg 472, made in the 70's in 30/30 and in 35 remington

hfcable · Post by **hfcable** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 11:34 am

i do believe it the mossberg 472

here is mine in 30/30

and here is mine in 35 eemington

hfcable · Post by **hfcable** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 11:39 am

for comparison here is my stevens 425 in 35 remington:

FLINT · Post by **FLINT** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 12:38 pm

hfcable wrote: ↑Tue Jan 13, 2026 11:23 am

i think its the mossberg 472, made in the 70's in 30/30 and in 35 remington

you are totally right, that looks like the rifle in the video for sure.

neat. I've never seen one of those before.

Thanks guys. I knew someone would know what it was. I couldn't just let that go after I realized it didn't quite look right for a marlin. I had to know.

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