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Is it any less safe to cock the hammer on a Marlin 336, engage the safety and hunt than to not cock the hammer, engage the safety and hunt?
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If your Marlin cycles with the safety on, then, when you arrive afield cycle a round into the chamber while the safety is on.
You may not be able to cock the hammer while the safety is on, or the safety may not be able to be engaged while the hammer is down. Others will chime in in that regard, as I'm not sure.
Best if you can go off safety when you intend to shoot, or after determining that the gun has been properly emptied after the hunt, and that, again, is only if the gun can be cycled while cocked and also with the safety engaged.
If the gun will not cycle with the safety on, then extreme caution is required when chambering..which means that you have to use the same safety technique as an earlier lever Marlin/Winchester that used no safety (except for the questionable half-cock safety).
Best I could do, from memory. Joe
For one hunting with the hammer back on a hammer gun is always a bad idea, and a bad habbit to get accustomed to.
Secondly it puts more tension on your mainspring, and could possibly be left or forgotten in this posistion.
It is just best if you leave the hammer down, and have your safety on too, if you must.
Best
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