Recently manufactued 45/70 Marlins

I just bought an 1895 GS from Cabelas. Their price was a few HUNDRED less than what ppl are asking for used remlin models. They had two in stock. I checked them both out. The fore end on one was not even all around and the wood was a bit light in colour for my liking. The second was damn near perfect. Even spacing all around and a nice dark colour and nice grain. That one came home with me. They would NOT let me cycle the action in the store, but I did in the parking lot inside my trunk before leaving, cycled perfect. I can't wait to get out and shoot it.....and probably will start reloading because damn that factory 45-70 is expensive. My advise, check them out in person before buying, or have them send detailed pics if you can't.
 
Paul792, if you're going to start reloading for 45-70, start with CAST BULLETS. No offence but I could never understand why guys would spend big $$$$ on jacketed slugs for a 45 cal sailing out of the barrel at under 2000fps. Just my opinion.
 
big boar said:
Paul792, if you're going to start reloading for 45-70, start with CAST BULLETS. No offence but I could never understand why guys would spend big $$$$ on jacketed slugs for a 45 cal sailing out of the barrel at under 2000fps. Just my opinion.
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I'm not sure what I will do as of yet, but the price difference between 100 cast and 100 jacketed from Budget Shooter Supply is only $4. So I'll probably try both and see whats what after that.
 
I bought a newer GBL and it is as good as I could want. Wood to metal fit is very good. Pretty smooth cycle. Bluing is really good. I took it apart and not many machining marks inside. Very happy with it. Barrel was over-indexed about 5 degrees, which makes the front sight barely off center, but since it is scoped, it doesn't matter. I still fired a box of hornady 325gr ammo before scoping it, and I shot 2" at 50 yards with 5 shots. That is PLENTY good enough for me with open sites. I may pop a red dot on it as I just bought a quad and the bears are starting to wake up.
 
Paul792, sorry, I didn't look up the price for BUYING cast bullets. Casting your own is easy and cheap to do if you have the time. You can load them from the upper end,
(405gr heavy slug, upper limit for velocity) if you plan on hunting moose or bear, or drop the velocity and weight (300 gr) quite a bit if you want to go for deer. If you're just doing offhand target work you can drop the velocity quite low (save a lot on powder using shotgun type powder) and recoil is minimal. I once looked at the price of jacketed slugs and started to shudder just thinking about the cost of using them. Best of luck.
 
Can't speak for the 45/70's but I was out shooting my new 336 BL Carbine today finally. I bought it back in October on sale and was impressed with the fit/finish, even the trigger pull was decent.
Shooting it was dismal at the start, it was grouping like a shotgun for the first 25 rounds, all I could think was well I'm gonna take a bath on this one.
Ejection was horrid too, was lucky if the spent case would even flop out on the bench.
Then to my surprise it started grouping, and ejecting, would keep 3 quick rounds under an inch, and cases would clear the bench.
I don't know why it needed that break in, but I'm satisfied with it now.
 
I won't buy a Remlin sight unseen.
I had to return a Remlin (REP stamp) 336C in 2008 that wouldn't even cycle ammo.
It had wood to metal gaps so wide I thought it was coin operated.
A company that would let something like that out the factory door has absolutely no respect for its customers.
There's no way I would buy a Remlin without a thorough hands on inspection and function test.
 
Remlin (Marlin after the Remington takeover) f'kd their own reputation by shipping junk rifles they knew were defective from the Ilion factory.
I don't feel a bit of sympathy for them.
 
The Trigger Happy Kit from Wild West Guns is a worthwhile modification.
Very easy to install and you get a crisp trigger pull of between 2.5 - 3 pounds.
The Wolff hammer spring kit installation also smooths out cycling quite a bit.
Fixed up several Remlins over the past several years.
Wound up selling them to friends who tried them out at the range then made me offers I couldn't refuse.
The workmanship, w/m fitting in the Remlins have been getting better as time goes on.
 
canadaman30 said:
I had two Remlin 336 replaced through warranty with 2015 manufactured rifles. Both replacement rifles are every bit as good as my JM Marlin
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Had a recent discussion with a cabellas manager.
This was while looking over a new stainless 336

They will not remove the trigger guard or let you cycle the action.
You walk out the door there are no returns or store credits on firearms.
You would be told to contact marlin...

So how did your warranty experience work out?
 
ruger22 said:
Had a recent discussion with a cabellas manager.
This was while looking over a new stainless 336

They will not remove the trigger guard or let you cycle the action.
You walk out the door there are no returns or store credits on firearms.
You would be told to contact marlin...

So how did your warranty experience work out?
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Then he can stuff his gun where the sun don't shine.
If I can't check the gun I don't buy it.
Especially if the gun is a Remlin.
 
ruger22 said:
Had a recent discussion with a cabellas manager.
This was while looking over a new stainless 336

They will not remove the trigger guard or let you cycle the action.
You walk out the door there are no returns or store credits on firearms.
You would be told to contact marlin...

So how did your warranty experience work out?
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I've never understood the reasoning for this policy. I purchased pump action shotguns from them before and racked the action first.

To me, not cycling an action before buying is no different than buying a car without first opening the door.
 
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ruger22 said:
....You walk out the door there are no returns or store credits on firearms.
You would be told to contact marlin...
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According to the Cabela's website, there's a 30 day exchange policy on defective firearms -
http://www.cabelas.ca/pages/return-policy
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I'm not so concerned about receiving one that's defective through an online purchase from Cabela's because of this policy but rather getting one that's functional with workmanship issues. No recourse then.
 
I suppose it's going to be too late for me to buy a new one, now. With the new law about Canada wanting to put their own serial # on newly imported guns. That won't be cheap.
 
Slamfire said:
According to the Cabela's website, there's a 30 day exchange policy on defective firearms -
http://www.cabelas.ca/pages/return-policy
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I'm not so concerned about receiving one that's defective through an online purchase from Cabela's because of this policy but rather getting one that's functional with workmanship issues. No recourse then.
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Thanks for doing due diligence rather than just tapping away on your keyboard and 'talking' sh!t.
The 30 day rule is fine if it's a store purchase and/or no shipping costs are incurred by the buyer.
Might have to go through 2 or 3 guns to get a good one but I can live with that.
Bin there and done that with crappy tire.
They took the defective shotgun back with no problem and gave me a new one a few years ago.
 
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