Marlin quality !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I refuse to buy anything Marlin nowadays.
Quality is on pair with Norinco.
Machining is terrible - inside the receiver of 336 I've noticed one, huge mess with the internal parts and surfaces screaming for potential problems.
Wood to steel fit is bad, steel to steel fit is even worse.
Loading gate was blocked by the carrier, so I was unable to even load that thing and this was NIB rifle.
I hope that they will improve the QC, otherwise Marlin will become the history.
Quality is on pair with Norinco.
Machining is terrible - inside the receiver of 336 I've noticed one, huge mess with the internal parts and surfaces screaming for potential problems.
Wood to steel fit is bad, steel to steel fit is even worse.
Loading gate was blocked by the carrier, so I was unable to even load that thing and this was NIB rifle.
I hope that they will improve the QC, otherwise Marlin will become the history.
If only!
The membership is free and a lot of good infos about Marlin.
But here's a copy of the first post
"I just got in two 338 XLR's (one for me and one for eldest son). I am very, very disappointed. What has happened to the quality I have come to expect from Marlin?
One rifle I am just going to have to send back. The rear tang that meets the stock is raided 1/4" above the laminate. When I cycle it, it feels like sand paper. When I look up the underside, the top of the leaver looks cooked - brown rusty gunk like excessive open flame heat treating.
The other one was a bit smoother in its action and had better fit to finish, so I thought to give it a go. The first thing I did was open it up to install a Wild West trigger...and oh lord...what did I find! Metal fines and shavings...everywhere. Metal shavings in the screw holes, in the action, in the extractor, you name it. On top of that, there was this weird rusty brown liquid like goo on lots of the mating surfaces. I spent about a half hour getting all that cleaned out, put it together with the new WW trigger and cycled it a few times. Still a bit rougher than I like but functional. That is when I noticed that the lever loop had mostly sharp edges - hardly rounded out at all. Damn.
Then I installed a DZN scope mount and a brand new Burris 2 x 7 with a 3P-4 reticule and went to bore sighting. Wow - talk about shooting low. I then pulled it down and stuck all three shims under the rear of the scope and bore sighted it again. I got it to almost line up so I thought to go give it a try.
(NOTE! When the heck did Marlin start supplying scope shims in the gun box - this is a first to me - NONE of my other Marlins - I have at least a dozen - have ever been supplied them nor ever needed them!!!!!)
Anyway, I took it out to the 50 yard range in the back yard and gave it a whirl. After bottoming out the scope, I managed to pull the group up to 3.5" low. So I grumbled, when back inside, took off the scope and mount, and cut some more shims to go in the rings. I then went out, shot some more, came back in, tore down and cut more shims, etc. 4 times before I got it to settle in.
Basically, to get it sighted in, the back of the scope had to be jacked up nearly 1/4" to zero at 50 yards, with the scope adjustments about in the middle of its ranges.
I have never...NEVER had to do that to a rifle in my life, and I have well over 100 of them.
What has happened to the quality in my beloved Marlins? How could the do this to us, the loyal fans?
I guess the moral of the story is that when a rifle vendor willfully sends you shims, they have chosen to try to cheaply rectify their mistake rather than trashing poorly drilled receivers and doing it again. That kind of BS is what killed our auto, and many other industries in this country. I am so saddened to see it enter into the Marlin arena."
Damn that sucks, I just bought a brand new Marlin 1894C and it works phenomenal. Fit and finish is pretty damn good. No burrs anywhere/ect.
Have yet to have any malfunctions shooting .38 specials, soon to try .357 magnums out in it.
Guess I lucked out huh? Only thing I may consider is a trigger job on the gun so I can just rack the action much quicker. It's got a few rough spots in the pull that are slowly smoothing out but they don't compared to my Winchester 1895 at all.
Damn that sucks, I just bought a brand new Marlin 1894C and it works phenomenal. Fit and finish is pretty damn good. No burrs anywhere/ect.
Have yet to have any malfunctions shooting .38 specials, soon to try .357 magnums out in it.
Guess I lucked out huh? Only thing I may consider is a trigger job on the gun so I can just rack the action much quicker. It's got a few rough spots in the pull that are slowly smoothing out but they don't compared to my Winchester 1895 at all.
Congratulations! Lucky You.
I've heard (maybe this is a BS story, as I have no way to verify that, but after my experience with the new 336 I can believe that) that one of the dealers here in Canada did send back to Marlin a whole shipment of 1894 models as every, single one of them didn't work.
Nice one You have there.
Damn that sucks, I just bought a brand new Marlin 1894C and it works phenomenal. Fit and finish is pretty damn good. No burrs anywhere/ect.
Have yet to have any malfunctions shooting .38 specials, soon to try .357 magnums out in it.
Guess I lucked out huh? Only thing I may consider is a trigger job on the gun so I can just rack the action much quicker. It's got a few rough spots in the pull that are slowly smoothing out but they don't compared to my Winchester 1895 at all.
I think Marlin's problem is Quality Control, so not all of them will be lemons. The fact that it shoots 38 Specials well, probably means that it will shoot 357s just as well. I have a Puma 92 that shoots well with the 357 rounds they were designed to chamber but not as good with 38 Specials. As I put more rds. through it, the cycling became smoother.
I got one (1894C - octagon barrel) a couple months ago for cowboy shooting. The magazine was loose and noted that it sorta floated under the rifle barrel. Long story short, I either had to send to Gravel's or have a 'smith do it. THe smith simply told me to peen the dovetail. I did that and then used some liquid steel too. Other than that...shoots like a dream. Marlin's QA/QC has some issues...that's for sure....non-existent.
I don't know if this is true but I big manager at a major Canadian gun/sport shop told me that Marlin quality dropped off a cliff after it was purchased by the same group that owns Remington and Bushmaster...
I hope that this is not true since I'm a true Remington amateur but had to send my latest Remington 700 CDL to Gravel...
All paths lead to Rome (or Gravel in your case)
Alex
I hope that this is not true since I'm a true Remington amateur but had to send my latest Remington 700 CDL to Gravel...
All paths lead to Rome (or Gravel in your case)
Alex
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I have owned perhaps, 30 leveraction marlins...some new, manemore older ones.
The issue seems to be Quality control, As I have had new rifles that were flawless and functioned great. From same lot, I know guys who bought rifles that were burred, wouldn't feed and were just awful.
It used to be that any Marlin Rifle was a good rifle, Today you want to do a thorough inspection yourself, cause some are great, somenot so great.
The issue seems to be Quality control, As I have had new rifles that were flawless and functioned great. From same lot, I know guys who bought rifles that were burred, wouldn't feed and were just awful.
It used to be that any Marlin Rifle was a good rifle, Today you want to do a thorough inspection yourself, cause some are great, somenot so great.
I have a 2007 Marlin 1895M that I bought new in 2009 (lucky me ) and other then replacing the crappy iron sights with an XS Ghost Ring set, I've not
had a single issue with it. At one point I considered selling it, but with all that I've read lately, I'm very happy that I didn't. When I look at the prices of
traditional lever action rifles, it's easy to see that Winchester and Henry have definitely benefited greatly from Remington's purchase of Marlin and that the
consumer is left to bear the expense. Way to go Remington and I thought my opinion of you couldn't get any lower.
) and other then replacing the crappy iron sights with an XS Ghost Ring set, I've nothad a single issue with it. At one point I considered selling it, but with all that I've read lately, I'm very happy that I didn't. When I look at the prices of
traditional lever action rifles, it's easy to see that Winchester and Henry have definitely benefited greatly from Remington's purchase of Marlin and that the
consumer is left to bear the expense. Way to go Remington and I thought my opinion of you couldn't get any lower.
