Look at this crap from Marlin

[skimmer]

The sight is fine, your camera is tilted though

 

[porpoise]

It looks lkke your ramp is not on top of the barrel either, a new sight bead wont fix that. I had to reposition mine straight up and down. I think you will have to move the ramp

 

[GMC403]

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[Mount Sweetness]

I see that sh*t with Remlins all the time, it’s pathetic!

 

[riversrest]

Nothing wrong with it. Not a bug but a feature...lol

 

[ericbrowning]

Does it shoot poa?

 

[nomad 68]

You can put a new site on but that barrel needs to be indexed because the dovetail is not centred. That rifle should be returned or sent to gravel. I would demand they cover the shipping as well.

 

[444shooter]

That's brutal.

 

[mike t]

I sent a Remlin back to gravel once with a issue of a similar looking site on a 336BL. Rifle was brand new and was told I had to cover shipping as per company policy. If I refused to pay shipping the warranty work would not get done so once I shipped the rifle to them they replaced the front site with another that was “hammered in” again. Upon receiving the rifle I called gravel again to complain about the nw site that was marred up from hammer/tooling marks and was told that this was standard . Never again will I purchase a Remlin

 

[IvoB]

That my friend is an Italian made front sight - your Marlin was supposed to be shipped to Italy - works fine over there (leaning tower of Pisa)

 

[The ROC]

Come on everyone.... That is standard feature from a Remlin, not a defect.

OP... thanks for posting, this thread can be used for the next person who asks "Henry vs Marlin" or similar.

 

[Trinimon]

Yes, that's pretty bad. I'd upgrade the sights to Skinners. Don't try and tap that front sight out with just a punch. It doesn't take much to snap the screws that's holding the ramp to the barrel... ask me how I know. Use a sight pusher tool to remove and install the new sight.

 

[blasted_saber]

I mean, Remington is going bankrupt. Their QC is a reason for that, and has been well known to be poor for about the last ten years.

 

[randyhub]

Glad I decided to buy my Savage and not a Remmie, at least the ramp sights don't look like that and the safety works...

Cannot understand how QC continues to degrade onshore while the Chinese QC improves......

 

[scott_r]

If the fitting of the front sight is your only problem, you're fortunate since a ghost ring and post is a superior sighting system, being both faster and more precise. A ghost ring and post is affordable compared to an appropriate scope and mounts, they're readily available from numerous sources like NECG, Skinner, and XS, and if you're handy, they can be installed without the services of a gunsmith.

Yeah I had plans on buying Skinner Sights before I purchased this gun. Only reason Im keeping it is that everything else on the rifle is great. I looked the whole gun over and for some reason missed the front sight....how I could miss such an obvious flaw is beyond me. Oh well, like you mentioned their are much better sights to add to this gun.

cheers!!

 

[PEKS]

Toss on a set of ghost rings and/or a rail, rings & scope, shoot away

 

[sunjeep24]

Its a known problem with the qaulity control. Too many issue's. I would never buy one without seeing it even than you may miss something until you get home like yourself.

 

[scott_r]

Its a known problem with the qaulity control. Too many issue's. I would never buy one without seeing it even than you may miss something until you get home like yourself.

I agree,,,, I was so concerned going over the fit and finish I missed one of the most obvious things a guy should immediately catch. Good thing is the rifling is perfect, metal has no obvious rough tooling, stock mates perfect with the reciever, checkering is perfect.. Id never buy one if a company made something that fit me as well, had a big loop and chambered in a 45-70.

 

[geologist]

From my RM stamped, circa 2004 Marlin 1895GS.

To be fair, the front sight is a replacement Williams FireSight although the Marlin front sight was straight and fit well into the ramp. The cutaway hood is a Wild West Guns replacement.

 

[GMC403]

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