Look at this crap from Marlin

Not to be a contrarian here, but my new ABL is about as good as a modern manufactured rifle gets. The only issue was rough machining (expected), which is common to many modern production rifles. This was easily remedied by a complete disassembly and polishing of internals. Yes, I heard what I just said, but this is a standard practice upon acquiring a new Marlins and the result of said modern machining processes. Areas in need of significant attention were the safety block (quite sticky) and both edges of the loading port (razor sharp). The rifle is very smooth and slick now and no lacerated fingers while loading the magazine. Speaking of loading ports, I have had several JM stamped Marlins that needed the same polishing on both edges to save fingers.

Having said this, I did inspect 4 rifles in person at the LGS and take the best one. Buying a Marlin sight unseen is a chancy thing for sure.

The OPs rifle is a sad testament to Marlin in the new age. I agree the front sight looks not only incorrect for the rifle, but canted as well. Truly disappointing.
 
And just to make the sting a little worse on the purchase of this Marlin they didnt even include the hammer spur that the manual says is included. I just gotta shake my head...no wonder Remington is bankrupt.
 
OP, I have a spare front sight here not being used. PM me your mailing details and it's yours.

Cheers!
 
Not to revive an old thread...

Last week I had the chance to handle a bunch of new production marlins (336, texan, 1895).
Fit and finish - excellent.
Overall machining - excellent.
Wood fitment at handguard - excellent

Front sight post - what the @#(*.
Every single one of them the front sight was canted by nearly 20deg. - just about lost my mind.

After handling nearly 8 of them, I found one that was perfect. These were all 2015+ manf.

So, check the sight radius before buying! Everything else on these new ones is very nice.
 
IAFS said:
Not to revive an old thread...

Front sight post - what the @#(*.
Every single one of them the front sight was canted by nearly 20deg. - just about lost my mind.

After handling nearly 8 of them, I found one that was perfect. These were all 2015+ manf.
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Oh man that's disappointing. Thanks for updating the thread. I think there's a lot of us hoping to hear that Marlin has become reliable again. :)
 
Just bought a new Remlin GSBL. Took it out of the box and noticed immediately that the forend was way out of spec. Put it back in the box and sent it back to the retailer for replacement.

The replacement still isn't very good, but I guess it'll do.

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My uncle recently got a 336y and the safety flew out of it, when I took the set screw out to replace the safety, the screw disintegrated.
The action is rougher than my rossi.

He likes the size of it, but I can't see to get the thing to shoot to my standards. Good enough for the 50yrd deer/bear gun he's using it for though.
 
Ive sent my marlin stainless GG back at cabelas 3 times because the rifle had different problem same as you, rough machining, canted front sight, bolt badly machined etc
the last one wasnt perfect but it was the best of the worst... I should have kept the first one with just the front sight canted as anyway I replaced the sight with fiber optic... no wonder remington filled for bankrupcy, no firearm company should sell these kind of product
 
kagia said:
Just bought a new Remlin GSBL. Took it out of the box and noticed immediately that the forend was way out of spec. Put it back in the box and sent it back to the retailer for replacement.

The replacement still isn't very good, but I guess it'll do.

BGSDnWB.jpg
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You are talking about the gap between the handguard and the barrel mid left side? Its kinda hard to see with the shadow
 
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