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MetricMan

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Thought most of the quality issues with these were over...
Bought a new 1895 last night, brought it home and dismantled it only to find the barrel only had about half of the rifling. Half of the lands from mid barrel to muzzle were not there. The 'checkering' was a bit of a joke, but that didn't worry me as I could clean it up easily enough. Not happy with Marlin. Looks like its going back and I'll be looking at a Henry instead.
 
Stainless or blued? I know some of the stainless barrels have still been having rifling issues (ie shallow/chattered)
 
Wow. Last couple Marlins I've seen looked like an improvement over what had been showing up over the last couple years. I bought a Henry 30-30 after being sorely disappointed in a 35 Rem 336 that I had very badly wanted. The Henry's been pretty good to me, nice smooth action. Just that damn forward tube loading drives me nuts, it just feels so awkward on anything bigger than a .22.
 
From Marlinowners.com

"For the "New Model" Marlin 1895 the first year of manufacture, 1972, included a B0 prefix. That is "bee" "zero". Otherwise up to 2000 subtract the first two digits from 2000 to get the year of manufacture and after 2000 subtract the first two digits from 2100 to get the year of manufacture."
 
bcsteve said:
From Marlinowners.com

"For the "New Model" Marlin 1895 the first year of manufacture, 1972, included a B0 prefix. That is "bee" "zero". Otherwise up to 2000 subtract the first two digits from 2000 to get the year of manufacture and after 2000 subtract the first two digits from 2100 to get the year of manufacture."
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Doesn't apply to Remington made Rifles.

"MR" serials and a date code on the barrel is what was started in 2010
 
The letter by the "REP" is just a reference for Rem, it doesn't indicate a mfg date. Some early rem guns had barrel stamps like an M700 does, but the newest ones may not.

A call to Marlin will tell you when it was made.

Where does the barrel Roll stamp say it was made? New Haven?
 
Every maker from time to time puts out a lemon. This sort of error does happen, though only rarely. Last I checked, Remington was having the barrels hammer forged in Ilion, NY. I think they forge long stocks of rifled barrel and then section them as needed into shorter lengths. It sounds like you may have got one from up at the end of the forge mandrel, which is not supposed to be made into a barrel! oops!

The 2014 Remlin guns are generally thought to have improved over the 2009-2011 era guns that were really really bad. The two I own needed minor work to run well, but after a little tuning they run as nice as an early JM gun. I would suggest exchanging it for another 1895, but this time cycle some snap caps through it first, make sure the sights are indexed and look down the bore first to make sure you will be happy!
 
Sorting it out was no problem. Returned the rifle without any problems. Staff (Cabelas) surprised at the lack of rifling. They checked out their display model and said it had rifling issues also! Can't see me purchasing a Marlin any time in the near future...
 
MetricMan said:
Sorting it out was no problem. Returned the rifle without any problems. Staff (Cabelas) surprised at the lack of rifling. They checked out their display model and said it had rifling issues also! Can't see me purchasing a Marlin any time in the near future...
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Glad you were able to get your money back. Don't rule out Marlin, though... remember, there are many used 1895s that won't have any of these problems.
 
LOL - I've had just as many issues wit used Marlins as with new Remlin ones. The Guide Guns often were used for their intended purpose and have hidden gremlins of the post-factory variety like subtle wood cracks (usually in the butt under the tangs), booggered screw heads, rust & debris inside the actions, bulged barrels, and in one case, a broken tap in the safety detent hole on one used guide gun I bought.

There is no substitute for inspecting in person!
 
MetricMan said:
Called Marlin to enquire as to the manufacturing date, and it was made in 2014, in Ilion, New York.
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This could indicate a normal bad lot in manufacturing, or... it could put paid to the idea that the issues are all sorted out on recent Marlins?

Glad Cabella's made good for you, anyway.
 
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