Marlin: American craftsmen still proudly sh!t. Update post 39 - thanks Wanstalls!
- Thread starter flashman2
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I was wanting a Marlin 1895 CB for quite a while but hesitated 'cause of the Remlin problems. Then Dante had a deal I couldn't refuse. Hundred bucks off and no tax, so I bought one sight unseen.
I couldn't be happier with the fit, finish, and functioning. A tad heavy on the trigger pull, however. But I'm happy, happy, happy!
I have some salt, lemons and sharp copy paper if you'd like to come by and make things worse? I can't even defend myself, my 94 no worky.
Sakoman .308
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I'm sorry to read about your steaming pile.
I hope you don't have to fight to hard to get it sent back.
Thanks so much for the warning.
I hope you don't have to fight to hard to get it sent back.
Thanks so much for the warning.
nomad 68
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
My buddy bought a 336y with a crooked barrel and I don't mean canted. He bought it online and the barrel And mag tube were almost half inch to the left at the muzzle. He sent it to gravel and they couldn't find a single one in stock that wasn't obviously defective. They replaced it with a 336bl that their smith hand picked from inventory.
I haven't fired it yet but I am now the proud owner of my first Marlin firearm, a brand new XLR 30-30, just scored it at Reliable's annual sale. It seemed a bit rough to cycle at first but after working the action a few times seems to have smoothed it out a bit.
I didn't know I needed a 24" barreled, all weather stainless laminate 30-30. Turns out I was wrong and I was able to correct that with this purchase, thanks Reliable!
I didn't know I needed a 24" barreled, all weather stainless laminate 30-30. Turns out I was wrong and I was able to correct that with this purchase, thanks Reliable!
Wild_Thing
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nice!!
I have an xlr from the first bad remlin days. I put the front sight on the top of the barrel instead of canted and held my nose at the badly machined bolt. It looked fine and has shot fine i think i have about 1500 rounds through it. I would buy another as its quite different from the win 94 and i prefer it.
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I bought a Remlin 336SS recently that was rough cycling right off the rack.
I picked it out personally from 3 on the rack as it had pretty decent checkering and wood to metal fit. No way would I ever buy a Remlin sight unseen.
I stripped it down to basic parts and deburred and polished all the internal moving parts, pulled the mag spring out and clipped a couple of coils off of it, replaced the plastic follower with a metal follower, replaced the stock trigger with a WWG trigger happy kit, replaced the heavy hammer spring with the one from the Brownells cowboy action spring kit, honed down the loading gate flat spring so the gate won't bite my fingers when I'm loading the gun. There were a lot of metal burrs on the parts inside the receiver and a few in the throat of the chamber. These are easy to remove with stones and small jewelers files.
About I evening work while I watched a ball game on TV.
The gun now cycles and shoots like a dream.
The Remlins are diamonds in the rough that need to be worked on to become the beautiful rifles they are capable of being.
I'll stack my re-manufactured Remlin 'REP' 336SS up against any 'JM' Marlin rifle ever made.
If you're not handy with tools I suggest you get a Winchester (Miroku) 94 (30-30) or a Winchester (Miroku) 1886 (45-70) which is going to cost you a lot more more dough.
I don't like the expensive Henry rifles with their plastic 'brassite' parts and tube loading magazines.
If you're going to buy a Remlin better grab the tool box, roll up your sleeves and be willing to get your hands dirty.
I picked it out personally from 3 on the rack as it had pretty decent checkering and wood to metal fit. No way would I ever buy a Remlin sight unseen.
I stripped it down to basic parts and deburred and polished all the internal moving parts, pulled the mag spring out and clipped a couple of coils off of it, replaced the plastic follower with a metal follower, replaced the stock trigger with a WWG trigger happy kit, replaced the heavy hammer spring with the one from the Brownells cowboy action spring kit, honed down the loading gate flat spring so the gate won't bite my fingers when I'm loading the gun. There were a lot of metal burrs on the parts inside the receiver and a few in the throat of the chamber. These are easy to remove with stones and small jewelers files.
About I evening work while I watched a ball game on TV.
The gun now cycles and shoots like a dream.
The Remlins are diamonds in the rough that need to be worked on to become the beautiful rifles they are capable of being.
I'll stack my re-manufactured Remlin 'REP' 336SS up against any 'JM' Marlin rifle ever made.
If you're not handy with tools I suggest you get a Winchester (Miroku) 94 (30-30) or a Winchester (Miroku) 1886 (45-70) which is going to cost you a lot more more dough.
I don't like the expensive Henry rifles with their plastic 'brassite' parts and tube loading magazines.
If you're going to buy a Remlin better grab the tool box, roll up your sleeves and be willing to get your hands dirty.
As I said above, I don't mind tweaking for optimal functioning. I've done most all of that to four Marlins in the past.
I draw the line at having to make it a functioning weapon.
On the upside, it sure does shoot well. It's just the cycling that blows.
I draw the line at having to make it a functioning weapon.
On the upside, it sure does shoot well. It's just the cycling that blows.
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Update: Wanstalls got back to me in a few hours with the offer of a refund or exchange, including free shipping back. They have a 30 day policy too. Frankly never crossed my mind the retailer would make good on a manufacturer warranty issue. Kudos to them.
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