SHOT SHOW 2011 - a bevy of Marlin Lever guns

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John Y Cannuck

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Ok, so nothing new here.

But, I asked my guide about production, he said all the Marlin plants are closed, but they are still being made on the Marlin machinery, moved to the new location.

Before I visited this booth, I was talking to one of the other mods that was with us. He has a new Marlin lever gun, and says he cut his hand on the lever.
With that in mind, I inspected the edges on the levers of every rifle pictured above. They were all quite sharp. Maybe not sharp enough to cut in casual use, but under the stress of recoil, and fast followups, entirely possible.
I was frankly astounded they would let the product out with that sharp an edge on it.
Lets hope they get their act together, and radius those edges.
 
Ahhh, yes once again, the 'wizards' of Remington Arms have fornicated a great firearm. horrible levering (perhaps from poor fit/finish particularly in the cross bolt safety me thinks).

compare an 1895 marlin produced in the Marlin plant to that of the 'new' rifles coming out now it's almost laughable, it would appear they really don't care or are unwilling to address the issue.

enough ranting

TB

Remington the Skoda of firearms!!!
 
Ouch this is a kick in the balls. I've had my sights on the GBL/SBL in the centre of the photo for some time...

Im still optimistic though. Worst case scenario you bring it into a metal working shop and have them radius the edges.

-1 for Remington
 
now, I realize in hindsight, that I need to clarify that I'm referring to the new/late model Remingtons, the older ones were great, accurate and well made, but as of the past three to four years or so, well now those little treasures can be quite another question.
Not sure if it's just accountants trying to keep costs down or what but the rifles coming out of the factory, imho, are not the best examples (to be diplomatic) of the firearms industry and probably have old Eli rolling in his grave !!
So if I've offended an owner, that was not my intent. I humbly apologize.
My intent is to raise awareness of an unfortunate situation with America's oldest firearms manufacturer.


TB
 
Wish they were going to make more of the 16" barrel guns that Davidsons had them make. That would be something to show off at SHOT, not the same old stuff you've been offering for years.
 
The 'original' Guide gun levers were no screaming hell either.... Way too small. Glad to hear Remington sharpened up their act....:rolleyes:
The 2nd thing to be up graded on mine was the lever. Right after the sh!tty sights. It's funny how "New in the Box" is becoming curse words with some manufacturers............................................
 
Leg said:
Wish they were going to make more of the 16" barrel guns that Davidsons had them make. That would be something to show off at SHOT, not the same old stuff you've been offering for years.
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They did bring back the 336Y the 16" .30-30 youth model. I am a big guy and had no problems with the LOP. But I like a short LOP on some guns.
 
diananike said:
Glad I bought that 1894 I'd been lusting after last year instead of dealing with these new production issues.
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Me too, ;)but mine goes way back. My cousin was thinning out his collection a little and when he asked if there was anything I was interested in, the '94 in 44-40 was my choice. Sentimental reasons:).

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DANCESWITHEMPTIES said:
The 'original' Guide gun levers were no screaming hell either.... Way too small. Glad to hear Remington sharpened up their act....:rolleyes:
The 2nd thing to be up graded on mine was the lever. Right after the sh!tty sights. It's funny how "New in the Box" is becoming curse words with some manufacturers............................................
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You're right about the levers on the older guide guns being way too small. No sharp edges to speak of but with the 'warmer' loads using some of the heavier bullets, because of size and shape, it can be a little rough on the fingers.

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For the bigger heavier calibers, I much prefer the size and configuration of what's on my 444S.

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Marlin was not bought by Remington but by Freedom Group the same group of businessmen that bought Remington and Montana, and in their efforts to streamline these companies have lost all concept of quality control.
 
Tick said:
Marlin was not bought by Remington but by Freedom Group the same group of businessmen that bought Remington and Montana, and in their efforts to streamline these companies have lost all concept of quality control.
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In fact, these companies did not even have separate booths at SHOT. They were all under the Freedom Group banner.
Very sad. :(
 
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