I felt a buy a gun day coming on for a while.Had a hanker'in for a lever rimfire.Hadled both the Henry and Browning and while they both cycled smooth as silk,and both great guns.I decided on a new Marlin,sight unseen I purchased one from a Bass Pro in AB.Had to have the North Haven stamp with the plant closing and all,nostalga if you will. $639 to my door.Gorgeous gun,shoulders well,good size,nice weight,heavy cycling,heavy trigger. I take it apart to clean it,it took a few wacks,its tight and noticed all internals were very sharp and left them alone for the first shoot to see if things would free up.Fires,extracts,ejects,feeds well.A few FTF's in the course of 300 or so rounds,hand is now sore.Opened it back up to clean it and noticed the lever was gouging the feeder/round lifter arm.Smoothed all sharp edges and burrs,out comes the polish,everything gets hit,much better now,with just a hand polish.Not sure if my dremel would be to much.Bottom line IMHO this is a great quality tool,beautiful exterior finish.Interior needs a little tlc.Thats fine with me,I like tuning things,makes it your own.This gun will only get better every time it is used and by the time my son passes it on to his.... If you are on the fence about which lever hotrod to buy,spend the money,you get what you pay for.You won't be sorry and neither will your grandkids.
