How bad can Marlin be?

[Onomea]

Here's another vote for buying the older ones that are in good condition. My favorite lever is my Winchester Model 94 30-30 from the late 1930s.

Mostly, I don't see the point in buying new guns.

 

[Hack]

I can't find a way to email them.

[email protected]

Include model and serial number with email. Send pics.

 

[chief38]

Very sad indeed. I own 6 REAL Marlins that are between 20 and 70 years old and are just a sheer pleasure to own, shoot and be proud of. The new ones (at least the ones I have personally seen) are a disgrace and should have never been shipped out if the Factory. I would not be surprised if JM is rolling in his grave!

 

[DeadAye]

I can't find a way to email them Customer service just gives phone and address. For warranty they list 7 dealers that handle the country.

Email is nice because you don't have to wait on the phone, and you have a record. Other companies have it.

On their home page is a link to Contact Us. Email is the first choice....

 

[Berserker]

YES todays newer consumers are largely ignorant and want to buy impulsively 24/7 at big box or chain stores and get a new gun of lesser quality. .

I had been looking for awhile for a used one. I got to one to late. Deer season is coming up. I stopped a little hardware store and they had this. I looked it over good in the store. Before I bought it they said they would order the buggered screws.

 

[Berserker]

On their home page is a link to Contact Us. Email is the first choice....

I was going through Marlin site.

 

[Mike7.62]

freedom group is all about making money. they are not about making quality anything. when the well runs dry, they will divest themselves of the company and move on. they couldn't care less. the quality issue has happened to every gun company they have bought.

Makes you wonder if the rumor about George Soros owning them is really true, and this is how they are going to kill the American Firearms industry, one substandard gun at a time. They are off to a good start.

 

[SmokeStack Lightning]

Makes you wonder if the rumor about George Soros owning them is really true, and this is how they are going to kill the American Firearms industry, one substandard gun at a time. They are off to a good start.

Exactly my thoughts too.

If they can't outlaw them they will just buy up the companies and eventually get their way w/o involving the courts/voters at all.

 

[srhfan]

buy a henry

 

[Mike7.62]

Can't get past the zinc castings on the .22's and they don't make any of the larger calibers like .35 Remington, .444, .45-70, .375 Winchester etc.

 

[Mike7.62]

Belay my last, it seems in 2012 they introduced a .45-70. I'll have to look into that one.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

I was at a large retail gun store not long ago and they had a new stainless 336 laminate in the rack. I asked to see it. I was stunned that it took so much effort to operate the lever. "Rough" I said to the grinning, pimple faced retail clerk. "Oh, that's just because it's new" he spouted. "Everyone knows that it takes 200 rounds for these guns to break in". I handed the rifle back to him. "Really? I asked, "so who pays for that? Do I get 10 boxes of free ammo with this rifle?". The smile quickly fell from his face....

Well, so much for being a grandfather smoothing out the crankiness

 

[labworm]

I guess leaving Connecticut behind was a great idea at the time.

Now that they have cut costs, they have also managed to cut quality. One has to pay for craftsmanship.

Bought a M60 SB in 1990, well made and actually beautiful.
A thing of the past.

 

[steamloco76]

My late 1980's mfd Marlin 39A has fired well over 10,000 rounds of .22 LR and is still tight and slick. I looked at a new "Remlin" produced 39A last year and the lever nearly had to be pounded closed. The gun store eventually sold it. Guy who bought it returned it because his 16 year old son could not get the lever to force the bolt closed on a loaded chamber. Gun store returned it to Marlin and took some model 60's in return. The store owner says they haven't ruined the cheap old 60 the way they did the classics.

Sucks because I want a new .357 magnum lever gun and don't want to go Rossi/Braztech.

 

[LouisianaJoe]

I recently bought a 336SS that has the JM stamp on the barrel and it was made in North Haven in 2006. It came with a Nikon 3-9 scope. The original owner mounted the scope with the elevation knob pointed to the left and he then put it in a closet and never fired it. He still had the box and papers and sold me the package for $550. I cleaned the dust out of the bore , mounted the scope correctly, and sighted it in a few weeks ago. I like it.

I also have a 39A that was made in 1948.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

So what's wrong with the elevation turret mounted thusly?????? You're gonna get the same sight picture and same clicks when you turn it.

 

[Sebago Son]

Well, so much for being a grandfather smoothing out the crankiness

Just call me Mr. Pragmatic...

 

[LouisianaJoe]

So what's wrong with the elevation turret mounted thusly?????? You're gonna get the same sight picture and same clicks when you turn it.

I want up to be up. I am picky like that.

That does remind me of a 1960 Austin Healey Sprite that I owned just after High School. The distributor shaft had a gear on the end that engaged a gear on the drive shaft. Getting proper alignment was a pain. You had to drop it in the hole and hope that it lined up at the correct point. I tried for a long time to get the thing correct. At one point, it landed 180 degrees out so I just rewired the spark plugs to take that into consideration. I am sure that the person that had it later had fun following the manual.

 

[finesse_r]

At one point, it landed 180 degrees out so I just rewired the spark plugs to take that into consideration. I am sure that the person that had it later had fun following the manual.

Did you ever work for General Motors?

 

[LouisianaJoe]

Did you ever work for General Motors?

No, but I worked on my own cars for years. I used the first rule of mechanics and engineers. If it is stuck, force it and if it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.