I have bought about 6 Marlins and Remingtons over the past 10 years. Only one was used and it was made during the same time period. I had problems with only one of them, a Marlin 981 that liked to break firing pins. But with a 5 year warranty that really wasn't a problem. I did have some issues over a trigger guard on a Marlin 60 come to think of it. It was a 60SS actually which had a light gray trigger guard. Apparently the company that made them used inferior plastic. Marlin had to replace a lot of them so it took a while but they finally got it right.
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I have bought about 6 Marlins and Remingtons over the past 10 years. Only one was used and it was made during the same time period. I had problems with only one of them, a Marlin 981 that liked to break firing pins. But with a 5 year warranty that really wasn't a problem. I did have some issues over a trigger guard on a Marlin 60 come to think of it. It was a 60SS actually which had a light gray trigger guard. Apparently the company that made them used inferior plastic. Marlin had to replace a lot of them so it took a while but they finally got it right.
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870 TC Trap powdermill here. 1989 vintage, 3 trap rem choke tubes made just for the gun. Original furniture with the long fore end. By far not a pro just an amature untrained shell shucker, but the TC is a barrel of fun to shoot. Also earns its keep on varmint control
870 TC Trap powdermill here. 1989 vintage, 3 trap rem choke tubes made just for the gun. Original furniture with the long fore end. By far not a pro just an amature untrained shell shucker, but the TC is a barrel of fun to shoot. Also earns its keep on varmint control
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I've been trying my best to help Remington out. I think their designs are sound, at least their pistols anyway, but they really need to pull out the ISO9001 handbook and brush up a bit on quality management. The R51 Gen2 should have been the best 9mm pistol available anywhere after the first go-around but they still have more issues with the mags and a few other areas.
The RM380 is an absolute gem. Thankfully all they did to the Rohrbaugh design was to add a slide lock and move the mag release to a conventional position.
As for their R1 line of 1911s, I think I want one of each model and caliber. My R1 enhanced 9mm has me grinning from ear to ear with the way it performs every time I take it to the range. I'll admit I had to tune the extractor along with replacing the firing pin stop to tame down the erratic ejection but now it spits casings out into a pile no larger than 3 feet in diameter and 3 feet away. Had one grip start to de-lam in one spot so they're sending me a new set. Other than that it's superb for a production 1911 at it's price point. Also, even though it's a series 80, the trigger is fantastic with very minimal take-up/creep and a 3-3/4# crisp break.
Can't speak for their RP9 or RP45. Those are the only pistols of theirs I can't bring myself to want as they're BRICKS.
The RM380 is an absolute gem. Thankfully all they did to the Rohrbaugh design was to add a slide lock and move the mag release to a conventional position.
As for their R1 line of 1911s, I think I want one of each model and caliber. My R1 enhanced 9mm has me grinning from ear to ear with the way it performs every time I take it to the range. I'll admit I had to tune the extractor along with replacing the firing pin stop to tame down the erratic ejection but now it spits casings out into a pile no larger than 3 feet in diameter and 3 feet away. Had one grip start to de-lam in one spot so they're sending me a new set. Other than that it's superb for a production 1911 at it's price point. Also, even though it's a series 80, the trigger is fantastic with very minimal take-up/creep and a 3-3/4# crisp break.
Can't speak for their RP9 or RP45. Those are the only pistols of theirs I can't bring myself to want as they're BRICKS.
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