Is Marlin Closing Its Doors?

[Mike Leck]

You fellows should have seen the New - not North - Haven factory - 19th century industrial technology at its best. I never got past the reception area, but that was period correct enough for me.

Marlin as I knew it was pretty well done when the "waffle tops" went away...

[miatakix]

I did bum around North Haven for half a day back in January, Mike, the old plant being the one we didn't have time to drive by (checked out the old and new Colt plants, and the North Haven Marlin plant). That's pretty neat that you were able to see it when it was still operational. I was thinking same town, same people, same company, just new facilities. I can't begrudge a company for want of new facilities...looking at those old 19th century manufacturing buildings a lot of times they don't look very amenable to more modern manufacturing techniques and equipment...

So do you think a waffle top or earlier Marlin is a higher quality rifle? I've handled a few but haven't noticed a big difference, although maybe I wasn't paying attention. I have been considering how I could do some horsetrading to find room in my safe for a waffle top 336SC, lately, though.

[Flfiremedic]

At this point I don't care if they are closing/have closed or whatever. I just want my rifle back. They've had it for months.

[Herky Bird]

Before I bought my first 336C, I thought I would contact Remington about the rumored shutdown of the 336 line to fix the quality issues. "Danny" replied to my enquiry: "The Marlin 336 line is open. Many of the (QC) issues have been addressed." Thought you might want to know.

[44-40 Willy]

They've claimed to have fixed the issues before.

[KON]

They have waaaaaaay more issues than knowledgable employees to address these issues.

[Tomray]

Before I bought my first 336C, I thought I would contact Remington about the rumored shutdown of the 336 line to fix the quality issues. "Danny" replied to my enquiry: "The Marlin 336 line is open. Many of the (QC) issues have been addressed." Thought you might want to know.

Yeah,...............And a sleeping bag full of ice cubes will keep you warm and toasty on a cold rainy night!............I'm not making fun of what you stated, but you should NOT beleive what you were told, either..................Danny's real name is "Peggy"

I, and 265 others heard a lot of stuff from the FGI and remington clowns...................All of it..........I mean ALL of it was just a bunch of lies and verbal Bull $h!t.

Tom

[LT]

Yeah,...............And a sleeping bag full of ice cubes will keep you warm and toasty on a cold rainy night!............I'm not making fun of what you stated, but you should NOT beleive what you were told, either..................Danny's real name is "Peggy"

I, and 265 others heard a lot of stuff from the FGI and remington clowns...................All of it..........I mean ALL of it was just a bunch of lies and verbal Bull $h!t.

Tom

That's the norm when one company buys out another. I know, I've been through it in the beer/liquor/wine distribution biz. The new company will tell ya what you wanna hear to qualm any fears, but in the end you wind up getting screwed anyway. That's how the corporate world works....