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I just recently acquired my 2nd firearm ever, a 336XLR in 30-30. I lurked here for months and read all the online articles about Rem taking over production ops and all of that. I was willing to take a moderate amount of risk to own this rifle but i felt like I did all the prep work to make sure I got a great gun. I also read that most of the QC issues were going up and my 3 local gun shops all independently agreed its pretty much worry free to own a brand new Marlin. Getting to the point, I put my hands on the rifle, looked at fit, finish, cycled it. I was excited in the store (after all in my area this rifle was hard to find). So I snapped up what I was waiting for, for several months. To my complete surprise, I got home, opened the box, set up my rifle for a quick disassemble/cleaning and what do I find, but the ss barrel is completely "lumpy". Some guys on here have called it a ripple. It sounds like the same thing. Whether it was the lighting or something else, i did not see this in the store.
Side profile view, and from the bottom, the barrel looks straight. Heck, when the light shines on it, I get one completely straight beam of light in the reflection. When I shoulder the rifle and look down the sights, the sides and the top of the barrel look completely uneven, almost like it was forged into a barrel shape with a hammer. The same beam if light in reflection is not nearly as true. When I pinch it with my fingers and run my fingers up and down the length of the barrel, I can feel very slight ups and downs. I've read that this could be the 1) a poor finishing job or 2) that they changed the way Rem is rifling these barrels now and that when they use the button process this is what the finished product looks like because they basically started with a finished barrel and it messes with it. But, I have seen new Marlins with much nicer barrels both blued and ss.
Inside the bore, as far as I can tell looks straight and done right. The rifling lights up in a wonderful spiral with a bore light and looks very uniform. Also, i see the REM stamp on the bottom right of the barrel- so this thing as been proof fired, right?
Guys, what do I do? I'm content to live with this thing as is, if it's just cosmetic. That said, I want it to shoot well, and problem free. I have some concern about sending it back to the factory and then having to deal with new problems (like the new barrel being screwed on too tight and the sights canted).
What do smarter people than me say? Despite thinking I took every precaution, I still got bit by a new Remlin.
I just recently acquired my 2nd firearm ever, a 336XLR in 30-30. I lurked here for months and read all the online articles about Rem taking over production ops and all of that. I was willing to take a moderate amount of risk to own this rifle but i felt like I did all the prep work to make sure I got a great gun. I also read that most of the QC issues were going up and my 3 local gun shops all independently agreed its pretty much worry free to own a brand new Marlin. Getting to the point, I put my hands on the rifle, looked at fit, finish, cycled it. I was excited in the store (after all in my area this rifle was hard to find). So I snapped up what I was waiting for, for several months. To my complete surprise, I got home, opened the box, set up my rifle for a quick disassemble/cleaning and what do I find, but the ss barrel is completely "lumpy". Some guys on here have called it a ripple. It sounds like the same thing. Whether it was the lighting or something else, i did not see this in the store.
Side profile view, and from the bottom, the barrel looks straight. Heck, when the light shines on it, I get one completely straight beam of light in the reflection. When I shoulder the rifle and look down the sights, the sides and the top of the barrel look completely uneven, almost like it was forged into a barrel shape with a hammer. The same beam if light in reflection is not nearly as true. When I pinch it with my fingers and run my fingers up and down the length of the barrel, I can feel very slight ups and downs. I've read that this could be the 1) a poor finishing job or 2) that they changed the way Rem is rifling these barrels now and that when they use the button process this is what the finished product looks like because they basically started with a finished barrel and it messes with it. But, I have seen new Marlins with much nicer barrels both blued and ss.
Inside the bore, as far as I can tell looks straight and done right. The rifling lights up in a wonderful spiral with a bore light and looks very uniform. Also, i see the REM stamp on the bottom right of the barrel- so this thing as been proof fired, right?
Guys, what do I do? I'm content to live with this thing as is, if it's just cosmetic. That said, I want it to shoot well, and problem free. I have some concern about sending it back to the factory and then having to deal with new problems (like the new barrel being screwed on too tight and the sights canted).
What do smarter people than me say? Despite thinking I took every precaution, I still got bit by a new Remlin.
