Agreed. As I said I'v seen a couple people post that their new guns from Illion were fine & a few others say that they got good customer service.eaglesnest said:
+1 on that! What gets me is they had bought a successful company that was operating in the black, that produced a product itself steeped in heritage and tradition, made in a factory that had been building these fine guns for generations. Actually, Marlin in CT was by most any definition a national treasure as real and as true as any other, and the friggin investors, in their blind quest for maximizing profits over any other consideration allowed the damn bean counters to shut it down, and now look at it, struggling and floundering. I just can't see how anyone could be so blind..Leverdude said:That said I sure dont like what they did, even if the guns they made now were perfect. Marlins are suposed to be made in CT just like Colts, Winchesters & many others. But I'm definately biased in that regard. Theres not much I can be proud of in regards to my home state anymore, but its firearm history is one. I cant believe the idiots that run the state dont value this heritage. Gun making is an integral part of the state & the history of these different manufacturers is very intertwined. John Marlin started out as a Colt employee, OF Mossberg started out as a Marlin employee, Marlins most important lever action designer LL Hepburn came to him from Remington (Ironic aint it) and Oliver Winchester was a tailor that bought designs from John Browning out in Utah of all places. Ethan Allen made guns here and Ruger started here. Sorry for the rant.
Saw a 1894 in .45 Colt at the local Gander, forearm was rather glossy finished and a tad loose. The stock is a very dull brown, using up leftover forearms? Metal to wood fit on the stock is poor. Serial number is on the left side of the reciever, barrel is a North Haven.
Using left over parts is not a new thing with "Marlington". Marlin did that a lot over the years. But what is new, is that the quality of fit, workmanship, and QC even with the older "surplus' parts was of high quality. In general, the "gripe" is that that may no longer be the case with the new products.mike m said:Would like to say something nice buy I can't.
Remember that old Jonnie Cash song about making a Caddi from differn't model years?
Well I started this thread here just to point people with potential good experiences with REM Marlins to another thread I started in the rant forum about the same thing. It was brought up there that the rant forum might not be the best place to find positive stories about Remington because potentially new Rem Marlin owners might not want to be hanging out there. I put the same exact thread in the 45/70 forum and it sank like a stone with zero responses, but it could have pointed some to the other rant thread.. Anyway, in case there are anymore good outcomes from people who have bought REP Marlins please do tell, either here, or the rant forum at this link: http://www.marlinowners.com/forums/index.php/topic,86534.0.htmlLeverdude said:Just a word guys, lets try not to let this turn into a rant about Rem type thing or it'll end up in the rant forum. I think its a good & useful idea to try & get positives about Rem compiled in one place if we can and it'll get more exposure out here so I'd like to see it stay out here. But I'm not the boss and I agree with the boss anyway as far as stuffing the Remington problems into the forum created for them. I'm guilty myself for doing just that in this thread & I apologize, In that light, while discussion about it is fine if someone has an issue or has problems about Remington to report, please dont put them in here. Thanks!
Its useful here & I'd like to see it stay here.
