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Well generally UPS arrives early morning at the homestead, however today with the long awaited replacement of my replacement 44 on the truck it did not show up until 233pm. Pouring rain, i quickly doned on some shoes and ran out to hopefully stop the driver before he got out of the truck,,,,I did not want to take the chance of a slip and fall. As you know if you been reading my post, I purchased the gun site unseen from Cabelas, which assured me it was not a thing wrong with it, i went over every detail of remingtons mishaps and he checked each and every one and said nope, this one dont have it, check , ckeck check..so i paid the 431 and received the typical junk they had been putting out. I was offered a refund by cabelas and elected to keep and return to marlin, they received it 12.27 and offered a refund as well. Its been a long wait, not sure why it seems longer waiting on a gun than it does for the birth of our children.
I got in the house and placed on the kitchen island and said a quick Marlin prayer that the rumors of good stuff was in my hands,and I thanked the lord for all the other good blessings he has given me over the years. Well i opened the box, tried to analyze the wood grain thru the plastic sleeve, and could already tell its still the new finish with no type of satin finish like the good ones from back in the day, but I knew this was not changing for 2014. I finally made my way thru the plastic and opened my eyes...
Riffling: Ballard
wood to metal finish: Best Ive seen yet, I pulled out the first 10 marlins I could get my hands on from the day safe and the big safe to compare. Best Ive seen, When I close my eyes and run my finger over the top of the tang and wood I cannot feel where the two lines match up. THAT GOOD.
Bluing: Is the standard new bluing from the past, it is darker and richer in color, over time i think I will like it just fine, but overall finish is excellent on all aspect where bluing is. I have no complaints
Action: I have only cycled 10 rds thru her as I wanted to get outside for some pictures before nightfall, however not one issue what so ever, what rough edges that you can see with the action open was smoother than any Marlin I ever owned out of the box. Earlier reports from the Vegas show reported that was still an issue with the guns at the show being rough,not the case on this one.
All other issues we have found over the years with the remlins are NON EXISTENT. I dont know what else to say, besides its a REP! If further production proves to be as well made as the one I received I think most people will be happy. Ive bought Marlins that had issues right out of the box that had to go back as well, and I am sure there will be more reps going back as well, one slips thru even the best made firearms, however it does not excuse the volume of reps that went out the door and put sour taste in our mouths. I had wanted to trade it once it arrived for a NIB Marlin 1894 CBC I saw last week, They saY those were a flop, not sure why, but I instantly wanted to bring it home, think they made in 2003 but unsure, but it was case hardened, 20"octagon barrel at the low price of 999 lol, however now I am unsure I want to, but then again i can get another rep 44 as they rolling off the line now and will be available. Not sure how you will tell the 2014 stock from any leftovers prior to then unless u can decifer the serial numbers to determine when it was made. Not sure you can on the remlins. Hopefully my pics will upload, sometimes they do, sometimes they do not. It is m
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iles above and the best made remlin Ive seen to date and proud to own it. Im just gonna have to swallow it does not have a JM stamp, nothing else we can do about that. Overall I have 0 complaints as far as the workmanship, wish the wood had a lil glare to it, but nothing i can handle, bluing over time i think I will like better, seems to be a deeper richer blue/black. Nothing like the rough finish I saw on some 3030s a year or so ago, this is very smooth as it should be, just darker. If your waiting to see before you purchase, well here it is, I think unless I just got the only good one this year, you will be suprisingly happy
I got in the house and placed on the kitchen island and said a quick Marlin prayer that the rumors of good stuff was in my hands,and I thanked the lord for all the other good blessings he has given me over the years. Well i opened the box, tried to analyze the wood grain thru the plastic sleeve, and could already tell its still the new finish with no type of satin finish like the good ones from back in the day, but I knew this was not changing for 2014. I finally made my way thru the plastic and opened my eyes...
Riffling: Ballard
wood to metal finish: Best Ive seen yet, I pulled out the first 10 marlins I could get my hands on from the day safe and the big safe to compare. Best Ive seen, When I close my eyes and run my finger over the top of the tang and wood I cannot feel where the two lines match up. THAT GOOD.
Bluing: Is the standard new bluing from the past, it is darker and richer in color, over time i think I will like it just fine, but overall finish is excellent on all aspect where bluing is. I have no complaints
Action: I have only cycled 10 rds thru her as I wanted to get outside for some pictures before nightfall, however not one issue what so ever, what rough edges that you can see with the action open was smoother than any Marlin I ever owned out of the box. Earlier reports from the Vegas show reported that was still an issue with the guns at the show being rough,not the case on this one.
All other issues we have found over the years with the remlins are NON EXISTENT. I dont know what else to say, besides its a REP! If further production proves to be as well made as the one I received I think most people will be happy. Ive bought Marlins that had issues right out of the box that had to go back as well, and I am sure there will be more reps going back as well, one slips thru even the best made firearms, however it does not excuse the volume of reps that went out the door and put sour taste in our mouths. I had wanted to trade it once it arrived for a NIB Marlin 1894 CBC I saw last week, They saY those were a flop, not sure why, but I instantly wanted to bring it home, think they made in 2003 but unsure, but it was case hardened, 20"octagon barrel at the low price of 999 lol, however now I am unsure I want to, but then again i can get another rep 44 as they rolling off the line now and will be available. Not sure how you will tell the 2014 stock from any leftovers prior to then unless u can decifer the serial numbers to determine when it was made. Not sure you can on the remlins. Hopefully my pics will upload, sometimes they do, sometimes they do not. It is m
