In this era of internet pundits a couple of incidents become always, and troubles that have long since been corrected become forever. Once the feeding frenzy starts those who read and never look for themselves assume the stories are always right and the damage is done.
Okay... Let me get this straight. I am trying to find a new 308MX that doesn't have one or more of the following problems: barrels with excessive droop, sight dovetails not cut square, wavy receiver flats, huge gaps in buttstock to receiver fit, sling studs installed off center, crooked front sights, errant machining marks, and screwed up rear receiver contours, to name a few. My 35 year old 336 has NONE of those problems. It is a quality item. I want a 308MX made to that same standard, but haven't found one even close in build quality. So now, I am not supposed to post that here and I am supposed to assume responsibility for someone too bloody bone idle to "look for themselves" -is that it?
For the record, I am sure there's a new 308MX out there somewhere that is made like my old 336. Were that not the case, I'd be plunking down my cash for an old Savage 99 in .300 SAV, instead. But I am still holding out because I am open-minded enough to assume that the 308MXs can't all be as poorly fitted and finished as those that I've examined thus far.
And if the 336C that my local mom and pop shop has on the rack is any indication, Remington/Marlin STILL doesn't have it all right yet.
Even if I agreed with the quote above -and I don't- it isn't like the Intermess was invented yesterday or that Remington/Marlin haven't heard of it. If anything, the idea that something like the quote above describes could be happening SHOULD give Remington/Marlin PLENTY of incentive to protect their brand by turning out a quality product devoid of the flaws I've seen during my attempts to buy a 308MX.
JP
