Author Topic: New Marlins (Read 4545 times)

Cecil · « **Reply #30 on:** November 29, 2009, 07:01:47 AM »

I looked the rifle over it is a 336w, And I won't be buying one!

Austin1 · « **Reply #31 on:** November 29, 2009, 10:45:12 AM »

Quote from: Swampman on November 28, 2009, 11:47:17 AM

Remington will only make them better. I've never seen a poorly finished or inacurate Remington. They are the best production rifles you can buy period.

Everyone has a opinion and that is what makes the world go round but after getting so many recall notices on Remingtons never again will I buy a Rem I have 4 now they are all older ones and one is my pet 700 bdl 300 win and 600 mohawk .350 Rem I added a real steal floor plate to the later one . Oops forgot I had another 600 in .222 my yote gun make that 5 Rems lol. I just don't care for Rems anymore I like the Tikas/ Sako they come with a better trigger and shoot better too! I really like the 64 style Wins both the true pre 64 and the new ones much more than a 700. I really like Rugers but will admit they shoot bad out of the box.Remington used to make a good gun but too me they are now American made junk! I will spend my money on a Tika or Sako or a BRNO.
Oh I should not say never I have my eye on a 725 Remington but it's not a new one.
Just like my favorite truck 67/72 Chevy/ GMC we all have opinions lol, that's what this is about.

brianscott12 · « **Reply #32 on:** November 29, 2009, 12:19:32 PM »

Quote from: Swampman on November 28, 2009, 11:47:17 AM

Remington will only make them better. I've never seen a poorly finished or inacurate Remington. They are the best production rifles you can buy period.

Now swampy, you know better than that. Every manufaturer has their problems and remington is no exception.

Swampman · « **Reply #33 on:** November 29, 2009, 12:37:16 PM »

Quote from: Cecil on November 29, 2009, 07:01:47 AM

I looked the rifle over it is a 336w, And I won't be buying one!

Nothing wrong with them. Marlins have never been well finished. I've seen many from the 1970s with mismatched wood and horrible finish. You can't beat a Remington. Sakos are so so. Winchesters except for the new FNs aren't accurate enough to be interesting.

Swampman · « **Reply #34 on:** December 10, 2009, 11:07:07 AM »

I examined several brand new Marlins at the gunshow last weekend. It looks like they've started using some kind of reddish spray finish on the stocks. It isn't very attractive.

av-doctor · « **Reply #35 on:** December 10, 2009, 12:34:32 PM »

if you don't like marlins buy something else! if enough people do that, then maybe my local shop could keep them on his shelf he sells them faster than he can get them! got 10 last week all gone then next day

Swampman · « **Reply #36 on:** December 10, 2009, 12:44:41 PM »

I prefer the earlier ones without checkering and the cross bolt safety. I did buy a new .45-70 recently.

av-doctor · « **Reply #37 on:** December 10, 2009, 01:06:37 PM »

i just got my boy a 1981 mod 1894 in 44mag i love this gun it'll stack 240gr hp at 50yds all day long can't seem to find any deer to test it out though

dpe.ahoy · « **Reply #38 on:** December 10, 2009, 02:59:35 PM »

To the gentleman that asked about the 338, I have one stainless with Lam stock. I waited until they got ammo in stock before I bought one and then got it on sale. I love it, puts the first 2 shots into one hole, the third out about an inch. I haven't taken it apart to see if I have a bedding issue, but she did take a nice big mule deer doe this year. I'm gonna take it elk hunting next year and am confident she will work perfect. When I got mine I also got 5 boxes of ammo and have picked up 4 more since as well as bullets to reload. DP

carbineman · « **Reply #39 on:** December 11, 2009, 01:54:44 AM »

Quote from: Swampman on November 28, 2009, 11:47:17 AM

Remington will only make them better. I've never seen a poorly finished or inacurate Remington. They are the best production rifles you can buy period.

The only Remington items that I will now purchase and have great experiences with are R-P brass and primers. Again YMMV.

Tonk · « **Reply #40 on:** December 11, 2009, 02:13:33 PM »

I ordered a Cowboy model with the long Octagon barrel about 5 months ago. Now when it came in, I could not believe my eyes. You could see daylight between the buttpad and the stock for starters. The forearm looked like something off another rifle, totally different in color and grain compared to the rear stock. The metal to wood fit was not good to say the least. I refused the rifle and 2 weeks later they got me another one to look over. The clerk opened the box and his words echoed mine......Holy Cow! Wood to metal fit was poor, wood did not come close to matching one piece very dark and the other blonde in color. If was though this rifle was pieced together from spare parts perhaps......don't know. The rifle just did not pass my wants and I told them to ship back to the distributor period.

Swampman · « **Reply #41 on:** December 11, 2009, 03:15:05 PM »

I saw a new 308MX today and it had an amazing stock set on it with lots of curl and great color. If I hadn't just bought 2 Marlins I'd have snapped it up in a second.

Tonk · « **Reply #42 on:** December 12, 2009, 07:27:22 PM »

Swampman who ever told you Winchester's were not accurate? I'll have you know, every one of my big game hunting rifles with the exception of a big bore .475 dia. will shoot under 1-MOA from the bench. I also knew a couple of Army and Marine Sgt's who cut their teeth on model 70 Winchester's a few years ago. All I can say is you must have had bad ammo or had ticks crawling up your leg when you fired that model 70 Winchester and I bet it was not a pre-64 model right? The old cheap push fed perhaps you betcha.

Frank V · « **Reply #43 on:** December 19, 2009, 12:22:52 PM »

Quote from: carbineman on December 11, 2009, 01:54:44 AM

Quote from: Swampman on November 28, 2009, 11:47:17 AM
Remington will only make them better. I've never seen a poorly finished or inacurate Remington. They are the best production rifles you can buy period.

The only Remington items that I will now purchase and have great experiences with are R-P brass and primers. Again YMMV.

Remington could be a good rifle if they'd just put an extractor on them! I've had them fail & so have two friends one was a Safari grade. I shudder to think of it failing when you need a second shot on dangerous game. Remington aquiring Marlin, scares me.

Frank

Swampman · « **Reply #44 on:** December 19, 2009, 01:57:55 PM »

Quote from: Tonk on December 12, 2009, 07:27:22 PM

Swampman who ever told you Winchester's were not accurate? I'll have you know, every one of my big game hunting rifles with the exception of a big bore .475 dia. will shoot under 1-MOA from the bench. I also knew a couple of Army and Marine Sgt's who cut their teeth on model 70 Winchester's a few years ago. All I can say is you must have had bad ammo or had ticks crawling up your leg when you fired that model 70 Winchester and I bet it was not a pre-64 model right? The old cheap push fed perhaps you betcha.

They can be made to shoot with the help of a gunsmith. The Remington extractor works perfectly unless you're doing something wrong. Reloads are usually the culprit.

Austin1 · « **Reply #45 on:** December 28, 2009, 12:58:04 PM »

Quote from: Swampman on December 19, 2009, 01:57:55 PM

Quote from: Tonk on December 12, 2009, 07:27:22 PM
Swampman who ever told you Winchester's were not accurate? I'll have you know, every one of my big game hunting rifles with the exception of a big bore .475 dia. will shoot under 1-MOA from the bench. I also knew a couple of Army and Marine Sgt's who cut their teeth on model 70 Winchester's a few years ago. All I can say is you must have had bad ammo or had ticks crawling up your leg when you fired that model 70 Winchester and I bet it was not a pre-64 model right? The old cheap push fed perhaps you betcha.
Remington is the reason Winchester went cheap back in 62 the whole reason Win Droped the 64 was it could not compare with the cheap price of the 700.( walmart syndrom I call it) so in late 64 Win cam out with a gun not much unlike the 700, the 700 was better in that they took the idea of the Japs that had almost the same set up as a rem 700 on there battle rifles,The 6.5 and 7.7. any way it don't matter in a hunting rifle I prefer a mauser made in Germany too, or a copy made in Europe. I will also take any old S&L 7/61mm over any Rem in the acuracy out of the box thing. Remington too me has gone down hill in quality. I love my 788s and my 600's and even my 700's but I would not buy a new one, the last one I bought I returned because of recall notice, seems to be a thing with remington to recall gun's? Remington has lost a customer for life but what do they care? I still use the CL bullets and brass and rimfire rounds, but would never buy another Rem Rifle, when I can buy a Tika at the same price and get better customer survice too.Remington has the worst customer Service around.

They can be made to shoot with the help of a gunsmith. The Remington extractor works perfectly unless you're doing something wrong. Reloads are usually the culprit.

Coyote Hunter · « **Reply #46 on:** December 29, 2009, 03:52:40 AM »

Quote from: Swampman on December 19, 2009, 01:57:55 PM

Quote from: Tonk on December 12, 2009, 07:27:22 PM
Swampman who ever told you Winchester's were not accurate? I'll have you know, every one of my big game hunting rifles with the exception of a big bore .475 dia. will shoot under 1-MOA from the bench. I also knew a couple of Army and Marine Sgt's who cut their teeth on model 70 Winchester's a few years ago. All I can say is you must have had bad ammo or had ticks crawling up your leg when you fired that model 70 Winchester and I bet it was not a pre-64 model right? The old cheap push fed perhaps you betcha.

They can be made to shoot with the help of a gunsmith. The Remington extractor works perfectly unless you're doing something wrong. Reloads are usually the culprit.

Nothing wrong with a Remington unless it fires on safety release, the bolt handle breaks off or the extractor breaks or it’s a 710 or 770 or 798 or 799 or ...

Swampman · « **Reply #47 on:** December 29, 2009, 02:10:45 PM »

Idiots can screw up any rifle. Adjusting the trigger pull so it's too light or trying to beat the bolt open with a rock after too hot handloads have been fired can result in a failure.

Murphy can over ride everything the manuf. puts in his way. You can't beat a Remington boltaction or a Marlin levergun.

StraightShooterSix · « **Reply #48 on:** January 03, 2010, 04:43:57 AM »

Quote from: DEACONLLB on November 16, 2009, 09:48:09 AM

Marlin has two grades of wood, one is eastern hardwood stained walnut and the other one is black walnut.
Deaconllb

The "W" in 336W originally stood for Walmart. As Deconllb noted, the rifle was a lower-cost model, specifically designed for the chains, Walmart being the first. As Walmart has closed more and more gun counters, the 336Ws have made their way into some of the big box stores. BTW, the important parts of the rifle weren't cheaper... just the cosmetic parts, mainly a birch stock instead of walnut.

Spanky · « **Reply #49 on:** January 03, 2010, 09:37:48 AM »

I have a Glenfield Model 30. It was made sometime in the 70's. No checkering and a short mag tube. The finish is worn but it shoots very well. My Grandfather gave it to me after I used it to take my first buck.
I would like to get a new Marlin in 35 to go with it.

Spanky