Marlin Remington?

[a357lever]

I picked up a year ago a 336BL 30-30 it shoots well and the finish is good except the lever.
I have seen a big stink lately about Marlin going to Remington. I hear and see posts of crooked sights bad finish and other problems. Mine has a JM stamped barrel and everything works fine. Wood is very good also. I also did notice the ser# moved to the side of receiver 900xxx Wondering if anyone heard anything, I completely missed this move, is this the end of marlin as we know them?

[J Miller]

Your JM marked Marlin was made in New Haven, CT by Marlin. The serial number was moved to the side of the receiver some years back so folks could D&T the upper tang for a tang sight without obscuring the number.

Marlin no longer exists as a company. It is owned by Remington who is owned by the Freedom Group who is owned by .......... well you get the idea.
The guns are now made in NY somewhere along with a bunch of other companies who've been gobbled up by this mega shark company.

Weather or not Marlin marked products remain in the market place or not depends on weather or not Marlington totally ruins their reputation before getting all the bugs worked out.

Joe

[Dawg]

Sadly the new guns coming out of Ilion are pretty pathetic. I got to handle a few a couple of weeks ago, and the levers were very hard to operate.

I was thinking about posting my 1894CS that dates from 1989 for sale, but I am having second thoughts.

[a357lever]

WoW thats really bad news I guess it had to happen but gee wizz. Maybe I'm lucky mine is OK.
But I feel bad, Marlin is another great american company that went down in a changing world.

[1894c]

I recently bought a "REP" 1895C--everything about the rifle is good--no issues to report--lucky?

[earlmck]

I recently bought a "REP" 1895C--everything about the rifle is good--no issues to report--lucky?

Now that's good news. Maybe they'll get the mfg. figured out and start turning out some good guns. I'm ready to buy an nice stainless/synthetic, 24" bbl Marlin Express rifle. I'm just holding out for 6.5mm, or maybe .25. Maybe they'll build it yet!