My own 336 was mangled something fierce straight from the factory; some of the receiver cuts had obviously missed their marks and were sloppily redone, to the point where the rifle wouldn't feed straight out of the box.
I had sent it in with an analysis of the problem and some photos, but they wrongly assured me that all cuts were proper, and accomplished a mediocre fix by adjusting the carrier. I can't blame them for not wanting the headache of having to forge an entirely new receiver for my rifle, but I was so disappointed that I decided never to buy another (Rem)lin. Alas, I couldn't keep myself away.
Rifle feeds well enough now, albeit not perfectly. Action has definitely smoothed out some after several hundred rounds. Glad to hear yours worked out too!
Marlin was bought out by another company ( Remington I believe) some years ago. The rifles made shortly thereafter were an abomination. They seemed to have worked out the kinks now.
Get yourself an older model with the “JM” stamp on the barrel. The really early, pre 1905 model 1894 guns were a precision made work of art. The design remains basically unchanged to this day.
You've just tempered my resolve.
My own 336 was mangled something fierce straight from the factory; some of the receiver cuts had obviously missed their marks and were sloppily redone, to the point where the rifle wouldn't feed straight out of the box.
I had sent it in with an analysis of the problem and some photos, but they wrongly assured me that all cuts were proper, and accomplished a mediocre fix by adjusting the carrier. I can't blame them for not wanting the headache of having to forge an entirely new receiver for my rifle, but I was so disappointed that I decided never to buy another (Rem)lin. Alas, I couldn't keep myself away.
Rifle feeds well enough now, albeit not perfectly. Action has definitely smoothed out some after several hundred rounds. Glad to hear yours worked out too!
Marlin was bought out by another company ( Remington I believe) some years ago. The rifles made shortly thereafter were an abomination. They seemed to have worked out the kinks now.
Get yourself an older model with the “JM” stamp on the barrel. The really early, pre 1905 model 1894 guns were a precision made work of art. The design remains basically unchanged to this day.