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Wish I could say they were mine. I love lever actions. Henry's seem to be the best nowadays, still USA made with good quality. Their new x mods allow loading from the tube or a gate, pretty cool!

Marlin's aren't what they used to be, makes me very sad.

Wish I could say they were mine. I love lever actions. Henry's seem to be the best nowadays, still USA made with good quality. Their new x mods allow loading from the tube or a gate, pretty cool! Marlin's aren't what they used to be, makes me very sad.

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A few years back they made a new facility with new machining for marlins. Quality was greatly increased over previous remlins. If you cant find a jm stamped marlin you want, a recent gun should be fine. I own 2 remlins from their new facility and theyre both good guns.

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Glad to hear that.

That the nickname term for the Remington Marlins, "Remlins"?

The Marlin 336 30-30 my father got around 2010 or so had a horrible fit and finish and was just sloppily put together. I've seen nearly 100 year old ones and they have an really good fit and finish.

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Yeah, remlin is the derogatory term. A 2010 one would likely be junk. The last few years theyve been quality firearms again. What happens next after the remington bankruptcy is yet to be seen. I own both old JM marlins and new-new remlins. Wouldnt touch a remlin from the old facility. Qc really improved the last few years. I still do a bit of hunting with a 336sc .30-30 mfgd in 1949, one of the first years of production, i believe 48 was the first. Has the ballard rifling. Called in and killed 2 bears with it in 2019 but its been a safe queen since then. Too many guns, not enough tags to use them all regularly. Killed 3 bears with a modern remlin .444 in 2020.

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It really bummed me out when the Marlin buyout and quality crash happened. I grew up and did most of my hunting with a Marlin 1936 30-30. Lot of boar, lot of deer. Great accuracy, amazing iron sites and build quality.

I know the Henry's are nice now. The X's have side feet as well as the original front tube feed, I'm looking at those now. I guess Remington is owned by some European company (I forget which). Henry is still owned by themselves and is fully American.

It's my dream to go on a bear hunt some day. I'm still dreaming about an elk hunt too!