I recently bought a new Remlin 336 30-30. When I got it home I noticed the barrel was crooked. Turns out the receiver was drilled and tapped crooked so the barrel was improperly indexed to the receiver as Remington says. It's been back in Ilion for a couple weeks now.
Remington single-handedly destroyed the Marlin Firearms Company after they bought it when they fired the workers, moved the factory, and turned out absolute crap from that point on.
Remington used to produce rifles by which other company's rifles were judged, and used to be innovative, bringing out or standardizing great cartridges like the 25-06 and 7 RM.
The era of holding companies put an end to that. I wouldn't touch a new Marlin or Remington.
