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Heard from them? With mine it was fast.
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Picked mine up. Fit and finish looks fine to me. Wood feels dry. First laminate gun. Think they out to much effort into making the gun look like it has grain. But given that the wood should be more stable, I can live with it.
First impression, was not hitches, but not as smooth as my 1894. I think maybe more mass. After a few operations getting better. Going to grease it, and cycle it a few hundred times. Working on some dummy rounds.
Checkering, looks checkered. Dunno.
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Had a few jams upside down, when going slow. Don't think that means anything, going slow can do that. No jams slow right side up or vertical. Upside down leaves the round unsupported.
But since yours is jamming rightside, obviously somethng wrong.
One Marlin owner advised marlins line 2.54, rather than 2.55. No sure what factory loads measure.
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Because of the rebates, I bought two new rifles. One was a 1895G 45/70 and the other is a 1894 Limited Edition in 45 Colt -1500 made. I have seen it mentioned here to operate the levers while up side down and both mine work smoothly. Paid $345.00 for the1895G on Gun Broker and $899.00 for the 1894 at Turners. So after the rebates, I feel I got a couple of good deals. Marlin is doing another rebate for 336 models.
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Because of the rebates, I bought two new rifles. One was a 1895G 45/70 and the other is a 1894 Limited Edition in 45 Colt -1500 made. I have seen it mentioned here to operate the levers while up side down and both mine work smoothly. Paid $345.00 for the1895G on Gun Broker and $899.00 for the 1894 at Turners. So after the rebates, I feel I got a couple of good deals. Marlin is doing another rebate for 336 models. Once they bring back the 444 I'll buy another new one.
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I had a GBL for a while. It's hard not to like shooting MOA groups with 400 grain bullets out of a lever action. Problem-free gun. I also had a later 1895 Cowboy ... same result. I would try to avoid the ones made around the time of transition, both the last 2-3 years of Marlin manufacture and the first year or two with Remington. The current ones seem as good as the old ones ever were, maybe not quite the wood-metal fit, but the accuracy and reliability. I buy guns to shoot, not drool on ... drooling only happens if they shoot well.
There seem to be a lot of people automatically enthralled with the JM guns. I'm not one of them. Some were good but some were truly awful, too. There are NO guarantees.
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I had a GBL for a while. It's hard not to like shooting MOA groups with 400 grain bullets out of a lever action. Problem-free gun. I also had a later 1895 Cowboy ... same result. I would try to avoid the ones made around the time of transition, both the last 2-3 years of Marlin manufacture and the first year or two with Remington. The current ones seem as good as the old ones ever were, maybe not quite the wood-metal fit, but the accuracy and reliability. I buy guns to shoot, not drool on ... drooling only happens if they shoot well.
There seem to be a lot of people automatically enthralled with the JM guns. I'm not one of them. Some were good but some were truly awful, too. There are NO guarantees.
Tom Well said.
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I’m happy with my 45-70. I’ve killed a doe with it. It shoots really well.
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Hold it upside and see if you can work action. The one I just bought seizes up and is going back to Marlin right out of the box. I'm sure they'll get it fixed and after the rebate I'm only into it for $380. The checkering on mine is serviceable but not what I would call a quality job, from the crushed wood fibers I would say it is pressed into the wood instead of being cut, Remington always did have a fetish for that hideous pressed checkering. Yes, the action works upside down. Then it's really a Win Model 70 CRF...and NOT a Remington after all??? Great!!!
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