TTv2
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I wasn't aware that Ruger didn't get the machines, actually I'd forgotten that Marlin became fully incorporated with Remington.Can't, Ruger now owns Marlin, but they do not own the facilities that Marlin is currently produced in. Roundhill will soon own the Ilion facility and the Huntsville facility is likely to be return to the City. Ruger will have to pick up Marlin and move it. How much of the vanishingly little remaining Marlin product expertise will be lost in that move?
In that case, Ruger is going to pay a good amount more for this than I originally thought. They'll need to buy machines because they won't have the capacity to produce all the guns they currently do, they'll have to re-tool for improved manufacturing efficiency, they'll have to train new workers...
Yeah, I see the first few Ruger Marlin lever rifles being a quality nightmare. I would wait at least 2 years after Ruger releases the first lever actions before they get sent out of the factory made right.