Many years ago I had a Marlin Golden 39A. I had it scoped with a 3-9 X Bushnell. Right off the bat, I started to notice several blemishes on the stock. I don't know how I overlooked one which was a half dollar size! After trying out several brands of ammo, the gun jammed numerous times. And the action was very heavy, not smooth. It was as if it were binding.
Disgusted, I had to send it back to Marlin at my expense and tons of paperwork from CA to have it worked on and the stock replaced. As I recall, they sent me a new rifle. How nice. The stock was reasonable... Again, the rifle jammed every few rounds! HUH???!!! ANY ammo run thru it jammed. So again it went back to Marlin. They apologized and "fixed it." I am now out of $100 in shipping fees, etc. And I don't have a rifle to shoot. Again, a new one came to me. Same problems. I gave up and sold it.
Then I bought a Marlin Papoose. Never had a problem, even tho I tried hard to jam it, firing 25 rounds as fast as I cold pull the trigger. Any ammo would cycle. Pretty good accuracy too.
Fast forward to today. I have a Henry Golden Boy .22 It is perfect. No problems. Far more accurate than any other rifle I have ever shot in any caliber! Will it last for 100 years? I won't be around to see it, will you? The Henry is a work of art. I buy a gun for accuracy. When it wears out, I buy a new one.
The Henry will outshoot ANY other rifle -- especially ANYTHING Ruger or Marlin have. The 10-22 was the second worst firearm I ever shot. It never shot the same place twice! LOL Hope this sheds some light on this issue.
Disgusted, I had to send it back to Marlin at my expense and tons of paperwork from CA to have it worked on and the stock replaced. As I recall, they sent me a new rifle. How nice. The stock was reasonable... Again, the rifle jammed every few rounds! HUH???!!! ANY ammo run thru it jammed. So again it went back to Marlin. They apologized and "fixed it." I am now out of $100 in shipping fees, etc. And I don't have a rifle to shoot. Again, a new one came to me. Same problems. I gave up and sold it.
Then I bought a Marlin Papoose. Never had a problem, even tho I tried hard to jam it, firing 25 rounds as fast as I cold pull the trigger. Any ammo would cycle. Pretty good accuracy too.
Fast forward to today. I have a Henry Golden Boy .22 It is perfect. No problems. Far more accurate than any other rifle I have ever shot in any caliber! Will it last for 100 years? I won't be around to see it, will you? The Henry is a work of art. I buy a gun for accuracy. When it wears out, I buy a new one.
The Henry will outshoot ANY other rifle -- especially ANYTHING Ruger or Marlin have. The 10-22 was the second worst firearm I ever shot. It never shot the same place twice! LOL Hope this sheds some light on this issue.