375supermag
Member
Hi...
About six weeks or so ago, I purchased a Marlin lever action rifle in .44Magnum, new in box from a large local gun shop.
Nice looking rifle, metal to wood fit pretty decent all things considered not a bad looking rifle.
Unfortunately, I couldn't hit anything with it at as close as 50yds when shooting at steel plates. Bullets would hit all around...left, right, high, low. Handloads, factory rounds... didn't matter. Shot it at paper targets...at 15yds it was keyholing almost every bullet.
Used a bore light to look at the Rifling and it looked really funky. Wavy appearance.
Took it back to the gun shop where I bought it. They told me that I would have to deal with Marlin on my own...they would not get involved. Pretty crappy customer service considering that I have been buying guns, reloading supplies and hunting clothes and boots there for decades.
Anyhow...I took it to another shop that specializes in cowboy action type firearms(although not exclusively). I have also been a steady customer there for at least 15 years. I talked to the owner and he examined the rifle and agreed the rifling looked strange. He agreed to send it back to Marlin for examination and repair.
Got a call yesterday that my rifle had been returned and was ready to pick up.
Turns out they had to replace the barrel...they sent a test target back with it but the shop misplaced it.
The rifling looks proper now so hopefully it will shoot accurately.
Will be testing it out this weekend.
This is not an attempt to slam Marlin just reporting my experience. Any manufacturer can turn out a substandard product on occasion...it happens.
At least they addressed the problem and hopefully resolved it and in a fairly short period of time.
About six weeks or so ago, I purchased a Marlin lever action rifle in .44Magnum, new in box from a large local gun shop.
Nice looking rifle, metal to wood fit pretty decent all things considered not a bad looking rifle.
Unfortunately, I couldn't hit anything with it at as close as 50yds when shooting at steel plates. Bullets would hit all around...left, right, high, low. Handloads, factory rounds... didn't matter. Shot it at paper targets...at 15yds it was keyholing almost every bullet.
Used a bore light to look at the Rifling and it looked really funky. Wavy appearance.
Took it back to the gun shop where I bought it. They told me that I would have to deal with Marlin on my own...they would not get involved. Pretty crappy customer service considering that I have been buying guns, reloading supplies and hunting clothes and boots there for decades.
Anyhow...I took it to another shop that specializes in cowboy action type firearms(although not exclusively). I have also been a steady customer there for at least 15 years. I talked to the owner and he examined the rifle and agreed the rifling looked strange. He agreed to send it back to Marlin for examination and repair.
Got a call yesterday that my rifle had been returned and was ready to pick up.
Turns out they had to replace the barrel...they sent a test target back with it but the shop misplaced it.
The rifling looks proper now so hopefully it will shoot accurately.
Will be testing it out this weekend.
This is not an attempt to slam Marlin just reporting my experience. Any manufacturer can turn out a substandard product on occasion...it happens.
At least they addressed the problem and hopefully resolved it and in a fairly short period of time.