Marlin Rifles

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NIGHTLORD40K said:
Probably sabotage by disgruntled Remington workers
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Probably just being worn out.
Both machines and machine tooling wear & erode.
A rifling machine, for instance, has a number of bearing that eventually need maintenance. Electrical circuits can have components fail just through age.

Some of those things can be accounted for in the QC process--some. Sometimes you just downline a given machine out of its 4, 5, 10, a dozen, others. Turning out machine parts is neck-deep in the machining process. It's typically far easier to use 10 machines each doing one step in a process, than to try and reset a given machine to perform multiple machining processes.
Some of your industrial tools may exist only to form tooling--the actual cutters used in machining processes. The design of tooling, to aid in QC as the cutting surface is worn away is critical for how long a given machine stays up and running, which determines how many parts are available for final assembly.
 
CapnMac said:
Probably just being worn out.
Both machines and machine tooling wear & erode.
A rifling machine, for instance, has a number of bearing that eventually need maintenance. Electrical circuits can have components fail just through age.

Some of those things can be accounted for in the QC process--some. Sometimes you just downline a given machine out of its 4, 5, 10, a dozen, others. Turning out machine parts is neck-deep in the machining process. It's typically far easier to use 10 machines each doing one step in a process, than to try and reset a given machine to perform multiple machining processes.
Some of your industrial tools may exist only to form tooling--the actual cutters used in machining processes. The design of tooling, to aid in QC as the cutting surface is worn away is critical for how long a given machine stays up and running, which determines how many parts are available for final assembly.
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I know, I was joking- sorta. ;)
 
I'm currently in the market for a .357 lever gun. If Winchester would ever get around to building a model 92 in .357 I would be all over that like a chicken on a June bug. I think those only come around every few years because I haven't seen one in awhile. They still have them on their website but where are they? If Marlin (Ruger) gets one out there before I find a 92, well, it will be a Marlin.

Because Marlin has been out of the game so long the used prices are just plain stupid.
 
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I want an 1894 .44 Magnum but with 1:20 twist. I will also be looking for a 39A and another .45-70, maybe the stainless Trapper. I am also looking at the Henry .44 Magnum Big Boy in the chrome all weather finish.

They are not going to be like 100 years ago, good and bad. These rifles will come from brand new CNC production cells using CNC data and drawings developed by Remington. The stocks will be milled on similar cells for wood or from Boyds. I expect much better uniformity and better QC than JM Marlin, at least post 1970s, and better than REP's initial efforts. I am thinking they are going to be fine rifles and I am very excited.
 
Steve Milbocker said:
As long as I’m wishing, build em like they did in 1894
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Other than the crossbolt safety, drilled & tapped receivers (and micro-groove rifling in some models), they were the same gun in 2020 that was rolling out 126 years earlier. Well, metallurgy got better, so newer ones can handle hotter loads, but the design never evolved. Didn't need to.

There are barrel band models that came later, but the Cowboy models and others still use the metal cap handguard retention and dovetailed mag tube stud found on the originals.

Save for the safety, my wife's 2016 1894CB. 45 colt is virtually identical to my 1903 1894 .25-20. Sights and hammer spur changed, and plastic butt plate instead of steel, but that's about it.

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CapnMac said:
Probably just being worn out.
Both machines and machine tooling wear & erode.
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Actually, much of the machinery was worn out when Marlin was still using it... although people like to rag on Remington, there were issues with later JM Marlins, too, prior to the sale. Moving all the machinery to Remington didn't help matters, set up by people who were unfamiliar with it. I wouldn't be surprised if Ruger scrapped everything and just started anew. The good news is this finally gives Ruger a viable lever-action to go with all those Blackhawks and Bisleys... if they really get busy with it, I think we could see some excellent cartridge combinations.

mlankton said:
41 magnum 1894 please
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Thankfully, I got one from the last run... the 1894FG. I converted mine to a straight grip, like the old C model. Being very specific... how about a 16" .41 1894 with an octagon barrel and case colored receiver... with a straight lever... ;)
 
I've been looking for a .44 Magnum lever action with the Ballard rifling, as I had a Marlin .44 Mag lever action, with the micro-groove that couldn't put 3 rounds within 6" at 50 yards let alone a 1" group. Turned around and sold it shortly after I bought it, back in the mid 70,s.
 
.41 magnum is dead.

Nobody cares about that cartridge, sadly.

What’s more likely is tactical flat black matte with all sorts of rails for junk the kids like these days.
 
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