I'm not sure which cheap overseas rifles you are referring to aside from a few Turkish models most imports are of good-great quality from Europe. Glock, HK, Walther, Beretta, etc.
I was happy 3 days ago when I bought an unfired JM 1894 in 357/38 made in 1986. At under $800.There may be some happy & surprised .357 people later this year.
Denis
This Remlin company does not care about the customer (you.) They care about cranking out "X" number of rifles in "Y" amount of time and getting those sold at price point "Z". In their eyes they have succeeded. You have given them your money. Now the fact that you expect a JM quality product, well, that is just trivial to them.Yeah. The checkering is not the greatest on the replacement stocks. I really wish I kept my mouth shut about the original defects. They really weren't that bad. I wasn't horrible to the CS representative. You could defiantly tell I was mad though. I'm not going to be ok with that level of service from a gun company no matter how nice the lady on the phone is to me. Now my standards are even higher with these replacement stocks. Maybe I'm wrong to be like that but they had a chance to make it right and they ****** up horribly. The person who worked on my rifle clearly didn't care about what it looked like. Its perfection or a refund now. Probably won't be buying anything from Marlin or Remington again either. I'm not going to roll the dice hoping I got a good one anymore. My story isn't in the minority.
return the sights.Their CS representative contacted me today. They apologized to me again for the issues I was having. They swore they were looking into why it was sent back to me looking like it did. He told me if my rifle looked the same or worst than when I sent it in they would replace it with a new one from the factory. I told them that it was really nice of them to offer that , but I'd have to pay for another transfer fee again. So I hope it doesn't have to come to that. If the new stocks don't exceed my expectations then the replacement 1895 better be the nicest one in Illion NY or they can just mail me a check for the rifle and the new XS sights that are now useless to me. Haven't gotten a response yet from them.
They have been mounted and removed. No idea where the original packaging is. I could try and contact the seller ,but I'm probable stuck with them.return the sights.
There may be some happy & surprised .357 people later this year.
Denis
Marlin has been telling people the .357 1894s are right around the corner, only for months/years to drag on with nothing in sight.
Unfortunately, when conglomerates or private equity firms gobble up a company, their thoughts are never "how can we make this better?", it's always "how can we make this cheaper?".
I don't condone the corporate strategy but I do understand they're in the business for profit and not to please discerning customers who want heirloom quality and looks on a Walmart budget.
amen brotha, may i have anotha!!!I don't think anyone expects "heirloom quality" from a deer rifle but some of us demand something better than inferior wood and sloppy finishing (not to mention canted sights and butt plates installed crookedly) on a $400.00 plus rifle. What seems to be lacking lately from more than one company is nothing more than having pride in the work you do. Doing the job right and having pride in your work shouldn't add that much cost to the making of a firearm. If you can't make it right at an affordable price, don't make it at all.
Even though I might like swishing fine wine around in my mouth to titillate my palate before drinking it but can only enjoy lager on my beer budget, I still expect my Pabst Blue Ribbon to not be flat.