Because of this, I own a Rossi 92. Im itching for a .44 someday, and it will probably be a Rossi. I discovered quickly that the longer FTX would require some case trimming in order to prevent the beginning of the bullet ogive being inside the case mouth when seated . Looks like the hiccups are a thing of the pastblast on boys!! The recoil of our standard velocity .338 Marlin Express load should be less than the 20.4 ft. lbs. We suspected they would probably try to build the system but we werent too worried. I agree with you, the quality of the Henry was very good, that POS Marlin I bought was a piece of junk. The guns were fragile and the cartridge VERY weak, and they didnt sell. Taurus Defender 856 TORO Brings Optic-Ready Performance to a Revolver. behind the curtainandreported the facts backto you. He sent it back and they worked on it. Oct 14, 2012. It is important to note that large loads are recommended for this gun and not Winchesters. Was on the stiff side brand new. Feeding it loosened it up I managed to get it sighted in eventually using Burris rings and still had to shim. I wrote the president of FG a pretty angry letter, detailing his companys screw ups, and told him that, QC issues aside, his CS people were killing his business. Im late to this thread, but heres my relatively recent history/impression with both Marlin and Henry.. I Mean, Well See unfired Marlin 1894 whose stock split in half, CT Police Dropped the Ball in Murder/Suicide. (Everything at AAC takes 2 weeks. To show viewers how to succeed at long range, J. Guthrie gears up for a challenging shot while chasing Colorado pronghorn at long range with DPMS' Panther 6.5 Creedmoor. A few years later Winchester introduced the .358 Winchester on a necked-up .308 case, but loaded it to a maximum average pressure (MAP) of 52,000 cup in order to duplicate the performance of the earlier .348 Win. Plan to remove scope and just go iron sights at under 50 yrds. machinerer 2 yr. ago Special and .35 Remington. $50.19. There are carbine versions with barrels as short as 18. . EXPAND YOUR ARSENAL GET REWARDED! The Marlin Model 338 Marlin Express Long Rifle is a lever-action hunting rifle chambered in .338 Marlin Express. I have owned a few over the years though I never was a huge Marlin fan because it seemed the majority had pistol grips rather than straight stocks on the lever-guns. But of course looking at some Remington 870 Express shotguns, you also get that same feeling. He phoned me back, but I never got the feeling that he really bought into anything that I said. You are using an out of date browser. Dont buy a new Marlin, I just received a model 1895 at my FFL dealers, and I refused delivery of it, it is a POS. N.Y. two weeks ago and got it back today, fixed with a new receiver. Saw a guy on the homegunsmith forum had made one, albeit it used a conventional cartridge (a modified .40 S&W). They do some pretty rigorous and thorough testing, so youre getting a little bit more than paying for an opinion. The scramble was on to find Marlin-built rifles, and as the sales of Remlins plummeted, various models were discontinued. went into production, the .307 Win. Excellent. Ive been a Gun Tests subscriber for almost 20 years. Thanks for that. I was at Cabelas maybe a year or so ago, and they had two whole racks filled with Marlin 336s, marked as used, but clearly unfired. Initially offered in .30-30, .35 Remington, .444 Marlin, .450 Marlin and .45-70 ammunition, the bullets are now available in several other Hornady LEVERevolution loads. I have to say, in the end you guys did the right thing and I love the replacement rifle. document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) Copyright Hornady, Privacy Policy | CCPA Request | Accessibility Policy | Terms of Use, Designed and developed by IdeaBank Marketing. Duh. We hoped to do that in late 2012, however we were not as far along as we would have liked to have been, says Fink. Let's review what makes this soft-shooting carry gun so special. . Long story short traded 45/70, bought a 450 a year or two later still a pre rem. 338 Marlin GunBroker.com Member Forums Actually, the .338 ME may have an edge on the '06, as few factory .30-06 loads clock the claimed 2,700 fps. Took it off the wall to get a closer look because I had just run across this very article the other day. That's all the muscle your tender clavicle will want from a rifle with an alloy receiver and weighing 63/4 pounds with a 22-inch barrel. I have a Freedom Group Marlin, and maybe I am just lucky, but I am 100% satisfied with it in every way. I'm particularly interested in the 338 Marlin Express which has great carry characteristics as well as mid range capabilities. Where did you get the 2300 dollar figure ? Boise, ID. :/ ) When FG acquired AAC, they really dicked that company upjust like they did to Remington, and just like they did to Marlin. I will never purchase a new Marlin again! Their Henry original is the rifle they should have designed in the first place, and Id buy one, but not at $2300. I took it apart to clean it before first use expecting Agreed. If they hadnt had their heads buried in their own posteriors, they would have suspended production until they had proper engineering drawings and had ensured that the equipment they had moved to Ilion was now operating in spec. Federal has created a safer, easier and more reliable way to shoot a muzzleloader. I have the limited run of a 2007 Marlin 308 Marlin Express look over and shooting on my range. In 2005, the Model 336 hit a milestone. OK, you decide how to resolve the above issue. The latter could be loaded with a 200 grain flex-tip spitzer bullet at maximum pressure to achieve the highest possible velocity. I dont trust any Cerberus-owned company to make a decent product. #1. If it was something like a bent barrel, or broken action, then yeah, I would have sent it back. hadjii Member Posts: 976 . They sent me private emails and said I was the problem and was somehow trying to make the gun look bad. And smoothed out after a couple of hundred rounds. Cant even recall when I bought it. The company is also introducing a Limited Editionseries, with the first rifle being a 336 Limited featuring a high-grade walnut stock, high-polish blued metal with some light scroll engraving,and the Marlin horse and rider in 24-carat gold on the left receiver panel. A practical medium bore caliber that kicks no more than a popular small bore! Too late I made the mistake of getting one and I havent even fired it yet as there were some issues and I sent it back form part replacement. You dont assume anything. This cartridge is conceptually very similar to the .338 O'Connor but, like Winchester, Federal could not resist the temptation to load to maximum pressure to achieve maximum velocity, thus repeating the mistake made with the .358 Win. A tiny bit of smoothing with emery on the hammer loosened it up. Beginning life as the Model 1893then transitioning through the Model 93, the Model 1936, the Model 36, and eventually settling on the Model 336, Marlins enduring lever action is now 125 years strong. Looking back at it, Im probably better off that they couldnt even ship one damn lever rifle in 6 months. They were neat tech up until semi-auto carbines became available, but now given the price I would rather have a semi-auto in .45acp or 9mil. It was a system that worked and worked well, for the time period before there was even NC, much less CNC, machining. Considering that the Model 1893 action was sized for the .30-30 and other cartridges of that length and diameter, Marlin engineers did an excellent job of modifying the Model 336 to handle the .45-70. Not any longer. There were significant customer service problems with the way some repairs/replacements were handledwhere the CS rep either implied that the breakage was my fault (shooting a few rounds of 5.56 NATO through a .308 rated suppressor should not generate so much pressure that parts fly off the suppressor, and they shipped a 51T flashhider that was out of spec too large to fit the 51T receptacle on the suppressor.I had other examples of the same flashhider that fit the suppressor just fine, so I KNOW this one was out of spec). Description: Marlin 338 MX, Lever action rifle, 338 Marlin Express caliber, 22 inch barrel. When Marlin's 1893 became the Model 36 in 1937, it sold for $32 to hunters emerging from very hard times. Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. The curve's shape and height and the area underneath show thrust imparted to the bullet. This is due to the danger of the hard, pointed bullet-tip igniting the primer of the round in front of it under recoil impulse. Part of that hard work was recovering from a poorly planned [2010] move from Marlins longstanding manufacturing plant in North Haven,Connecticut, to Remington-operated factories in Ilion, New York, and Mayfield, Kentucky . Im not able to drop the dough on a gun with that many issues. First the ejector retaining rivet fell out of the receiver, a call to the factory and I received a replacement that was functional if not confidence inspiring (the rivet was loosely retained by a bit of staked over material) then the lever action screw sheared off so I purchased a replacement and a spare to fix this, Next was the hardest fix, the extractor would leave a fired case stuck in the chamber and it took, first some effort to remove the new, live cartridge and then a cleaning rod to remove the case. 30 carbine has a small problem with reloads that have been fired in an m 1 military carbine. Joseph Von Benedikt is with Rafe Nielsen of Browning to take a look at a new X-Bolt series rifle. Did you *actually* make a warranty claim, or are you just whining about the product on a forum? It is a very well made rifle. For Marlin/Remington its just bad management. I will admit the wood is not as nice as some of the older models, but it is still my favorite gun. The Model 338MXLR is recommended for large game hunting at long range. Today we are looking at a new product from Taurus: the Defender 856 TORO. Topped with a good-quality riflescope, these are both legitimate 300-yard rifles. It shouldnt surprise anyone that pistol caliber lever action carbines are dying off. Subscriber Services. I want a lever gun, too, in .38spl/.357mag; but Ive been conflicted over the choices out there. forcing Henry to get even better. Ive been wanting a stainless 336 for years, but couldnt because of precisely the damage we all know Remington has done. That is probably the only good news out of sandy hook. precisely with no hesitation or run-around. They have no heritage, theyre ugly and they have a stupid loading system. Id be concerned about safety. And it done SO badly! . I just bought last month a Marlin Limited Edition model 1895 in 45/70 Govt. Center, between .308 Winchester(left) and .338 Marlin Express(right) Type Rifle Place of origin USA Production history Designer Marlin/ Hornady Manufacturer Hornady Produced 2007 Specifications Parent case .307 Winchester Case type Semi-rimmed, bottleneck Bullet diameter .308 in (7.8 mm) Neck diameter .344 in (8.7 mm) Shoulder diameter The gun would appear to be on safety but would fire. I chose the BL model because I wanted the 18 barrel and the big loop. It became required to open boxes outside the presence of the customers for fear of what you would find. In 2011 I bought a Marlin 1894c in .357. While I was looking at them, two other guys also checked them out, and all three of us came to the same conclusion about the same time, and laughed about it: even at a discount, its not worth taking a chance on a Remlin.
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