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New Marlin in Blue!

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It looks good.
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It appears Ruger is speeding up introduction of "new" Marlins. Very happy to see
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If it works as well as I think it will, it would be worth buying. I like Ruger products, and the slimmer fore end looks good.
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Looks Good to Me. with a msrp of $1,149.00 it shouldn't be long next year until they are below a grand. :D .
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I hope it works well, not my idea of pretty. I want walnut and blue steel and no big lever.
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Good looking rifle, but wish they'd use walnut, and not laminated stocks. I know laminates are tough, and durable, but sure not appealing to my eyes.
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Laminate stocks and an unpolished finish are the stuff of wartime production of military weapons. Sad to say that consumers have been conned into believing such characteristics are desirable.
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I would ditch the lever, i'm not on t.v. I like laminate stocks, they go well with laminated steel. And they bounce around unharmed in the bottom of the skiff while beating out of the inlet.

I detest the pushbutton. Nothing is more disturbing during a bear/elephant/lion charge than discovering the button is in the wrong place, and the folding leaf sight folded. I love the hammer block safeties that maybe Ruger pioneered. My NEF 20. has one. my redhawk has one. my commbloc flare device has one!! My guide gun has the button. "Well M'am, your husband has been eaten by a bear, but at least he was carrying his rifle in a safe manner."

if a 99$ flare dispensing device has a hammer block safety, why can't a 1500$ rifle have one?
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I don't care about cosmetics when I am picking up a survival tool, like my stainless guide gun.
But, are guide gun stocks hard to come by? I could put the walnut on to carry the gun to the BBQ, and put the working stocks on when traipsing thru the normal rainfall in the Tongass.

I had a nice stock on the Ruger 77 RS when, the first time I carried it in the woods, i crash landed on ice in the dip and broke the stock into 2 parts at the wrist. Something the company didn't warrant against.
But they did enjoy the tale and mentioned they wished they could live like i did. If the stock had been laminated the stock would have survived and i would have had a broken hand. A minor inconvenience compared to a 2-piece stock. But the walnut stock looks great now with a white glue line and a large brass pin telling the story to his cell mates. Uh, you know, Gun Talk.

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That transfer bar safety Ruger uses on their revolvers should work great on a levergun. It would take some tweaking to make it move up and down far enough, but it could be done. From there, no button safety needed. Not sure who actually designed it originally, but it was around before Sturm Ruger firearms.
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I am just happy that Ruger is carrying on the Marlin name and tradition. So they aren't making a gun exactly the way I like one? Big deal. At least they are building Marlins and knowing Ruger they will be quality, have a great warranty, and they will have good customer service. I am not gonna b.itch about them not building them to my specifications. Besides, that is what custom gun work is all about! :lol:
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JimT wrote: Wed Sep 28, 2022 4:40 pm I am just happy that Ruger is carrying on the Marlin name and tradition. So they aren't making a gun exactly the way I like one? Big deal. At least they are building Marlins and knowing Ruger they will be quality, have a great warranty, and they will have good customer service. I am not gonna b.itch about them not building them to my specifications. Besides, that is what custom gun work is all about! :lol:
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It's hard for me to comprehend, reading comments around the net yapping about the same thing. it should be this, it should be that. What I want to say to these guys is; we should all be happy a solid company, known for it's reliability was willing to take up a design that they know would be criticized ad nauseum. it's logistically impossible to bring out every version of every rifle Marlin ever made all at the same time.
If there's enough sales and enthusiasm, they'll get to your favorite eventually. You can always start your won company and make whatever you want, by the way. :D

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The dealer cost and suggested retail are a bit off putting to me. I'm curious what they'll price the 336 at when they come out.
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I am pleased that Ruger bought Marlin and is keeping it alive. But that doesn't mean we can't give input as to what we'd prefer to see coming from Ruger Marlins. Input is what drives companies to offer variations, and without it the silence would certainly result in a lack of sales, and death of the name.
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marlinman93 wrote: Thu Sep 29, 2022 9:55 am I am pleased that Ruger bought Marlin and is keeping it alive. But that doesn't mean we can't give input as to what we'd prefer to see coming from Ruger Marlins. Input is what drives companies to offer variations, and without it the silence would certainly result in a lack of sales, and death of the name.
I believe it would be a good idea for levergunners to send Ruger/Marlin their thanks for the work they are doing and suggestions on how they would like some models to be built. Consumer input directly to the company is not a bad thing.
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The new Marlin's have a half-cock safety, and a cross bolt or "hammer block" safety that only works in half-cock or full cock. I don't really see the harm in the addition of the cross bolt safety myself. The Henry's use a transfer-bar safety as Pillar mentioned was possible.

I would like to see the return of the Cowboy edition with the tapered octagon barrel in polished blue myself. Polished blued guns seem to becoming a thing of the past now.

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The price actually paid in the end versus the price listed will be less, just like Ruger guns usually have happen. Unsure why the game is played like that.

I remember back in the "JM Marlin" days when I was so frustrated they didn't make a stainless 357 1894, and they'd only make a 'run' of a few every few years. They would fetch nearly $1,000 sometimes even on the used market. Then I finally found one, then another. Now I have two. Then the Remlin phase happened, and now the Ruger phase. During those transitions, they came out with their 1894 CST which not only is stainless, but threaded, and has a slightly-but-not-overly large loop. My "dream gun" in terms of the lightweight carbine end of the levergun spectrum.

My point is that whether Marlin, Remington, or Ruger, they all want to make a profit, and that means pleasing the customer, which means figuring out what they want, and providing it. Ruger has been good at that in the past, and I think they will do so now. Some manufacturers seek profits by making whatever they can as cheaply as they can, and at least Ruger isn't doing that. Likely they looked at the market and figured out what it is that is 'trending' and will provide products of that sort, gradually expanding to other configurations, until they start hitting the niche products.

Certainly we should provide feedback and suggestions, and eventually we will get our 'dream guns'.
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I have several JM Marlins that have the cross bolt safety . don't bother Me a bit. it doesn't affect the trigger when off .
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There are "kits" to replace the Marlin cross bolt safety if you really want it removed.
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Had to look that up. From our own J.T. some time ago:

https://www.leverguns.com/articles/tayl ... safety.htm

and more current:

https://rangerpointstore.com/marlin-saf ... lt-safety/

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TraderVic wrote: Thu Sep 29, 2022 5:07 pm There are "kits" to replace the Marlin cross bolt safety if you really want it removed.
I have converted more than one of my Marlins into Saddle ring carbines by replacing the crossbolt with a kit from bear creek mercantile. Right now my 444 is the only one that way.
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vancelw wrote: Thu Sep 29, 2022 6:55 pm
TraderVic wrote: Thu Sep 29, 2022 5:07 pm There are "kits" to replace the Marlin cross bolt safety if you really want it removed.
I have converted more than one of my Marlins into Saddle ring carbines by replacing the crossbolt with a kit from bear creek mercantile. Right now my 444 is the only one that way.
Yep, all of my Marlins, regardless of who makes them (afterall we on the third manufacturer) get this treatment. But I'm old and stupid, so obviously unsafe. But darn it I just haven't had a single AD with a Marlin.
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jeepnik wrote: Thu Sep 29, 2022 8:11 pm

Yep, all of my Marlins, regardless of who makes them (afterall we on the third manufacturer) get this treatment. But I'm old and stupid, so obviously unsafe. But darn it I just haven't had a single AD with a Marlin.
Actually we're on the 6th maker, not 3rd.

1-John M Marlin
2-Rockwell Corp.
3-Marlin Firearms Corp.
4-Kenna family
5-Remington
6-Ruger

Marlin has been in transition ownership since WWI when Rockwell bought the company from John Marlin's sons. The longest ownership was the Kenna family after the Corporation went bankrupt and Frank Kenna Sr. bought the company and made it thrive again. The Remington years were the black spot on Marlin history.
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Grizz: "...If the stock had been laminated the stock would have survived and i would have had a broken hand. A minor inconvenience compared to a 2-piece stock...."

Spoken like a true gun-lover... :D
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