ORIGINAL: medicblue
Hello everyone, I'm new to hunting net, have only been seriously hunting for the last few years but I'm quite consumed with it. I've been involved with firearms most of my life and volunteer as a range saftey officer at a local range. (nutshell hello speech!).
I just bought a Marlin 1894 in .44 mag from my newly local Big 5 store. It has a hardwood stock instead of the nice walnut stock my 336C has but I'm thinking on mostly using it for fairly closeup protection while out scouting and camping and such. (The most I have to worry about here in southern Calif is pot farmers and mountain lions, of which I'm sharing one hunting spot with 2 of the big cats that I know of).
Has anyone had any experience with these bargain Marlins good or bad? I'm thinking that they do come with the Marlin guarantee and Marlin will make whatever right. Am I thinking right?
why do you call it a bargain marlin?? do you think its of lesser quality because it came from big 5? sure it has berch stocks instead of the walnut stocks, which is the only corner cut to offer the gun at a lower price. I can guarentee you everything else is up to top notch quality. In manufacturing its cheaper to have one quality standard then to have two.
Other then the berch stocks its no different then another of the same gun with walnut stocks, just berch is a ton cheaper than walnut.
I have one of the "bargain guns" a marlin 30-30 model 30AW from walmart it has berch stocks instead of walnut but its just as good as any other marlin rifle ive had (M795, M1894, and M336). the rifle is over 10 years old and have shot hundreds if not a couple thousand rounds through it. many deer have fell to this rifle its also rode in my truck for several years as a full time truck gun. nothing has broken on it and it shoots just as good as the day I bought it.