Originally Posted by
bronko22000
Sh54 I don't believe that for one minute. That was Remington's excuse. Marlin was still turning out quality rifles. My cousin was looking at a couple 1895 Guide Guns recently made by "Remlin" and cut the back of his fingers on the lever. The edges of the lever were that sharp. They never bothered to deburr/polish them. He told me the quality was no where near what mine was. ONe thing I don't like about my Guide Gun is that idiotic cross bolt safety. I know the reason behind it. But I never use mine. I'm even thinking about having it removed and replaced with a "dummy" button.
As for CVA CS I never had any problems with my rifles. But I did call them for information and got some advice on my Accura's fining pin bushing and they sent me bunch of O-rings at no charge. A cheap item but still.....
Wasn't just Rem's excuse Clem. It was an absolute fact. The last 2 years or so of Marlins productions before Rem buyout turned out some pretty crappy rifles. I looked at 3 or 4 when I heard about the buyout on the horizon and saw for myself the poor quality in comparison to their better days. I'm not saying ALL their rifles were shoddy, but they turned out an exceptionally higher number of poorly crafted rifles for 2-3 years prior to the buyout.
And I too can't STAND that crossbolt safety. Dang near missed out on an exceptional Buck because I forgot about the damn thing being on. Pulled the hammer, pulled the trigger, and nothing. Took me a second to even remember the damn thing was there much less that I had stupidly engaged it earlier. It's on, or rather WAS on one of my .444's. I used this to replace it.
http://www.leverguns.com/articles/ta...olt_safety.htm works great but was a bit of a pain in the rear getting it in. Like the instructional on the site says, it would be better if I'd had 3 hands
Wife's little hands were a fantastic addition to my tool set