RE: Remington to buyout Marlin
 

Yep Bigcountry, you have a good point, well said.

RE: Remington to buyout Marlin
 

Remember Ed, we used to be friends. You started the insults last year about the BAR.Remember. And when it was pointed out by other members on here, that you were dead wrong, you took a hike for over a year. I called you, I emailed you, to try to work it out like friends do. But pride wouldnt' let you do it. So remember who started what here. And who was grown up enough to try to put it behind us and who put thier head in the sand. I am still willing to put it behind us and be friends.

As for beretta. I honestly wasn't their. So it would be ignorant of a person to assume from the little information we got about the blow ups to say for sure, that beretta engineers and metalurgist forced sako to add anything. So do you know for a fact, that a beretta head engineer, went to sako and forced them. Do you have the ECN (engineering change notice), that was wrote up showing who was at fault. Or did you get this info on a forum? Or a rumor. Teach us ed.

RE: Remington to buyout Marlin
 

Sometimes you HAVE to use your "own" ignore button and walk away... That's what i had to do...

Anyway, this deal could go either way, better for both, or worse for both... I'm a guy that has used and loved a lot of Rem products over the years, these days i like Rem a lot less than i use to!!

DM

RE: Remington to buyout Marlin
 

I'm glad igot my 336 in .30-30 for Christmas:D

RE: Remington to buyout Marlin
 

Friend or internet acquaintance? I think something else might have caused my behavior but I don't want to discuss that here or ever for that matter. Don't even remember the BAR argument, thats how important it was. I have been pointed out how wrong I was on so many topics here that I lost count. If it makes peoplefeel better doingit thenthat's fine with me. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I have taken a "Hike" because at times talking about guns gets a little old and tiresome and you can only discuss them so many different ways and that's the bottom line. I have bigger fish to fry .

RE: Remington to buyout Marlin
 

Well, you said friend before. And I chose friend. But obviously,that kinda of thing is not important.Anyone I sit on the phone with for more than 15min, I usually call em a friend. Like Neil (stalkingbear) on here, I now consider a respected and knowledgable friend or Charlie, (mossyoak), a person I will hunt with. Its a person, I would go out of my way to meet in person one day.

Hey, its your choice. Like I said, I am still willing. I sure didn't start the insults last year.

RE: Remington to buyout Marlin
 

"Friend" is an overused word. I usually know someone for about 20 years before I can call them a friend. I have three currently that fall in that category. Just a personal quirk on my part

RE: Remington to buyout Marlin
 

first winchester then remington now marlin whats next we sell the usa armed forces to china so china fight our wars for us

RE: Remington to buyout Marlin
 

I don't think Remington will ever put thier name on a Marlin gun. Would reduce it's value over night. As for the savings for Marlin because of the ability to buy in bulk, I think that is going to be the downfall. Some guy sitting his a$$ in an office that maybe shoots a gun once or twice a year is going to make a bone headed decision to save what amounts to 10 cents per rifle by buying some slightly different metal or slightly less quality wood and ruin a good gun.

I got back from Gander Mountain. I wasn't all that pleased with the 1895GS they had and asked that they order me a new on in the box. Aparantly he says that the Marlins have been selling real well and that he had heard that someone was looking to buy Marlin but didn't know who.

My gun collection while small will be worth something one day because I bought mine when things were still made with pride. The Wal-Martization of America is upon us.

Tom

RE: Remington to buyout Marlin
 

i doubt they will change name most of the time a company buys another and just wonts the name or to get raid of them total which would mean no more marlins but i think they will turn ther marlin into a cheap remington and leave the marlin name on it

ant marlin already a cheap gun any way