Marlin Shutting Plant in New Haven
#11
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Michigan
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I feel for the most part that anything they lay their hands on pretty much turns to chit.
I have several examples I could get into but won't. Yes they do produce an accurate bolt action etc.... but in my opinion with low quality.
Lets also face it that Remington is no longer Remington. It's Cerberus. A large monster of a company, pretty much owned by ex-politicians.
Tom
I have several examples I could get into but won't. Yes they do produce an accurate bolt action etc.... but in my opinion with low quality.
Lets also face it that Remington is no longer Remington. It's Cerberus. A large monster of a company, pretty much owned by ex-politicians.
Tom
Last edited by statjunk; 03-26-2010 at 08:44 AM.
#12
From the article linked by the OP, it seems they are relocating production to NC, not stopping production of Marlin guns altogether.
The primary concern of any Marlin gun owner (myself included), is will Remington still provide adequate parts and warranty support for Marlin fireams.
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265 people will be losing their jobs. The layoff will begin in May and the plant will be closed by June of 2011. The company tells News Channel 8 that they are moving the work out of state...
265 people will be losing their jobs. The layoff will begin in May and the plant will be closed by June of 2011. The company tells News Channel 8 that they are moving the work out of state...
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#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Garfield NJ USA
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When I got stationed in Groton back in the mid 90's before getting out of the Navy, the signs all read "Welcome to Connecticut, The tax you to Death State".
As far as the Remington bashing, it's not bashing. Their quality has gone down, their customer service which used to be top notch now sucks and it's all about the bottom line not customer service.
As far as the Remington bashing, it's not bashing. Their quality has gone down, their customer service which used to be top notch now sucks and it's all about the bottom line not customer service.
#14
Understood. I guess that my personal experience piqued my curiosity as I've never had ANY problems with the Remingtons that I own and have never had to interact with their customer service group in almost 40 years of owning various Remington products. The only "quality" issue that I've personally seen, if you can call it that, is that their 700 ADL barrels now have that rough finish rather than being polished.
#15
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Location: Garfield NJ USA
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Understood. I guess that my personal experience piqued my curiosity as I've never had ANY problems with the Remingtons that I own and have never had to interact with their customer service group in almost 40 years of owning various Remington products. The only "quality" issue that I've personally seen, if you can call it that, is that their 700 ADL barrels now have that rough finish rather than being polished.
#17
Very sad, I've never been a Lever Action fan. I have owned a couple Marlins over the years and they are a great rifle.Remington has definitely been going down hill. Unfortunately with Remington controling Marlin I can't see it go but one way down. Remington has turned allot of garbage out over recent years.