http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/busines...firearms-plant

Sad end to awesome lever action.

Tom

Way to go Remington/Cerberus.

I'm not surprised. The day I heard Remington had purchased Marlin I went looking for a stainless guide gun. Found one 3-4 days later. Mine is a late 2007 model.

So we have the pre-64 Winchester and now the pre-08 Marlin.

Tom

I think its good and bad. I always thought it made sense for colt, marlin, and many more to get out of the liberal states. But on the other hand, I can't see remington doing marlin product any favors in quality. I am in the market now for another 45-70 stainless.

BC,

Are you familiar with the serial numbers? If not I'll send you the info.

Tom

Nope, I am not. After reading all info on new guns, sounds critical.

So, are they shutting down Marlin? Or are they moving production to another facility? I find it hard to believe that the beancounters at Cerberus would halt production of the 336 or the X-7's.

Well I'm glad I bought my .450 guide gun when they first came out. Bummer deal, with remington in the mix it will probably go down hill. I pray that it doesn't. I just picked up a Marlin Model 120 shotgun too. Won't be getting rid of these firarms until I die.

I don't know how I'd classify firing everyone and shutting a plant down. Can they possibly produce the same quality without the people and either re-tooling or moving all the equipment to another facility. Last I checked there isn't anything wrong with my Marlin produced Marlin.

Tom

I certainly understand that. At the beginning of the News Video, they said "Marlin is shutting down," which would lead one to believe that the entire company was permanently shutting its doors. At the end, they said a Marlin spokesperson said they were shutting the plant down to facilitate growth. I'm not sure what the tax climate is in Connecticut, but, I would bet that it's not really conducive to keeping businesses in the state and enabling competitive pricing. The responses from locals which are attached to the site seem to place a lot of the blame on the Governor.

I've been in the market for an XS-7 in 7mm-08 for my son and a 336 in .30-30 for myself... I'm interested to know whether they'll continue production.

And, what's with all the Remmy bashing? I've got four 700's. The 7mm-08 I bought last year and the .243 I bought 4 years ago shoot just as well as my 20+ year old 7mm Rem Mag or my 15+ year old .30-06.