Post by saltysurfman on Aug 23, 2012 10:48:18 GMT -5
Well I have a love/hate relationship with my new gun. Picked it up in the beginning of the year because it was such a beautiful gun and have had a few kinks along the way. Gun shoots beautifully, but a few things need to be tweaked to get it right.
First thing, when I went on my first trip to the range the gun was shooting way right using the iron sights. Took a look and the ears weren't perfectly centered on the barrel. Not a big deal but something that usually isn't overlooked in the factory before packaging. Easy fix for me because I am going to put a peep sight or Skinner sight on as I don't like the factory sights anyway.
Second item was the ejector spring. As the action was being cycled, the new round wasn't chambering properly. I had to keep tilting the gun to the left to get the round to line up correctly with the chamber. Quick seach on google showed that I had to tweak the ejector spring. Simple enough, but again, another oversight at the factory. The spring should have been tuned properly during the test fire stage before packaging.
Third item was the lever screw was backing out as the action was being cycled. This must have been due to a poor fit where the lever screw goes but a little dab of blue locktite fixed that problem.
Now I am working on smoothing up the action. The machining is a little rough and it looks like the gun was just put together on an assembly line with little care for quality control. On top of the action I have to do a little fit and finish work on the butt stock, but that's not such a big deal. I have read of problems on a marlin forum that I go to, but didn't really think anything of it when making my purchase. I figured for almost $800 I would be OK.
My problem is that I absolutely love the gun or I would've sent it back to Marlin. The look and fit is what really got me. It shoulders up really quick and feels right in my hands. A few minor gunsmithing tasks and it should be ready to take hunting. I purchased this gun to go boar hunting with a buddy that lives in Texas, but until I get all the kinks worked out, I don't trust it in the woods.
First thing, when I went on my first trip to the range the gun was shooting way right using the iron sights. Took a look and the ears weren't perfectly centered on the barrel. Not a big deal but something that usually isn't overlooked in the factory before packaging. Easy fix for me because I am going to put a peep sight or Skinner sight on as I don't like the factory sights anyway.
Second item was the ejector spring. As the action was being cycled, the new round wasn't chambering properly. I had to keep tilting the gun to the left to get the round to line up correctly with the chamber. Quick seach on google showed that I had to tweak the ejector spring. Simple enough, but again, another oversight at the factory. The spring should have been tuned properly during the test fire stage before packaging.
Third item was the lever screw was backing out as the action was being cycled. This must have been due to a poor fit where the lever screw goes but a little dab of blue locktite fixed that problem.
Now I am working on smoothing up the action. The machining is a little rough and it looks like the gun was just put together on an assembly line with little care for quality control. On top of the action I have to do a little fit and finish work on the butt stock, but that's not such a big deal. I have read of problems on a marlin forum that I go to, but didn't really think anything of it when making my purchase. I figured for almost $800 I would be OK.
My problem is that I absolutely love the gun or I would've sent it back to Marlin. The look and fit is what really got me. It shoulders up really quick and feels right in my hands. A few minor gunsmithing tasks and it should be ready to take hunting. I purchased this gun to go boar hunting with a buddy that lives in Texas, but until I get all the kinks worked out, I don't trust it in the woods.