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1. On February 27, 2021 at 1:05 pm, Chad C. Mulligan said:

   That’s 5 minutes I wish I had back.

2. On February 27, 2021 at 9:16 pm, Ozark Redneck said:

   I am looking forward to the new Marlin products, with Ruger’s solid reliable guns and relatively low prices, I hope that translates to great Marlin guns. I am happy they bought the company and look forward to buying one soon.

3. On February 28, 2021 at 12:28 am, Pat Hines said:

   One, while Bill Ruger was a pioneer in precision investment casting, I think Ruger would be best served by continuing the Marlin forged receiver tradition. I’d really like a model 1895 from the Marlin custom shop, that may come back in a year or so.

4. On February 28, 2021 at 11:23 am, Aesop said:

   If Ruger has the wit to make Marlin 1894 lever guns in cowboy shooting calibers in stainless steel, something Marlin couldn’t do with most of their guns because they were using machinery from the 1920s, Ruger will cement a lock on that market.

   And Lord love them for getting the whole apparatus out of progtard hell in N.E., and moving everything to North Carolina.

   This is one of those times where companies being absorbed is probably a net good thing, rather than a bad thing. I really hope Ruger comes through, and does the things with that line that Marlin could never afford to try.

5. On February 28, 2021 at 6:48 pm, Ned said:

   Aesop –

   Marlin made 1894 stainless steel lever guns – at least .357, .44 mag and 45 Colt. Not sure about 44-40.

   Also made stainless steel 1895 lever guns.

6. On March 1, 2021 at 11:45 am, Aesop said:

   They did .357/.38SPL, and .44 Mag/Spl., but never .45 Colt, and darned few were available of the ones they did offer in the two calibers they did make.
   And when I asked their reps at SHOT shows, both when they still owned their own company, and again after Remington bought them out, they confirmed each and every time, it was because their equipment was too archaic to do it.

   Fixing that, for Ruger, should take about a New York Minute.

7. On March 1, 2021 at 12:03 pm, Ned said:

   Aesop – I agree that Ruger should be able to do good things. As far as 45 Colt goes, there were at least 500 ss guns manufactured for Davidsons. It’s amazing how much some reps don’t know.

   https://www.gunsamerica.com/932295598/MARLIN-1894SS-45-LTD-45-COLT.htm

8. On March 2, 2021 at 1:43 pm, Aesop said:

   A whole 500 guns in an extremely limited edition to one wholesaler?
   Probably about 30 seconds before they went belly up?
   But that does take it from “none” to simply “so damned few as makes no difference”.
   Again: the best thing about Marlin going out of business forever was that making them available to be purchased for a song by someone like Ruger.
   When you don’t take your own business seriously, it’s always great if someone else does. Even better if that somebody has the money to back it up.
   As for the reps: GIGO. Both companies are now defunct.
   That tells a lot. From a lifetime’s experience in and around the trade, the minute those in the gun business stop making guns for customers, and start making them for their board members and accountants, their days are numbered.

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