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Ruger is reintroducing the Marlin 336!
While that's great, the "you have GOT to be shitting me!" item is the MSRP in the comments.
$1,239.
Ye Gods!
Thinking that was way too high, I checked gun broker.
It's not out of line for JM marked guns.
That's a substantial price increase since I checked prices after getting my 30AS.
Even the 30AS has seen a huge price increase. The $300 I paid six years ago has become $600 to $900 depending on markings and condition. I think mine might be on the higher end of that.
Dayum.
I bought my 336 in 1976 at j c penney for $110 . Could have bought a Winchester for $100.
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ReplyDeleteHenry has (finally) come out with their lever action sidegates.
https://www.henryusa.com/rifles/big-boy-steel-side-gate/
I looked all around the Seguin/San Antonio gun shops and finally had to go to Gunbroker to get one.
It's made in America and always has been.
That is crazy expensive. I clearly remember pawn shop Marlins at less than $200 in reasonable condition. Winchesters the same before the factory died and price went Buckaroo Banzai. Should have bought a Winchester .357 Magnum AND 30-30 Trapper when prices were Real World. Bought the .357 before crazy began - grateful for that.
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Doggone it, published before signing work. My apologies - my Dander Was Lit !! 8^)
I think I read or heard Remington had to re-tool almost everything that Marlin had in house do to wear. Could be corporate BS. They also maybe trying to recoup the cost of the purchase as soon as possible.
ReplyDeleteSorry Ruger not Remington.
DeleteDue to wear and a lot of stuff got hand-fettled in place. So the last production decades of Marlins were not exactly 100% assembly line pop components off one gun and they fit perfectly on another gun. Ruger had to find really good copies and basically redo the designs from scratch in order to produce the CNC models for to start producing new ones that were 100% assembly line pop components off one gun and they fit perfectly on another gun.
DeleteWhat past Marlin did with not replacing/repairing machines is why later production Marlins became somewhat hit-or-miss.
Ruger sunk a lot of money into the design and tooling stages. And then more money into getting the best materials for the pieces parts. Which is why, besides inflation, taxes, danegild to lawyers, inspection fees and insurance, the price of new Marlins has now climbed up.
Comparatively, an AR15 pattern gun is simple in comparison, easy to make out of not-superduper materials and so forth, which is why basic entry ARs are still under $600, while somewhat tuned ARs are running around $1200.