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    Quote Originally Posted by Carlsen Highway View Post
    You must be a Marlin owner. I can tell by your shrivelled prune-like tone of Baptist self-righteousness. Right at the start I will say that Winchester owners are simply cooler than you. This must rankle.

    All I can say is that the one I had all the screws needed tightening up all the time. I was not alone in this when I talked to others.

    Yes, Marlins are heavy, we are in accord; actually one pound heavier than a Winchester.

    The triggers are slushy - compared to Winchesters, and even Rossi 92's, which are excellent in my experience. The only lever action with a worse trigger than the average Marlin, is a BLR, also winner of the Worlds Most Ugliest Firearm.

    Lever throw - even in your photograph you can see the MArlin has at least another inch or more. A Winchester user will notice this immediately, and will have to force himself to press the lever back to cock the rifle. It's not a fault, but it's not as good as the Shorter Winchester lever swing.

    They are both rattly compared to a Winchester 92 or a Rossi 92.

    They stopped making them when they also stopped making the Winchester 70 which was over industrial relations and a change of factories. They still make them now and charge a great deal for a Japanese manufactured one. The design is so popular, that Mossberg makes the same rifle.

    As for your poll, the Castbullet site is full of geriatric thrifty pensioners who cast bullets. None of them can see very well, they have Marlins because of the ease of mounting a scope.
    Indeed, Marlins are popular rifles. But they havn't sold anywhere near seven million of them and they have been for sale for as long as the Winchester has.

    But, the significant thing about my post is that I said I didn't like Marlins. I didn't say you didn't like Marlins.


    (PS, Oh, and there's too much wood on them. The stocks are fat. Winchesters are slimmer.)

    (PPS. The comparison of the 30/30 and the 7x57 is an observation. If you have different numbers than me then please let me know.)

    Carlsen on behalf of common decency just tone down on Being a Protentious know it all.

    You have your experiences and opinion but your really dragging the whole thread down and it's not on.

 

 

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