thanks for sharing your review.
Very useful review; thanks! I am interested in these rifles and am contemplating picking one up to take to my first Appleseed. I know we are lucky to have the events offered regularly here in Oklahoma.
The LTRs are all New York-made, post-buyout Marlins, right?
The LTRs are all New York-made, post-buyout Marlins, right?
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Awesome... glad y'all found the review helpful. See you in Tulsa JLW!
The only real negatives I can find so far on the rifle is that it will start to malfunction if you put pressure on the mag; and that some shooters find it hard to get into a position where their hand and/or arm doesn't contact the mag... usually smaller statured shooters. Being a roughly average-sized male, I don't have any problems with it.
Yes, this is a NY-made Freedom Group Marlin. My Dad bought an early Freedom Group 795 a few years ago, and it was noticeably rougher than this one. It looks like they've made at least some improvement since the buyout.
The only real negatives I can find so far on the rifle is that it will start to malfunction if you put pressure on the mag; and that some shooters find it hard to get into a position where their hand and/or arm doesn't contact the mag... usually smaller statured shooters. Being a roughly average-sized male, I don't have any problems with it.
Yes, this is a NY-made Freedom Group Marlin. My Dad bought an early Freedom Group 795 a few years ago, and it was noticeably rougher than this one. It looks like they've made at least some improvement since the buyout.
I just used Davidson's Gun genie and picked it up in Broken Arrow. You just need to put your zip code in. It was $293.00 with all the taxes and fees. http://www.galleryofguns.com/genie/Default.aspx?item=70677
Henschman, did you ever find any information on if this thing was ok to dry fire? I am working on a getting some snapcaps, but they are not here yet.
If the firing pin is in spec, it is designed so that it never makes contact with the chamber wall during dry fire. You should be good to go, even without snap caps.
