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How the heck can someone screw up a Marlin, or something from John Browning? They figured out how. Cheap materials and cost-cutting quality control.

I have an old Glenfield .30-30 that is probably superior to the Remington-built versions of the same rifle. Sad. Not long ago, I saw that the Model 39a rimfire had been moved to the Marlin "Custom Shop" web page - with a price tag north of $3,000.00. Turns out the "custom shop" was actually a sister company under the "Big Green" umbrella - Dakota Arms. Nice rifles, but *ouch*.

Hopefully, a competent company will purchase the Marlin and Dakota bits and pieces and offer those marques a future.

"I have an old Glenfield .30-30 that is probably superior to the Remington-built versions of the same rifle. Sad. Not long ago, I saw that the Model 39a rimfire had been moved to the Marlin "Custom Shop" web page - with a price tag north of $3,000.00. Turns out the "custom shop" was actually a sister company under the "Big Green" umbrella - Dakota Arms. Nice rifles, but *ouch*."

I know how you feel. I've got a lever action Glenfield in .35 Rem and another tube-fed .22 semi auto. I picked up the .35 Rem 20 years ago and it was already about 40 years old. Shoots better than my eyes with iron sights with just about anything.

The .22? Well, it just loves being taken out and shot. ;)