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After reading so much about "Remlins" (Marlins since Remington bough them out) I hesitated to buy this rifle. My father gave me a 1963 336 in 35 Remington in 1973 as my first deer gun. He passed away in 09 and no one knows where that rifle ended up (I returned it to him when I bought my first rifle on my own). I really like the 35 Remington Cartridge, and a simple glance through a reloading manual shows it carries significantly more punch for deer & black bear then a 30-30 does. However when Remington took over Marlin in 2007 (+/- a year) the quality dropped through the floor. Since then, starting in 2011 / 2012 I started hearing that they had worked out all of the issues and that Marlin was back to a first-rate field gun. So mostly because of Bud's great return policy, I went ahead and ordered one. Boy, am I happy I did.

The fit and finish on my example are great - perhaps not Browning great, but easily Remington / Winchester / Ruger great. The wood has the Marshield, but has very nice figure and I have seem worse timber on a Kimber rifle I own. The action is a tad stiff - not too bad - but new out-of-the-box stiffness that shows tight tolerances were used. The bluing is beautiful. The sights are all straight and properly aligned. So I grabbed several boxes of ammo and headed to the back yard. Out of the box this gun shot 1.5" at 75 yards with Remington 200gr PSP ammo, 1.5" at 110 yards with Hornady 200gr Leverevolution, and 1.65" at 110 yards with hand-loaded hardcast. In all, I shot 80 rounds this first time our without a single issue with feeding, firing, or ejecting. The brass is in very good shape after cycling through, and will be easy to reload. This will put a lot of meet on my table when I don't want to drag one of my pretty rifles out. I ordered the XS Sight System's Rail & Ghost Ring sight set - only because I am not a fan of buckhorn sights, and I imagine the groups would be even tighter once I get some sights I like put on. No optics for this gun - it will be my 150 yard brush buster and companion on my 4-wheeler when my AR needs a rest. This is a fantastic gun for the money. My message : Buds - thanks for another great gun at a reasonable cost. Remington - 35 Rem is on a comeback - make more ammo. Marlin - Welcome back.

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