New Marlin Dark hmmmmm

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I'm not into the parkerized finish & synthetic bits, but see absolutely nothing wrong with optics & suppressors on lever rifles! I've had a few people look at me sideways for this one, but my early Marlin '94 in .25-20 is one of my favorite shooters:

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I think Marlin would do well, however, to revive the old Pedersen magazine tube design used on the Remington model 14 and offer lever rifles in .223, 6.5 CM and .308 win.
 
I’m in the not for me crowd, I don’t see it doing anything my current levers can’t do.

I think if they wanted to sell to the tacticool folks they needed to make them so they could use AR mags and chamber them in the various AR rounds. Maybe even sell them in a kit with say, 450 BM, 350 legend and 300 BLK threaded barrels that swap out.

Like this but mag fed and a set, suppressor ready.
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I’d bet they would be on backorder for awhile.
 
The reports I’ve read have claimed it’s painted wood furniture - is there a correction out there stating they are synthetics? Or is that just a common public assumption based only on the fact they are black?
 
I like it. Would be a good place to attach my Hybrid when it gets out of NFA jail.

I also hate big loop levers. Need to order a standard loop for my Henry .357.

I like blued steel, walnut.......and suppressors.

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somethingbenign said:
I didn't see one on their website in pistol cartridges. Where did you find that?
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That screenshot looks like it's from the 1894 CST, similar looking furniture though.

This is from the 1895 Dark page:
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Black stock painted with black webbing for ultimate darkness....

While I'd prefer a well done synthetic, I'd guess the furniture on the Dark series is painted wood like Marlins other black stocks.

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Looks like Range Hot has a video review of the 336 Dark.

 
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I got an email today about this and all I have to say is STOP! Just please Stop making everything with those stupid paracord bands that isn't really paracord and would snap with 10lbs test. Stop painting everything black and putting a bunch of rails on crap just to look cool. Its a freaking hunting gun and should be designed and equipped as such! No one would hit a dog in the rear end with some of Remington's new offerings, so freedom group has to jump on the tacticool bandwagon. The reason they didn't make that monstrosity in 45-70 is because the recoil would break all that plastic BS.

Carry on! :)
 
I built my own a year or so ago for a camping carbine. I needed a light, a space to carry extra rounds, and a red dot for my aging eyes.

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Bought a brand new Marlin/Remlin 1894 in .45 Colt from Bud's Guns for $550.

Got it home and started noticing things wrong. Awful checkering, awful finishing, weak metal in the screws, and working the action felt like stirring a fork in a bucket of marbles.

Had function issues right off the bat and discovered it was shipped with a cracked plastic magazine tube follower. Bought a new stainless steel one. Still having feeding issues. Called Marlin and they told me I had voided the warranty by taking apart the rifle to install the aftermarket tube follower. My response was that I would never buy another Marlin and would tell anyone looking at one what horrible pieces of garbage they are and how corrupt and useless the company had become.

Joined the Marlin Forums website and they have a whole section dedicated to people sharing horror stories about their new Remlins. Many get decent guns, but many don't. I refuse to play that lottery.

I retired my Remlin and replaced it with an AR chambered in .450 Bushmaster. It is 2lbs lighter, more accurate, more powerful, and more reliable.

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I like the looks of the new dark series. The black furniture, long top rail and ghost ring sights look good. Supressor ready is nice too (I just need to get that 45 cal rifle suppressor).

That dark series just seems like one of those guns that the more wear and tear it takes the better it's going to look.
 
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Gtscotty said:
What feature makes these look "tactical" to folks?

Is it the threaded muzzle? That's just a place to put a suppressor, plenty useful for non-tactical applications.

Is it the paracord sling and lever liner? Goofy I'll admit, but not really tactical. I haven't really ever seen an AR duded up in paracord, maybe more of a prepper thing?

Ditch the sling and lever liner, and it's just a matte black lever gun that comes with basic black furniture and a rail for long eye relief scope mounting, able to take a suppressor without expensive custom gunsmith work.

Seems more practical than tactical to me.
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Skylerbone said:
In much the same that the 10/22 is found useful by so many with its sights or aftermarket ghost rings, those of us who prefer a scope appreciate versions with an integrated rail. Won’t be for everybody, like heavy barrels or carbon fiber, but the utility of the Marlin is there which I can appreciate.

Slights aimed at those who find interest in what does not suit you ought to have rational backing. Barring that, they’re simply Low Road insults. We aren’t discussing a 32” pencil profile barrel, just an easy to scope and suppress lever gun with utilitarian finish. If I pick one up I promise not to fox hunt with it.
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Thank you!!!

I really tire of the narrow-minded, short sighted nonsense about "tactical" or "tacticool". It honestly reminds me of a certain group of people of a certain political persuasion that loves to label and judge people who disagree with them. Must be something in the water. Personally, I think people just like being critical.....of anything. Lots of glasses are half empty.

There are a lot of folks with suppressors these days and more and more folks are hunting with suppressors. Myself included. So more often than not, when I'm looking at guns, a threaded muzzle is a consideration. Leverguns are actually excellent suppressor hosts as they are a manually operated action and often chambered in subsonic-friendly cartridges.

I have also come to greatly appreciate the utility of having iron sights in addition to my optic. Optics can and do fail but sometimes you just want to swap things around.

It's a matte finish with a black stock. Have we never seen that before? I mean, seriously, of all the things to gripe about.

An uproar over the paracord? Gee, I wish I had a dollar for every part I took off a new gun and threw in a box.


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I got an email today about this and all I have to say is STOP! Just please Stop making everything with those stupid paracord bands that isn't really paracord and would snap with 10lbs test. Stop painting everything black and putting a bunch of rails on crap just to look cool. Its a freaking hunting gun and should be designed and equipped as such! No one would hit a dog in the rear end with some of Remington's new offerings, so freedom group has to jump on the tacticool bandwagon. The reason they didn't make that monstrosity in 45-70 is because the recoil would break all that plastic BS.

Carry on! :)
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That's a really uninformed post. This is the first time I recall seeming paracord on a new firearm. Ever.

It's parkerized, pretty sure that's not a new thing. Neither is the black painted stock.

The rifle has ONE rail. It's on top. That's where optics go. This one is particularly long which allows for virtually anything from a red dot to a scout scope or a conventional scope.

Don't see any plastic, BS or otherwise but it is chambered in .45-70 (ahem).
 
I was way ahead of the curve on this, but not by choice:
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About 12 years ago I got the 94 from work when I worked at a shop. It had been in a house fire. No stocks, all springs had to be replaced. I could not find wood stocks anywhere when I wanted to get it up and running, so I bought a Ram-line set from Midway. Makes it a handy rainy day deer gun.
 
Well, if the world is ever over run with the reanimated dead, this would be a good tool to have, particularly in .30-30.

When needing to scrounge for ammo in a dystopian future, where big box stores have long been picked clean, you could expect that every out of the way abandoned farm house and feed store would have a box or three.

In the mean time, while society maintains some semblance of order, I’ll have to pass on this latest market driven gimmick gun.
 
Keep it traditional. Keep the AR, AK stuff in the other room.
Don't need the gun grabbing idiots finding a reason to "look at" lever guns. Poor mans stealth fighting and providing gun. A Winchester 94 or a 336 in 30-30 makes a perfect Jeff Cooper Scout Rifle. Availability of ammo, deadly out to a decent range, easy to carry. And it doesn't break the bank.
That Mossberg was/is an abomination.
 
I guess that a lot of y’all would like to see Marlin just keep putting out the same old thing. Well, maybe they should and just end up like Colt.
If a company is afraid to try something new, or try something that will appeal to new customers, what future will they have.
Remember when The Glock 17 hit the market? How many people laughed and said that no one would want a plastic gun. Now look at the gun market today. Just about every handgun manufacturer builds a Striker Fire plastic gun.
I give Marlin a thumbs up for putting out something different. Now it’s not my cup of tea so, I won’t be getting one, but I think they will sell.
Oh! I do like paracord, but I tie my own.
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I guess that a lot of y’all would like to see Marlin just keep putting out the same old thing.
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That’s not what I was saying at all. My suggestion would be to make something that is actually not the same old thing just in a different color.

I guess they could come out with a bunch of “new” rifles though.

From the marlin smurf, the marlin tweety, all the way to the marlin earth...

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A Very big yes to SOME lever models with rails and threaded barrels. Red dots make all the sense in the world on a fast shouldering lever, especially in a pistol caliber, and pistol calibers lend themselves very well to be suppressed. All you haters can get together for some cowboy action shooting :neener:, I’ll be there as well, you just won’t know who I am because I enjoy traditional levers as well. :thumbup:

I’m not a big loop lever either but Marlins take on it I actually like.
 
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Well if this is something that attracts the younger folks, then I can live with it. Just don't have to like it personally. I just like walnut and blue steel. Anyway onward and upward, if it's interest in the shooting sports, then it's all good.
 
I guess it baffles me that so many are so self-limiting or closed-minded. I love guns and I love shooting. Maybe I'm scatterbrained but all in the same five minute span I can think about what Cerakote color I'd like to do for an AR or even a levergun, whether to get a Ruger American in 6.5 Grendel or Creedmore and then ponder whether I should do curly maple or cherry for the stock of the flintlock I'm about to take a class on how to build.
 
CraigC said:
I guess it baffles me that so many are so self-limiting or closed-minded. I love guns and I love shooting. Maybe I'm scatterbrained but all in the same five minute span I can think about what Cerakote color I'd like to do for an AR or even a levergun, whether to get a Ruger American in 6.5 Grendel or Creedmore and then ponder whether I should do curly maple or cherry for the stock of the flintlock I'm about to take a class on how to build.
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I certainly "love guns and I love shooting" also. I don't feel it's closed-minded, it's just a stated preference.
I just see the gun grabbers latching on to any of the tacticool features. So I just want to be protective of certain firearms. Right or wrong, it's just my stance. As I've stated, if it brings more participants into the fold, them I'm all for it. On the other hand the more these tacticool features are out there, they become more normal to the general public, which would be good.
Anyway my feelings in this respect are not important in the big scheme of things. Just voicing my personal opinion.
 
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