[Squantos]

Anyone know if the Remington quality control and manufacturing of Marlins 1895 Guide Guns have got better .... ?

[Fai Mao]

Here is a review of one

https://youtu.be/diO62p2sMWw

[Spktyr]

No, all reports are that it got worse despite Remington publicly claiming otherwise.

[Tijeras_Slim]

https://www.marlinowners.com/forum/marlin-rant-forum/573725-marlin-real-truth.html

From a Marlin engineer that was there during the buyout.

[Bonemaker]

“Anyone know if the Remington quality control and manufacturing of Marlins 1895 Guide Guns have got better .... ?”

I don’t know but I have a pre-Rem Guide Gun that is magnificently stocked and built like a Rolex.

[Kommodor]

I have a friend who bought a recent one (44 mag), and it seems okay. Another friend has one with a slight alignment issue. I lucked out and found one at the show, JM stamped for $450.

I think the current wisdom is inspect very carefully before buying.

(I’d rather buy and older one, myself, and I did)