Of course shortly after reaching this pinnacle they filed bankruptcy and were eventually sold off to Ruger. As of early 2020 almost ten years later the product that Remington owned Marlin delivered was nearing top notch for a production lever action rifle. Quality was a huge issue between 2012 & 2017 albeit getting better each year as time went by. The catalog offering dropped from 29 lever-gun models down to 18 in 2012. When Marlin moved to New York to be manufactured under the Remington umbrella the serial numbers all started with MR indicating a new factory, new employees, new machinery and many new problems. They closed their plant in North Haven Connecticut in June, 2011 terminating all 265 employees. Marlin produced firearms in Connecticut since 1870 when founded by John M.
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