funny how management at different outfits cause "make or break" decisions with products..
henry basically copied the marlin design and has made millions..
ruger took marlin, name and all, from a failing remington, re-made the 1895 for modern production and smacked it out of the park..
i have a "plain jane" 464 and it is everything i could want in a truck gun chambered in 30-30.
it wears skinner sights with an xs scout rail sporting a relatively inexpensive hi-lux ler scope - this set-up and my by-the-book handloads with a hornady 170gr pill readily delivers less than two inches, sometime when the planets align, almost an inch accuracy at 100yards.
nowhere near my 6.5 creedmoor, but for something riding in back with my dog buddy, more than enough...
henry basically copied the marlin design and has made millions..
ruger took marlin, name and all, from a failing remington, re-made the 1895 for modern production and smacked it out of the park..
i have a "plain jane" 464 and it is everything i could want in a truck gun chambered in 30-30.
it wears skinner sights with an xs scout rail sporting a relatively inexpensive hi-lux ler scope - this set-up and my by-the-book handloads with a hornady 170gr pill readily delivers less than two inches, sometime when the planets align, almost an inch accuracy at 100yards.
nowhere near my 6.5 creedmoor, but for something riding in back with my dog buddy, more than enough...