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Go over to Marlin Owners and research it. This purchase worked so well for Freedom Group that the executive in charge of the Marlin purchase and move was terminated. Quality control after the factory was moved to Ilion was so horrendous that production on Marlin lever-guns was halted, though bolt-actions and .22s are made elsewhere. Some models still aren't in production (like the .444s Robo mentioned). One of the former production managers from Marlin is on Marlin Owners (as Tomray). Prior to the change he was (still is) a HUGE resource for troubleshooting and modding your Marlin levers. Find his posts in the complaint sub-forum. Were employees fired? No. The terms they were given was move from CT on their own dime, join the union in Ilion at Remington (Marlin was non-union), lose their seniority, and take a 50% pay cut. According to Tomray that was an easy decision...nobody took that offer. Search out YouTube. There is more than that whiney guy bitchin' about his "Remlin"...box with the correct serial number but wrong make of rifle, front sights detached, levers that won't function EMPTY (let alone with ammo), on and on. There's a reason that suit got terminated. Just as with the QC of Bushmaster after being acquired by Remington/Freedom Group, Marlin took a nose-dive but even worse. Just as the former Bushmaster employees formed Windham Arms, the former Marlin employees are working at forming a new levergun company. Jon

Most of my machine tool instructors were retired from IBM's "special projects" department. In describing how CNC came to be, they said the machinist would be given a stack of hundreds and hundreds of cards to run a program..."And if you dropped them, you may as well shoot yourself in the head." Didn't take long for an engineer to write a sorting program. Jon

http://www.khou.com/news/local/21-year-old-protects-family-kills-suspect-during-home-invasion-in-NW-Harris-County-192475271.html Jon

Howdy starr! Welcome from Arizona! Jon

Get it right people! Jon

And I thought "Did I miss a cool table?!" More coffee. Jon

Things must be getting better...there is a buttload of LAR-8 complete lowers on an auction site. Jon

Ok...lack of sleep humor. Jon

Yeah! Wait...it doesn't? <dontknow> Jon

I was stationed on the USS John F. Kennedy, docking at Norfolk NOB. At the time, so was the USS Iowa. Those who haven't seen twin-turrets of triple-16" guns don't know what they're missing! I feel empathy for those poor German soldiers that received hours of bombardment as the warm up to the Normandy invasion. For some reason, not so much for the Japanese grunts in island hidey-holes. Jon

For the first AWB, all the photo-ops with Clinton backed by police, it later came out that officers that objected to such manipulations were threatened with termination. "They" don't like being publicly questioned. Did you see McCain's expression of contorted pissed-offness? Like it or not, LEOs are being forced to take a side...but so is everyone else. Jon

Long ago, one of the old writers said he was going to make a .44-50, a .50 BMG necked down to .44 caliber. He was quite aware of the never ending quest to up the power. Jon

I'd be willing to bet she's has one over to one of our houses first. Jon

It is if the fenceline and road-in are 700 yards away. :sniper: Jon

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What can be called "lib-states" politically demonstrate the true liberal political philosophy...you're stupid and we're the only ones smart enough to protect you from yourself. Get onboard or we'll use force. Continue to stay on your own thinking terms and we'll kill you. A couple of states with the most gun control have been conducting SWAT raids on whole food retailers. Really? I may accidentally drink some sour milk, so you raid my grocery store? Why don't you worry about that guy setting off toxic gas bombs during power outages. <lmao> Jon

Welcome from Arizona jonbearman! We have plenty of space out here...c'mon down! Jon

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Will never happen that way. This is a state that recently declared they OWN rainwater and you are a criminal if you harvest rainwater, stealing from the state. Jon

My Grandfather lost his leg in the same carwreck that mangled my Mom's legs. Back in the 1950s a good prosthetic leg was hardwood, with a pneumatic rubber seal that could be inflated to hold then deflated at removal. Deflation was like a whoopie cushion. He used to overfill it while sitting down, then release it next to a fat woman...giving them the "Imschur it was you" stare down. <laughs> My favorite is in the newer cars with power window lock-outs. Let it rip, crack someone's window, then lock the controls. Jon

poop the first comment under the article Drew posted: "The average woman of 5-4 weighs around 130 pounds"????? Its more like a buck 80 round here! <lmao> Tom...Marry Christmas! <thumbsup> Jon

Very cool! Thanks for posting. Now...where is the factory for the tour? Jon

Grand Theft Auto: Live! http://news.yahoo.com/gunman-kills-3-carjacking-spree-160942327--abc-news-topstories.html Jon

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