Marlin .32 H&R

[Capt. Augustus]

Getting ready for my shoulder recovery, I bought a Marlin 94 in .32 H&R.  The rifle looked good, but it would not feed ammo through it without a Grandpa McCoy hitch at best.  I called Marlin to see if there was anything I could do.  Their comment was send it back.  It really irks me to spend $600 on a gun and it won't feed ammo, it should at least be able to do that.

I ended up sending it to Longhunter, they got it feeding and slicked up.  I figured the money spent shipping it to Marlin would have been a complete waste, since they didn't ge it going the first time.  Now if I can just get this right arm stretched about another inch.

[Pettifogger]

Had the same problem on my .32.  Tried a variety of OAL's and bullet shapes and it wouldn't feed the first round.  I could tell by the way the lever and carrier were operating that there was something seriously wrong.  I've done several action jobs on Marlins, but figured I didn't want to try and fix their major mechanical mistakes.  Called and they said to send it back at my expense.  I told them I had just bought it and have never fired a round out of it and wasn't going to pay freight on something that should never have left the factory.  They finally emailed me a mailing label and had FedEx pick it up.  Came back with a new lever and carrier and works fine now.  But, it sure was a pain to get another Marlin (my .38 had similar problems)  that wouldn't operate out of the box.

[Silver Creek Slim]

I bought one and it works just fine. 

Slim