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Decided I wanted a 336 Youth (.30-30 Win). Gun store worker pal says we got a lot of them (they had 5 left when I went in today). He says I can open all the boxes and pick the best one, since the display model obviously had a poor wood to metal fit.
So the display model is 1 of 5, let's say. Not nearly as bad as the worst Remlins you've seen, but there's some gappage there.
In addition to wood / metal fit, I'm looking for action smoothness, good trigger, and aligned sights.
We look at #2 and #3 - they are slightly better but not a lot.
With #4 I hit the jackpot - *really* good wood to metal fit, reasonably smooth and decent trigger. I will put up a pic later of the wood to metal fit. You couldn't fit a dollar bill in between. I did not even bother to look at #5.
On the sights, ALL of them appeared to have a front sight which was dead-on aligned, but a rear sight which was off to the RIGHT a bit - all the same.
Well, I get it home, and turns out, the rear sight isn't "off" per se. It's simply drifted right of center for some reason from the factory. So that's a bonus.
All in all, I'm happy and lesson of course is to look around with Remlins...They're slowly getting better and some are really good like old ones, it initially appears. This is an advantage of living in a large metro. This particular "LGS" is quite large, with quite a stock to choose from. Had to go in during the daytime though when they weren't as busy, to make the extraordinary search happen.
The only bad news is that from the time I decided I wanted one until today, at some point along the way, they jacked the price up from $409.95 to $439.95 plus tax, which I didn't realize until check out. However, frankly, I was glad to pay it to get a good Remlin in a neat config (16" Youth), which I've been wanting. Assuming no internal defects, well worth it. Almost $480 total though.
Now I just need a peep rear for it (which one?), and my CZ 527 in .17 Hornet and Tanfoglio Witness Steel Hunter 6" in 10mm. That's all I really want for the next 2-3 years.
UPDATE: Couple other things: No, the rear sight IS cut out a bit to the clockwise / right side of things! - though the front sight is dead on straight as it appeared initially. The rear sight was *also* also drifted too far right, but the drifting was a small amount of the issue, and the offset milling error was the larger amount. Still quite small overall - not enough to affect function except maybe the tiniest amount (particularly in light of the fact that this will wear a peep sight on the rear sight holes). I really don't know how much, but it's so little that I'd guess in the 1 to 4 degree range (out of 360) to the right.
Also, the checkering is weak press-checkering, not cut. Ugh.
Also, the front side hood wobbles a bit when you touch it; not tight.
Also, it would have been nice to have a recoil pad, rather than this standard plastic buttplate.
So it's not 100% by any stretch, upon further review, but it's serviceable, and what I wanted (not to mention a lot less money than an honest to goodness used Marauder).
BUYER BEWARE is still the key phrase here - personally inspect the actual rifle you will be getting.
Stay tuned for pics and shooting / accuracy report in a week or three.
So the display model is 1 of 5, let's say. Not nearly as bad as the worst Remlins you've seen, but there's some gappage there.
In addition to wood / metal fit, I'm looking for action smoothness, good trigger, and aligned sights.
We look at #2 and #3 - they are slightly better but not a lot.
With #4 I hit the jackpot - *really* good wood to metal fit, reasonably smooth and decent trigger. I will put up a pic later of the wood to metal fit. You couldn't fit a dollar bill in between. I did not even bother to look at #5.
On the sights, ALL of them appeared to have a front sight which was dead-on aligned, but a rear sight which was off to the RIGHT a bit - all the same.
Well, I get it home, and turns out, the rear sight isn't "off" per se. It's simply drifted right of center for some reason from the factory. So that's a bonus.
All in all, I'm happy and lesson of course is to look around with Remlins...They're slowly getting better and some are really good like old ones, it initially appears. This is an advantage of living in a large metro. This particular "LGS" is quite large, with quite a stock to choose from. Had to go in during the daytime though when they weren't as busy, to make the extraordinary search happen.
The only bad news is that from the time I decided I wanted one until today, at some point along the way, they jacked the price up from $409.95 to $439.95 plus tax, which I didn't realize until check out. However, frankly, I was glad to pay it to get a good Remlin in a neat config (16" Youth), which I've been wanting. Assuming no internal defects, well worth it. Almost $480 total though.
Now I just need a peep rear for it (which one?), and my CZ 527 in .17 Hornet and Tanfoglio Witness Steel Hunter 6" in 10mm. That's all I really want for the next 2-3 years.
UPDATE: Couple other things: No, the rear sight IS cut out a bit to the clockwise / right side of things! - though the front sight is dead on straight as it appeared initially. The rear sight was *also* also drifted too far right, but the drifting was a small amount of the issue, and the offset milling error was the larger amount. Still quite small overall - not enough to affect function except maybe the tiniest amount (particularly in light of the fact that this will wear a peep sight on the rear sight holes). I really don't know how much, but it's so little that I'd guess in the 1 to 4 degree range (out of 360) to the right.
Also, the checkering is weak press-checkering, not cut. Ugh.
Also, the front side hood wobbles a bit when you touch it; not tight.
Also, it would have been nice to have a recoil pad, rather than this standard plastic buttplate.
So it's not 100% by any stretch, upon further review, but it's serviceable, and what I wanted (not to mention a lot less money than an honest to goodness used Marauder).
BUYER BEWARE is still the key phrase here - personally inspect the actual rifle you will be getting.
Stay tuned for pics and shooting / accuracy report in a week or three.
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