Sturm, Ruger and Company to acquire assets of Marlin Firearm

[Weather Man]

Sturm, Ruger and Company to acquire assets of Marlin Firearm
Sep. 30, 2020 5:17 PM ET|About: Sturm, Ruger & Comp... (RGR)|By: Manshi Mamtora, CFA, SA News Editor


Sturm, Ruger and Company (NYSE:RGR) offer to purchase substantially all of the Marlin Firearms assets was accepted by Remington Outdoor Company and U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

The company will pay the $30M purchase price from cash on hand at the time of closing, which is expected to occur in October.

"The value of Marlin and its 150-year legacy was too great of an opportunity for us to pass up. The brand aligns perfectly with ours and the Marlin product portfolio will help us widen our already diverse product offerings." said President and CEO Chris Killoy.

 

[jeffh81]

Ruger can get into the lever action game now with the 336 Rifle

 

[VenomousDSG]

Marlin still has some decent bolt action rifles. I've got a couple that were relatively cheap, and never had an issue with them in the years ive had them.

They've always had a horrible problem with their company's management though.

 

[GNBRETT]

Marlin was my first gun. A .22 rifle I bought at Service Merchandise when I was 18 years old. Most reliable thing ive ever owned still got her.....

 

[Weather Man]

Ruger can go through the entire Marlin catalog and bring them back as they quality control and maybe tweak designs. I wonder if they bought the Madison, NC production site? I suppose they could just keep production as is with demand being what it is.

 

[Klaus]

I have a model 60 in stainless with a laminate stock that is one of my favorites. It reminds me of plinking in my boy scout days.

LOL at the later year 336s. Total garbage, I could only muster 5 inch groups out mine. A Chinese AK is a Swiss watch compared to these.

 

[jeffh81]

I have a model 60 in stainless with a laminate stock that is one of my favorites. It reminds me of plinking in my boy scout days.

LOL at the later year 336s. Total garbage, I could only muster 5 inch groups out mine. A Chinese AK is a Swiss watch compared to these.

I had 336s from the early 90s that killed 2 bucks for me and was a tack driver. Regret getting rid of it.

 

[GOTSVT?]

Stock looks tempting

 

[Silverstrike]

My very first firearm was a 30-AS in 30-30. Yeah I went right past the 22 LR and upgraded to centerfire in ways I still wish I had it and in others glad that I don't as it funded my first M-44 and then a couple of Finnish captured 91/30's and then onwards to my current WWI Russian small arms collection.

 

[HEMIHUNTER]

I've been thinking about a .38/357 or 44spc./magnum lever gun for a while.
Things are just too crazy right now. Maybe after November.

 

[Papaw]

I'd love to see them mass produce a lever action in 500 S&W, that way I could have a pistol and rifle chambered in the same caliber.
Would be terrific medicine for feral hogs.

 

[Junior00]

Ruger can get into the lever action game now with the 336 Rifle

Damn right, my 70s JM 336 is a damn fine shooter!

 

[SolarYellow]

Marlin was my first gun. A .22 rifle I bought at Service Merchandise when I was 18 years old. Most reliable thing ive ever owned still got her.....

Did it come out on the conveyor belt?

The only Marlin I own as well as enjoy is a .17 HMR.

 

[SID297]

Marlin was my first gun. A .22 rifle I bought at Service Merchandise when I was 18 years old. Most reliable thing ive ever owned still got her.....

Same here, expect mine was a .22 Mag hand me down from Dad. It's still my favorite gun to shoot. I need to go pick up a box of shells for it.

 

[Double"O"]

Ruger can get into the lever action game now with the 336 Rifle

Still wont be a winchester 94 or 88

Those are the pinnacle of the lever action rifle...the 336 is pp to ba compared to them.

Ruger makes a fine rifle though...i have 3 love em

 

[jeffh81]

Still wont be a winchester 94 or 88

Those are the pinnacle of the lever action rifle...the 336 is pp to ba compared to them.

Ruger makes a fine rifle though...i have 3 love em

Those are the T$ of the lever rifles

 

[Machdup1]

Marlin was my first gun. A .22 rifle I bought at Service Merchandise when I was 18 years old. Most reliable thing ive ever owned still got her.....

Me too. My first rifle Four plus decades ago was a Marlin .22 single shot.

Back when dads would hand a .22 to a 10 year old show him how to shoot straight and clean the gun, then work with him to ensure he was safe and turn him loose in the woods.

 

[Silverstrike]

Still wont be a winchester 94 or 88

Those are the pinnacle of the lever action rifle...the 336 is pp to ba compared to them.

Ruger makes a fine rifle though...i have 3 love em

1895/1915 obr. Winchester Russian Contract cheap to shoot since it is chambered in 7.62X54R. The 1895 was able to handle full power rifle rounds due to the positive rear lock up it had. And the regular magazine so as to be able to use spitzer/pointed bullets.

 

[Klaus]

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1895/1915 obr. Winchester Russian Contract cheap to shoot since it is chambered in 7.62X54R. The 1895 was able to handle full power rifle rounds due to the positive rear lock up it had. And the regular magazine so as to be able to use spitzer/pointed bullets.

That is an interesting gun.

 

[Silverstrike]

That is an interesting gun.

Yeah the vast majority of Russian contract 1895's came from Spain during the late 50's early 60's by Interarms when they imported them before the 1968 Gun control act put a stop to surplus military arms importation. The Republican Spanish forces got 9,000 to as high as 12,000 of these rifles from the USSR (1936-38) when they turned over their gold reserves to the USSR to buy war material and arms from the Soviet Union. 300,000 of these rifles was made and they was the lion share of the 421,000 and some odd 1895's made during it's run until the late 20's to real early 30's. The Spanish had the 3rd biggest gold reserves in their banking and vault network. The USA was first and the USSR was 2nd. With the transfer the USSR was almost in spitting distance of overtaking the USA in that reguard. This rifle survived 3 wars a revolution and the 60's to today pretty much unaltered. The only thing I had to do was reweld a feed guide in the magazine as it was broken but it has been top notch and no other issues. But the hardest thing to find on these rifles is the stripper clip guides on top of the receiver for the Mosin 5 round clips to insert it in to strip the rounds into the magazine.

If the rifle does not have those then it would be a hard tracking down for replacements. The last guides I seen for sale was about 2016 from Finland and they was going for almost $500! USD but if the barrel hasn't been chopped and all the hardware is still original then having a set of custom wood buttstock and forearm and tracking the other metal bits wouldn't be too hard as it is the same exact stuff the other musket varients used except for the rear sight which is the only 6 step type to be used in the 1895's and it is calibrated for the old Russian Arshin system where 1 Arshin is equal to .72 Yard and it goes up to 3,200 Arshins. But these rifles has taken a big leap in price I paid almost $2,500 for this back in 2012 now I could probably sell it for a little less than $4,000 as the 100th anniversary of the Great war/ WWI has put almost everything on an upward trajectory on price.