Marlin Firearms Closes In North Haven

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Marlin Firearms Closes In North Haven, Ending 141 Years Of Manufacturing In Connecticut

April 01, 2011|By MATTHEW STURDEVANT, msturdevant@courant.com, The Hartford Courant

NORTH HAVEN — — A half-dozen workers were in otherwise empty offices Friday at The Marlin Firearms Co. as the company wound down 141 years of manufacturing in Connecticut.

A security phone at the visitor's gate was unattended next to a large barren parking lot off Bailey Road near I-91. A reception room that resembles a ski lodge, complete with a fireplace, was dark. The few people left working Friday declined to comment, but one employee said there were six people inside and that Friday was their last day of work.

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Steve

[Richard Simmons]

So they closed two years ago?

[Schuetzenman]

It would appear so, and I do remember reading about this. They discontinued a lot of Marlin lever gun models, in particular the .41 mag chambered ones that I had always fancied getting one of someday.

[deth502]

coincidentally, i was just meandering around youtube the other day, and saw a video with a guy going on and on about how badly remington fucked up the whole marlin line when they took it over and moved the plant, and how horrible the new guns were in fit finish and function.

something like "death of a levergun" or some such shit.

[deth502]

here it is. 20 min of bitching and moaning, if you have nothing better to do (i was bored)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUOrbeQNi2E