With all of the uncertainty going on under the bankruptcy proceedings & projected company sales, nobody knows where Remington & Marlin will be positioned, or how many of the umbrella companies might be spun off.
IF Marlin continues on where they are now, there are genuine attempts being made inside the company to restore previous quality levels.
The upper management AND the owners who were responsible for the Marlin Move Debacle are gone.
Different people running the show.
You're not going to see a 100% turnaround in QC overnight.
Slowly, quality's coming back.
There are people inside the company fighting for it, and there are still some people who either don't see a problem or don't care.
It's an uphill battle for those who do care, but at least there's more interest and more support at upper levels now.
There has been talk of quite an expansion of Marlin models & calibers, but again- not happening this week & not next.
And I'll say once again that quality was declining at the old plant, with the old workers, using the old equipment, BEFORE Remington bought the company, so "The Good Old Days" were winding down even then.
Denis