Marlin didn't fix my rifle, what are my options?

[mac1911]

I don't see JM marked anywhere and the rifle was made in Mayfield, KY.

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With scopes or the stock sights? There's no way I could get 2 inches at 50 yards with the stock sights.

they fire it from a mechanical rest at a target and measure the groups. The sights are not really a issue when they use the testing benches

 

[Wickedcoolname]

I'm betting this a case of the arrow getting blamed, instead of the Indian. Until you sandbag that thing and spend some bench time with a few different types of ammo, blaming Marlin and asking for a new bbl seems silly.

 

[mac1911]

heres some group info

your average is about 4.6 moa just a tad higher than the Marlin specs of 2" at 50 yards or 3.82 MOA so your rilfe is close to spec figure give a +/- of 1 moa for conditions, ammo, skill ?? I will do the other targets later.

I would stick with the Aguila 40 grain LRN for any further testing.

 

[TruthTellers]

Yeah, pictures are tough to post here for some reason.

 

[mac1911]

Yeah, pictures are tough to post here for some reason.

I use imjur now and it's fine. The program I use to do the target data does not always play well with me.

 

[mac1911]

I'm betting this a case of the arrow getting blamed, instead of the Indian. Until you sandbag that thing and spend some bench time with a few different types of ammo, blaming Marlin and asking for a new bbl seems silly.

Switching ammo with out cleaning the barrel between batches and then letting the bore foul out a bit can give you false results. Often causing groups to suffer.
When im done with looking at the targets I will try to point a few things out that make sense of the data. Im not very good at putting words to what im trying to get through.

 

[mac1911]

When manufactures test for accuracy they use something like this

 

[mac1911]

http://www.leverguns.com/articles/fryxell/microgrove-barrels.htm