disappointed in my marlin
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 226
disappointed in my marlin
Had to have a .17 HMR so I went out and bought the Marlin 917V even though in my heart wanted a savage. Nicegun but couldn't get mine to shoot. Best it would do was 5 inch groups at 100 yards.Tried different scope bases and rings and scope, 5 different brands of ammo. No luck.Finally went and traded it and got the Savage 93R17-BV. What a difference.Love the laminated stock and high lustre bluing. Hasanyone else had problems with their Marlin.
#2
Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 666
RE: disappointed in my marlin
No trouble at all with my 917V, it likes the CCI and Hornady 17 and 20 grain hollow points. Best 50 yd 5 shot group with the 17 grainers measured 0.290". Hope you Savage works out. Actually I've read more people complain about poor accuracy from the Savage than the Marlins, but each gun is different. I'm very happy with my Marlin.
#3
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blissfield MI USA
Posts: 5,293
RE: disappointed in my marlin
I have hardly anybody complain about accuracy from a savage. I rarely hear it from a Marlin either though. I think maybe you got a lemon. Most of them are pretty accurate. There really isn't much of a difference between the marlin and savage base line models in the 17 line up. Both will perform great for 200 bucks.
The biggest complaints I hear are with the Rugers. They are either accurate or they suck. It is sort of hit and miss.
I own a savage and love it by the way.
Paul
The biggest complaints I hear are with the Rugers. They are either accurate or they suck. It is sort of hit and miss.
I own a savage and love it by the way.
Paul
#5
RE: disappointed in my marlin
I have a Marlin, and I can hit a quarter 5 out of 7 times at 100 yrds, thats what, a 1 inch group.It has the stainless barrel, not sure if yours had it or not, but I am impressed with it. I was shooting 17 grain Hornady V-Max through it. I've had 2 different scopes on it, and it shot great with both. I too wanted the savage, but I got a good deal on this Marlin from a friend, so I figured I'd give it a try. Were you using a STEADY rest, or was it free hand, or maybe off a bipod, cause I know I can't get those tight of groups off a bipod, and not even close free hand.
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: northeast, North Dakota
Posts: 226
RE: disappointed in my marlin
I have a marlin 917 vsf and it shoots real accurate. My friend bought a Savage 93R17-BV. We were shooting together and his savage shot horrible. he was lucky to keep a 5 shot group on a pie plate at 100 yards. He took it back and got a new one. His new gun shoots good, but not like my marlin
#7
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 375
RE: disappointed in my marlin
Are you certain the scope was good? mounts good? And as mentioned that it wasn't a heavy bbl 22wmr?
Locally if a .17 won't shoot it is an early Savage or it's a Ruger. A Marlin it's not.
Sorryyou had problems but I have a feeling something was missed. Of course, I have had things that were absolute junk too.....when I needed an excuse to give my wife for getting what I really wanted!!
Glad you got what you wanted..... (J/K)
Dave in WV
Locally if a .17 won't shoot it is an early Savage or it's a Ruger. A Marlin it's not.
Sorryyou had problems but I have a feeling something was missed. Of course, I have had things that were absolute junk too.....when I needed an excuse to give my wife for getting what I really wanted!!
Glad you got what you wanted..... (J/K)
Dave in WV
#8
RE: disappointed in my marlin
ORIGINAL: goatbrother
No trouble at all with my 917V, it likes the CCI and Hornady 17 and 20 grain hollow points. Best 50 yd 5 shot group with the 17 grainers measured 0.290". Hope you Savage works out. Actually I've read more people complain about poor accuracy from the Savage than the Marlins, but each gun is different. I'm very happy with my Marlin.
No trouble at all with my 917V, it likes the CCI and Hornady 17 and 20 grain hollow points. Best 50 yd 5 shot group with the 17 grainers measured 0.290". Hope you Savage works out. Actually I've read more people complain about poor accuracy from the Savage than the Marlins, but each gun is different. I'm very happy with my Marlin.
I've had some older Marlin .22s I got super cheap second hand that weren't worth a hoot.
For the most part, most of the new ones are just fine.
I've yet to see another mass produced, main line firearm that will out perfrom a Savage on an overall basis. There are single cases of course, but I know I have never seen, and don't recall ever hearing of a Savage rifle in any caliber, when in decent hands with good optics and bullets that wouldn't shoot around or under 1.25" groups, with many pushing .75"
#9
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 226
RE: disappointed in my marlin
I consider myself an average shot and don't think it was me. I think for some reason I just got a lemon. I was shooting off an extremly solid rest with sandbags and a bushnell elite mounted on the gun.Put a few rounds through the new savage and it shoots sweet.
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Posts: 1,675
RE: disappointed in my marlin
ORIGINAL: vadeerkiller
Had to have a .17 HMR so I went out and bought the Marlin 917V even though in my heart wanted a savage.
Had to have a .17 HMR so I went out and bought the Marlin 917V even though in my heart wanted a savage.