Wow, I'm blown away, but kinda, sort'a.
The design of the Marlin 30-30, is absolutely awesome. A mid range, do-all rifle that carries like a dream. Don't throw the last statement out the window. "Carries like a dream" is important to anybody who actually goes into the woods and isn't busy taking "selfies".
All that said, Remington Outdoor Company may well be the worst gun maker on the flat-earth. Seriously... would you buy a Ferrari from a salesman who wasn't old enough to have his learners permit? Then why would you buy a gun from a company that want's your gun to malfunction? Think "Shindler's List". For those who are to young and don't have a clue... Shindler sabotaged his own factory so no working bombs could be made, according to the movie.
Remington Outdoor Company, IMO, want's to ruin all lever action guns. How sick is that?
Now... all a person can do at this point is send his gun back to Marlin. Experience shows, IMO, that results range for "acceptable" to ****-poor and no help at all. Just send the piece of crap Marlin product in to their questionable repair facilities and, oh, by the way... be prepared to be totally failed and disrespected. It's a lever-gun, and not a toaster. Basically, the dumbest person on Earth could help the poor customer but Remington may or may not throw their customer under the buss. Flip a coin. Bad guns that hurt people is a Remington trademark, or so say's the people who have been hurt by their triggers.
I have a Remington/Marlin SBL. I'm scared to death that it's a total piece of crap and is unfit for hunting. Just look up Marlin SBL stuff. You will get what I mean.
IMO, Remingtoin Outdoor Company is the least reputable and most dangerous gun maker out there. IMO, the worst quality control in all of gun making and that includes a dude in a cave in
Afghanistan. You think I'm kidding but I"m not. IMO, you can buy a more reliable gun from a one-armed dude in a turban, outside of a cave, in Afghanistan, than from a distributor of Remington Outdoor Company products.
If it weren't true, then why are we even talking about it?