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Originally Posted by winders
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Interesting review. It reads like it was written by a Henry employee. The couple of issues he raises about the Marlin are entirely due to his lack of familiarty and miss-handling. One thing he fails to mention, and a very strong point in the Marlin's favor, is that you do not (and should not) wait until its empty to reload it. You can stuff cartridges into the loading port any time you want, at any pause in the action. Not so with the Henry; it's worse than a detachable box magazine on a modern black rifle.
The other thing he fails to mention is the oft repeated allegations concering soft internal parts on the Henrys, leading to rapid wear and little longevity. The ones I've handled and fired are slick, I'll give them that, but my own personal Marlins are as slick or slicker. It might take harder parts longer to break in...
As far as this "Marlin jam", I've heard this for years. I've personally owned Marlins my entire life, and have tens of thousands of rounds through them. Some individual pieces have thousands upon thousands of rounds through them. Never a single jam of any kind.
Marlins have a fantastic reputation. My own lifelong experiences with them support that reputation for me. You can find folks on the internet who will disparrage just about anything (even my good friend Cleetus's work), so take it with a grain of salt.