So...Will NCOWS Ban the Marlin 98 Too?

[Major Matt Lewis]

Prof,

I LOVE that avatar....I do all my NCOWS pimping for the GAF or the KVC.  I grew up (meaning completed High School) in New Hampshire and since then have left.  I am now in Kansas City.

[Montana Slim]

IMO, SASS's planned banning of the Marlin Shotgun is part of an economic agreement with Marlin....sort of a favor to Marlin, one of the few U.S. Manufacturers of firearms..particularly of the most popular popular SASS competitor's lever action rifle. No-doubt Marlin spends some advertising $$ / support to SASS's CC and events, too. Banning the Marlin 98 from SASS matches in-effect ends use of this product that Marlin has desperately tried to separate itself from.

Just my thought....I could be wrong!
Slim

[Lou Graham]

It's an interesting thought Montana Slim........ could be.  Marlin does sponsor a number of events, gives us rifles to raffle, stuff like that.

Problem is --  especially in New England -- there's a LOT of Marlin owners.  Several clubs have already stated that they will continue to use "pre-ban" guns for monthly matches if the Covenants are passed as is.  They can be kept out of the big shoots, but 95% of the shooting is done at monthly matches.

We live in interesting times.