....if said oiling hole does not exist, then how DOES the output shaft take care of the oiling?
Woops nevermind...I see that Bobby did answer this in the Pirate thread. His answer was that just by the gears turning, things get oiled well enough or he wouldn't sell them.
So there you have it. Just another case of real-world experience going against scientific facts to the contrary. I still don't believe that Mike meant it to be any sort of Marlin pitch or diss to Bobby's product. Bobby Long is a VERY well-respected name here on the Marlin forum, and I just think it's unfortunate that this got blown so far up that people now believe otherwise.