Yup, and with Hawkeyes available online for about $550, I'd have a tough time dropping $300-$350 on something I don't really like. At least the cheap Marlins have a real magazine.
There's a pretty big market for these rifles. One of my buddies actually likes these and scoff's at the M77'S. He's always disliked the m77 for some reason. One of those kind of guys that shoots a rifle and gets 7" groups at 100 yards and blames the rifle every time. One of these days he (and others like this) will get the hint.. Personally I'd rather have one good rifle than 3 cheap azzed ones... Now the RAR rimfires are a different story and may hurt m77 rimfire sales.
