all marlins pre remingtons are much better guns and it won`t be long those pre Remington marlins will cost you more used too. so buy used you will be much better off ! I am also a gun dealer so I hear and see what`s happening with guns and its terrible Remington purchased marlin and now I don`t really want to carry new marlins to many mechanical problems now and gunsmiths know it too. so good luck finding a used one look under> guns international.com
