I bought it used about 15 years ago. It worked OK when I first had it other than the occasional problem of the lever not being high & tight. But over the years has gotten worse.
The environment it was in was not the greatest: rain forest next to the salt water. It was hard to keep rust off of it & show somes signs of wear.
I like the gun & the concept, just wish it were of stainless and more durable. A Marlin 336SS would be great if they had it in this round. Yeah I know I've looked at the 308 Marlin Express, but I don't have confidence that it will be around in 5 years.
In addition over the years it has cont. to shoot higher and higher with open sites. Now I have to go with scope or have my gunsmith fix the bad siteing.
