I recently bought a Marlin XL7 with a walnut stock.The rifle sold for $364.00 new,they went up a little since https://www.wholesalehunter.com/searchResult.asp?keywords=marlin+xl7 .I am impressed at the quality for such a low price.The rifle weighs 6.5lbs,trigger is great right out of the box,22" barrel,shoots great groups and what also impressed me was the recoil pad gave me the feel of mild recoil with the 30-06.

~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
As Bob Hagel would say"You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong."Good words of wisdom...............