Well, I dood it. Went to my favorite shop, and he had a Marlin mod60 with a laminated stock, and a ruger 10/22 stock, with the birch stock. It came down to trigger pull, and ......the ruger won! I'm not looking for aftermarket up grades, and the trigger was cleaner and crisper than the marlin. Also, wasn't too excited about the combo allen/ straight screw driver thingy, for taking off the stock. The only thing I'm gonna do is add a set of fiber optic sites, and eventually a set of sling swivel studs to it. It may be a while before I get that done. We'll see what happens. First semi auto I've owned in over 35 yrs. No, I'm not getting rid of the 39a OR the sportster. stay tuned......
maddog
