I have owned a couple of Marlin 62s in 218 Bee, 256 Win Mag, and 30 U.S. Carbine.
The 256 Win Mag is OK, but factory ammo was hard to find and expensive, as were reloading components. I mostly shot 86 grain Remington component bullets intended for use in the 25-20 in my 256 Marlin.
The Marlin 62s that I've owned had poor triggers, even after having been worked over by an expert in such things and the barrels are pinned, not threaded, which struck me as being an odd way to attach a barrel on a centerfire rifle.
I have long thought that the Marlin 62 might have found success as a short range deer hunting rifle if Marlin had made them in .44 Magnum.
