I've got an old Marlin 17V, probably from the first batch ever made (2002), that regularly shoots 5/8" groups at 100 yards, with a Hubble scope. I can't see well enough to do that with it's normal Burris FFII 3-9 on it, on a regular basis. I have squeaked out a couple .25" groups with it, but not regularly. I had a local gunbutcher work on the trigger, and I glassed it. It's a fun, fun gun. Prairie dogs do not like it, groundhogs do not like it, and prairie rattlers don't like it, either. OTOH, I love the little stinker.
Homely it is, but it shoots beautifully, and that's what it's about
