I have used a Marlin model 883 as a kitchen gun for years. After doing the ball point pen spring trigger job this has been an excellent grab and shoot rifle. I prefer the 50 grain Federal load but the 37 grain green tip Remington is a good stopper too. When you step out the back door and put hair under the cross hairs a second killing shot is aceptable.
I use a 4x fine cross hair scope. When you turn on the lights at night you can see them. The fine cross hairs work well on the small picket pins.
Anyway, the Marlin is a pretty good knock about rifle.
