I hate to tell the people that believe JM Marlin's are prices are going to drop.....its never going to happen price will stay the same you might find a deal like any other firearm but the prices you see today will be the same or higher....I've dealt in firearms for to many years the spike that we have seen in the past year plus has been unlike any I've ever seen and hopefully it level off....only problem is it will level off in a Depression....