That is an amazing story! I know that Marlin offered a 22 rifle that was never sold and was given to people that bought a certain amount of stocks in the company. That is the only way the rifle could be acquired. The same gentleman that owns this Remington has one of the Marlin's I am speaking of and it is a 98% gun. As I recall, part of the history of the gun is to get the rich case color on them involved the use of arsonic in the process.
