Those were good rifles in their day, but they were discontinued because something better came along. If I had a Marlin X gun, a 788, or a TC in the safe I'd use it, but can't think of a good reason to buy one when for the same money or less I can do better.
Stevens 200s are so expensive when you find them, might as well buy a used Savage 10/110
The 200 is a Savage 110 with a different color stock.
The Marlin X guns were discontinued because Freedom Group bought Marlin and chose not to continue making them as competition against their existing line of entry level Remingtons.
The T-C were discontinued because S&W bought T-C and chose to discontinue the entire T-C line.
I don't know why Remington discontinued the 788s, but Remington is well known for making poor choices.
What would you buy that is better for equal or less money?
