I too am ate up with lever guns in general, but really enjoy the 7600 carbine I bought last year, even with glitch from the factory where they didn't fasten the barrel assy properly to the receiver. Must have been a "Friday" rifle. I cleaned the retention threads, red locktited them a bit and torqued it down. Right back to zero + or - a tiny smidge. Mine has a Leupold VX III 1.5x5 matte I stripped off my old Co-Pilot 1895 and lemme tell you it is a fun gun. It is more accurate than I am...
Given the prices I see now I think I got REALLY lucky on GB. $330 new for a 7600 Synth carbine 30-06. Certainly not irreplaceable but not at the price I paid. Remington even swapped out the original high combed plastic fantastic stock for the one off the 308 patrol rifle. There are certainly nicer rifles but for a handy, cheap powerhouse carbine I can't really imagine replacing it. The cop stock has a rear sling stud and I ordered the super cool ball bearing front of the mag swivel for a sling.
Still I want another Marlin 1895. Mebbe a SBL or a LTDIII??? Hmmmm.
