I don't know if Quackerstacker works there or what his affiliation is,he lists his residence as Murray,Ky and I'm pretty sure he's more like 40ish? I do know his email was listed as [email protected] and it wouldn't go through.

Now for the original topic before I hijacked Danny's thread,I have owned several Marlins over the years,at least 2 -.22's one of which I still squirrel hunt with,and 2 - .3030's that were okay for short range hunting here in Ky,but I'd never consider replacing one of my Remington bolt actions with one,for what your intentions are you should be fine.