Owned three of the "JM" Marlins during the early 2000's and each one was a piece of ****. I had pretty much sworn off buying another. But now I keep on reading how Remington has improved the machinery and is producing good rifles so thought its time to try one.
Yesterday ordered one of these:
http://www.marlinfirearms.com/Firear...re/1895GBL.asp
I like the stainless version better and it had a nice sight rail already installed. But it was about $300 more so decided the rail could be added later if I decided to. Buds had a good price on these, $569 with free shipping. It will take a couple of weeks to receive it but I'll post a mini review once it arrives.