Several years ago, a buddy bought a .38/.357 straight grip Marlin carbine.
He put a high end receiver sight on it, shot it a few times, cleaned it up, and put it away.
A few years later, he wanted a .38/.357 octagon barrel, CB.
He sold the carbine to a mutual friend to help pay for one. And he put it away and never shot it.
A few years ago, he wanted to sell it. Its still 'almost' unfired.
I already had a CB. and didn't particularly want it, but asked, "How much ya want for it".
He said, "I don't know. How about $200"?
2 seconds later, "OK, here's your money".
And I put it away and never shot it.
This afternoon:
I was getting stuff ready to go to the range, figured I'd take it, and finally shoot it a few times.
This thing looks new, and hasn't been handled as much as a display model at the store.
I'd never looked or noticed before, but it's an older 'JM'.
I thought, hey, that's pretty cool.