Maybe I should buy it, play with it a bit and sell it and make $100 or more. Sounds like I may have some interest here. I have thought about this gun for 2 days and have come to the conclusion that if I got it, it would be for "joy" shooting. I am not going to go hunting with it, even though I know I certainly could. I know I'd reach for the 35 or the 32 every time over the little 357mag. I had to really talk to myself and ask; do you really think you'd hunt this gun? The answer was........................no, probably not. So, I reasoned with myself, if you buy it just know it will be a "toy" purchase and see a lot of safe time. Not looking good for purchase unless I can make a sweet bundle deal with the 444 this shop also has. Honestly, I don't NEED any more Marlins. My daughter just ask me; "why do you keep buying these things, you can only use one at a time, you could hunt every day of any month and not use the same Marlin twice-------it is insane." I looked at her and could not argue with her logic and then said this: "they just bring me joy and, at my age, that might be reason enough". She just shook her head and walked away. I do feel a bit guilty having beautiful nice hunting guns do more sitting than hunting. It is like spending good money for a blue blood hunting dog and then making it nothing but
a house pet. They look all content and satisfied in the safe when I open the door but I know they are all on anti-depressants!