I want to get the new Marlin XS7S in 7mm-08. A friend got a blued one & I like it, so I'm gonna get a stainless one. I want to have to barrel cut/chamfered to 18", (comes w/ 22"). What I'll end up w/ is a gun dimensionally the same, (almost), as the Rem Model 7 Compact, only for about $200 less...