No disrespect meant, but IMHO & E, no need to go terribly high end on ammo for a more or less common .22.
These days, most .22s are pretty good shooters with the ammo they like, and the Marlin is known as a good shooter. While you can certainly find a high-end brand your gun likes, you're as likely to find a less-expensive brand that will work well. You can experiment until you find a regular brand of ammo that works well -- and you'll find it too.
Thing to remember is a match .22 will have a match chamber and so the tighter tolerances, closer attention to detail etc., of match ammo will work better in those guns that are optimized for such loadings rather than more pedestrian brands. Generic sporters do not have match chambers and so really can't maximize the potential of match loadings.
My Ruger .22 shoots Winchester bulk ammo like no tomorrow. I'm sure I could play around and find something more expensive that it will like - but I see no point in doing that unless I were to do other things to maximize accuracy; such as a trigger job, maybe bedding and a new barrel. But, the Ruger is my "fun gun" and plinker, so I see no point because it will make one ragged hole with the bulk stuff.
Ditto a Charles Daly / Zastava .22. It likes plain old Federal and shoots into maybe 3/8 of an inch if I do my part.
OTOH, my Kimber 82s both seem to shoot anything fairly well, but prefer Wolf ME. So, when shooting competition, that's what I'll use and the Kimber is optimized to get the most out of target rounds.
All that said, IME the more expensive match ammo is more consistent.
These days, most .22s are pretty good shooters with the ammo they like, and the Marlin is known as a good shooter. While you can certainly find a high-end brand your gun likes, you're as likely to find a less-expensive brand that will work well. You can experiment until you find a regular brand of ammo that works well -- and you'll find it too.
Thing to remember is a match .22 will have a match chamber and so the tighter tolerances, closer attention to detail etc., of match ammo will work better in those guns that are optimized for such loadings rather than more pedestrian brands. Generic sporters do not have match chambers and so really can't maximize the potential of match loadings.
My Ruger .22 shoots Winchester bulk ammo like no tomorrow. I'm sure I could play around and find something more expensive that it will like - but I see no point in doing that unless I were to do other things to maximize accuracy; such as a trigger job, maybe bedding and a new barrel. But, the Ruger is my "fun gun" and plinker, so I see no point because it will make one ragged hole with the bulk stuff.
Ditto a Charles Daly / Zastava .22. It likes plain old Federal and shoots into maybe 3/8 of an inch if I do my part.
OTOH, my Kimber 82s both seem to shoot anything fairly well, but prefer Wolf ME. So, when shooting competition, that's what I'll use and the Kimber is optimized to get the most out of target rounds.
All that said, IME the more expensive match ammo is more consistent.