themic
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After much deliberation, I settled on a Marlin 925 bolt action, wood stock, 7 round magazine. This will be the first .22 that I actually own.
http://www.marlinfirearms.com/firearms/boltAction22/925.htm
After much shopping, well, it turns out Wal-Mart was as cheap as the pawned guns. And these are brand spanking new.
Funny how Wal-Marts work. I call one, and ask to special order it. I had the Wal-Mart Product number and everything (courtesy of walmart.com). They said, simply, "no." No, I meant, I can come in and do the order in person. "Nope."
Oooooookay....
So I call another Walmart. This one farther away, but has a good selection usually, so I figured I'd just check if they had one in stock. The nice lady took out every .22 bolt action from the case and read me the information and price and gave a nice description.
That was nice. But not in stock.
So I call the other walmart in town. "Sure, come on down, we'll fill out the order form."
OK!
$135 plus tax, 3-4 days barring a last minute detaour of Ivan towards the distribution center, NICS check done, and all is set. It all took about 10 minutes from the time I showed up in Sporting Goods department.
Not bad at all.
I haven't actually seen too many reviews of the Marlin 25 models here, mostly see CZ, Savage, Marlin 60, and Ruger 10/22. I aim to change that a bit when I finally get my hands on it.
http://www.marlinfirearms.com/firearms/boltAction22/925.htm
After much shopping, well, it turns out Wal-Mart was as cheap as the pawned guns. And these are brand spanking new.
Funny how Wal-Marts work. I call one, and ask to special order it. I had the Wal-Mart Product number and everything (courtesy of walmart.com). They said, simply, "no." No, I meant, I can come in and do the order in person. "Nope."
Oooooookay....
So I call another Walmart. This one farther away, but has a good selection usually, so I figured I'd just check if they had one in stock. The nice lady took out every .22 bolt action from the case and read me the information and price and gave a nice description.
That was nice. But not in stock.
So I call the other walmart in town. "Sure, come on down, we'll fill out the order form."
OK!
$135 plus tax, 3-4 days barring a last minute detaour of Ivan towards the distribution center, NICS check done, and all is set. It all took about 10 minutes from the time I showed up in Sporting Goods department.
Not bad at all.
I haven't actually seen too many reviews of the Marlin 25 models here, mostly see CZ, Savage, Marlin 60, and Ruger 10/22. I aim to change that a bit when I finally get my hands on it.