Bought mine new in 1965 from Service Merchandise in Atlanta for $40! Still have it today. One of the most accurate 22lr ever built! Fun to shoot and to carry. Still has it's original TASCO scope. I need to find a feed ramp for it, as over the years the chrome plating has worn down to pot metal and occasionally a jam will occur, but before the extensive wear, it would feed, fire and eject anything put in it! Have a Rock-0-la (yep, the Jukebox company) M1 Carbine with the original Marlin barrel. Came home from the South Pacific in a sea bag. I now wish I'd have documented the provenance on the gun. Great shooting gun. Take it out now and again and feed it! And wonder how the Marine who carried it felt going into battle with the Japanese!