I hate to be a "Na-Sayer" on the Marlin 39A, but the modern ones they are selling now are nowhere near the quality of the ones made back in the 50's, 60's, 70's, maybe even the 1980's. Somewhere along the way they "Modenized or Lawyerized" the action, with a re-bounding hammer, and cross bolt safety. The result is a rifle that is unreliable, with many failures to fire (light primer strikes) and failures to eject. I bought a brand new one a year or so ago, and it took two trips back to the factory to make it right. They wound up replacing the barrel, bolt and the extractor twice. If you want a Marlin 39A, get an older one without the re-bounding hammer.

On the other hand, I paid half the money for a Henry H001 lever rifle and have put thousands of rounds through it with zero malfunctions. I liked it so much I just recently bought a Henry pump .22, same 100% reliability and excellent accuracy.