Quick update: I was messing around on GB and placing bids just because, and dam it, I ended up winning a new marlin in 357! The winning bid was $880.00!! So, with that said I have one on the way. GB is crazy with them & I saw a few @ a gun show last weekend. I did ask one of my gun guys and none were available through him so I went and looked on GB just for the heck of it. There are bunches of them for under $1K with no bids and then the low-start auctions have 20 bids and the idiots just push em up over $1K. Mine will be $1080.00 with everything out the door, I think that's pretty fair. Once I get it home and give it the once over, I'll get out to the range and let ya know how it shoots. I'll bring my Henry 357 also for a side-by-side comparison, it should be fun.