RE: marlin 917v
I have one, in the stainless w/ grey laminate stock. I love shooting it, I plan on taking it out pdog shootin. It came with a 2-3X32 black cabelas scope, I just put on a Tasco 3-9X40 stainless finish scope on it, can't wait to shoot it. I was shooting it at 250 yards, blasting pop cans, hit them, but had to aim about 2 inches high, so it is fairly descent on range for taget purposes any way. I was using Hornady 17 grn. vmax, they were pretty accurate,staying inside a quarter at 100.I just wish there were clips larger than 7 rounds.