First thing Remington did after they were bought last year was to raise their prices which I think are absolutely ridiculous right now. They will do the same with Marlin count on that , they are run by bean counters not gun people. Hopefully they will not dork their(Marlins) manufacturing process one bit. Look for old and new Marlins to take a jump in price. I better hold onto what I have and buy 1 or 2 more.