If your local wal-mart sells guns try them. Many people think wal-mart only sell "cheap" guns, but the one here has a huge catalog and they will order anything in the catalog. Sure they usually only stock bargain rifles, but I would think they can get just about any Marlin. I paid about $40 less for my Mossberg than the local gun shops wanted ($315 vs- $355) . It did take about 2 months for it to come in, but I ordered in January so it didn't matter to me.