I had one, it was a fine ML. I have 2 buddies & a neighbour who still use gonics with no real quams. I have since switched to a rem 700 MLS, which we (5 of us) got a sweat deal on 4 years ago and haven' t looked back. It seems (at least around) here gonic have fizzled away with the likes of Traditions, Knight, TC, Rem, Winchester, etc offering inlines. My best guess is price/competitive landscape. Traditions inlines out sell all other brands combined in my area and the only reason price, guys don' t look at ML as precision when they first get into it and just an added season with additional range vs bow. This doesn' t mean they are better the rest just a better price point.