I certainly understand that. At the beginning of the News Video, they said "Marlin is shutting down," which would lead one to believe that the entire company was permanently shutting its doors. At the end, they said a Marlin spokesperson said they were shutting the plant down to facilitate growth. I'm not sure what the tax climate is in Connecticut, but, I would bet that it's not really conducive to keeping businesses in the state and enabling competitive pricing. The responses from locals which are attached to the site seem to place a lot of the blame on the Governor.

I've been in the market for an XS-7 in 7mm-08 for my son and a 336 in .30-30 for myself... I'm interested to know whether they'll continue production.

And, what's with all the Remmy bashing? I've got four 700's. The 7mm-08 I bought last year and the .243 I bought 4 years ago shoot just as well as my 20+ year old 7mm Rem Mag or my 15+ year old .30-06.