Actually it was supposedly designed while Marlin was still on their own.

That being said I agree with the OP. I see no reason to buy a Remington as every advantage to them, some other company has done better. That toppled with the fact that Remington seems to have a lot of quality issues with their newer products.

However, I've learned that on this forum you don't insult Remington or Leupold, as no matter what else is better, guys on this forum don't like to admit it and will argue forever that you are wrong or don't know what you are talking about if you don't like a Remington and top it with a Leupold scope.