Marlin, like all the other companies taken over by Rem. and S&W companies, have straightened out their issues pretty much. Marlin rifles were starting to be pretty sorry even before the takeover because they were producing with ancient tooling and it took a bit for Rem to straighten out the production issues that it bought in to. They are now making pretty good rifles nowadays from all reports I'm seeing. I personally have never bought into the hype of Henry rifles. As salukipv1 stated, they weigh a dang ton and are WAY over priced for what you get.