Hileft There use to be a shop in Reading that carried them I traveled up there to shoot one in 2001 before I bought my first Merlin Max. He's no long in buisness or stopped carring Merlin. The only other one in Pa. is Larry Wise who is near Harrisburg. Not sure if he has a shop or not but he is a Merlin rep. I got a price from him over the internet but you won't beat the service or the price from Pinwheel. I just pick-up a Max3000 from him a couple weeks ago and he will walk you through everything with nothing left unturned.
Where are you located? I'm in Delaware county Pa. and might be able to let you shoot mine to get the feel of a Merlin. Once you do you'll know what the big stink is all about. Then your next move will be to call Pinwheel and place an order. JERRY