Ditka,

Ive had a marlin 25mn for about 2 years now and i love it. Got for about $160 at wal-mart and its pretty accurate, especially for the notoriously inaccurate 22mag.(seem fine to me)The only thing is, shells cost $7 for a box of 50, and you can get a box of 100 22lr for about $3. I bought a ruger 10/22 because it got too expensive to shoot the mag.