Nice, gotta love the octagon barrel. And it's a Marlin, always a good choice. This will be the first year I'm taking a lever out to the U.P. Got myself a 1953 Marlin in .32 Win. Special. After shooting one, I'm a big fan of the lever gun now. Plus it's a purely American action. Of course you will have to post all the graphic photos after you shoot a deer with the Marlin and gut it out with a Scrapyard <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />.