yeah the big 5's around here dont have marlins anymore. they carry puma lever actions lol
i'd much rather stick with a single shot. the type of brush i would be hunting in with this make it almost impossible to get 1 shout let alone a second shot.
i would like to get a tc contender in 30-30 or pro hunter in 460s&w or 500 s&w but again the price tag is far more then i wanna spend. and i would have to sell my other rifle (which is forsale to buy said rifle) but getting the tc would give me the chance if i wanted another rifle to just buy a barrel instead of an entire new rifle.
there are only a few local places that carry a full tc contender or encore. most other places only carry barrels or frames but not both for some reason.
and i have yet to get a local shop to let me get a rifle shipped to them. and getting my ffl is really not worth it to get just one rifle shipped from out of state.
i seem to always have that problem when i have all the money in the world to get what i want.
so ill stick with the H&R and have the same fun hunting the type of hunting i like. thick and nasty brush. do it with a setup under $300 and do it for less then the price of an encore barrel alone