I had a Marlin 17HMR, that I just was not crazy about. I bought it off a guy needing money, great shooter, but the 17 mag does not pop my shorts, not as good as a hornet or .223, or 17 rem which I have had several. Local gunshop had a 110, older long action 30/06 with the steel warne weaver type bases silver soldered on from the factory, had Choate sporter stock /savage on recoil pad, trigger was nice, #3.5. It had set there for 2 months, deer season over here. I had $200 in the 17 w/scope, swapped even for the 06. Cleaned the barrel and bore looks great, added steel Millet rings, weaver type and a 4x12 Burris fullfield 1. I have some factory 150gr loads, and looked up my old go to load of IMR 4350, gonna crank a few out and shoot her in a day or two. They only made a few of these guns, had a 112 .223 with the bases silver soldered on, made 1992, I think. But this one has a round action in the rear, go figure. Any of you guys had one of these actions. I thought I did well on the trade.