Stopped in at the toy shop around the corner from my office yesterday; the owner waved me over & told me he'd soon have a new arrival that he had flagged for me...when Ruger brought back the Marlin .44mag leverguns, i mentioned to him if he ended up with one to call me.

Those have been in a bit of short supply due to demand, and some dsitributors have been allocating them to dealers that commit to larger blocks of inventory purchases...keeping prices high. He made me a very fair price on this one, several hundred bucks less than gunbroker prices, so with a little luck it'll be here in a few days...giving though to putting a peep on this one instead of glass.

I'll do some load workups & post some results.