I bought mine back in Sept.2009. It shoots okay. The trigger is a little heavy. The cost of spare mags at some places on the web is downright criminal. One guy was trying to get 30 plus shipping for a ten rd. mag that costs $13 at the factory. I called the factory and bought 3.They were on my doorstep 4 days later for $43.I was at WalMart and looked at a few semi auto .22s. The Mossberg Plinkster looked and felt like a piece of junk made in China somewhere. I refuse to by a Ruger 10/22 and pay an extra 50-75 dollars just in hype money. The Ruger from what I have seen fires like crap out of the box and needs another $150 worth of parts just to get it working half decent. Besides I hate to be like sheeple peeple and just follow along in a groove some marketing snake oil people have laid out.The Marlin folks had a nice rifle or two,but for the money I thought the model 64 is the way to go.Many times a semi heavy feeling trigger will smooth itself out with just firing a few hundred rounds through it. If you have never had a rifle apart or worked on actions before I would take it to a decent gunsmith.A few dollars worth of stone work on the sear and trigger points could turn it into a tack driver. If you don't know rifle actions it could mess it up quick too.All in all I am very satisfied with mine. I put a CenterPoint4x16x40mm scope on mine and it litterally is a tack driver. I have to be honest though....Since I have rebuilt an old model 93 I bought and refurbed with all new parts from the factory...I don't shoot the 64 as often as I earlier did.Those bolt action 17 HMRs are habit forming...hehehe...
