What scope do you have on your .17 ?
In all seriousness, the Marlin is a great rifle, too. I own a Model 60, one of the best rifles ever made.
Brownings are nice, but in terms of quality AND accuarcy AND ruggedness, it's hard to beat the Marlin.
California sucks that's it.
One of the Simmons Aetec. I think it's a 3.8-12 x 44.
Gotta try to get it out and kill some paper before I take it back to the woods. I think it's just a hair off. That last bunch of squirrels I got, I hit 3-4 of them in the neck, which isn't good because I lost some shoulders to the damage. Gotta make sure it's set dead on. It's supposed to rain every day this week, except for Thursday & Friday. I'm going to try to take Mongo and the little green 10/22 out to the WMA that's here by the house. We'll have to see how many bowhunters we can piss off by being out there squirrel hunting while they're trying to deer hunt.