Well said. Excellent small game rifle (and even larger game if you can get a clean head shot) and is decent for home defense. Get you a few BX-25s (or the new BX-25 doubles) and you can put a lot of rounds on target really fast for cheap! (Well cheaper than a lot of other higher caliber ammo none of it is "Cheap" nowadays)
I reccomend the Marlin 795. They rock and the company is patriot friendly.