Ahhhh, so many deceptions, so little time. The most recent was may not be deceptive depending on your perspective, but it seemed rather "odd" to me. I've been looking for a .22 Magnum rifle for almost 6 months. Combed every gun show, gun store, and pawn shop I came even remotely close to. I travel a lot for work, so there are many places to explore. New, used, I don't care.
Had a "store keeper/counter warmer" tell me that hardly anyone makes .22 Mag rifles anymore (like there was EVER an over abundance of manufacturers in the first place). "Anyway, since the development of the .17 WRM, there isn't any demand for .22 Mags, and noone is using them anymore", he tells me. "Hmmmm", I think. My response: "Well, if that's so, then why is it that I can't even find a used one in 3 States for almost 6 months, but EVERYONE, including YOU, has at least a half dozen .17 WRM's on the shelf? If the .22 Mag is sooo useless and outdated, I'd think the shelves would be full of them and the .17's would be as rare as platinum." His face got blood red, he huffed and puffed, and stormed off.
A week later, I found a brand new Marlin .22 WRM, not 5 miles from home, and happily brought it to the house. The "seller" at that store didn't even realize he had it, thought it was a 17. I wonder if any of the 17's I saw were really .22M's in disguise
. I almost walked away from the one I found because the guy said it was a .17, but I could read the tag on that one from the counter.