I did the comparison shopping about a year ago and went with the Marlin 70SS Papoose. I found it more "ergonomic" and reliable than AR-7 but still had the factory take-down ability that the Ruger 10-22 lacked. After one hunting season of testing I still like it and often plink with it at the range. There a quite a few threads/posts on the Papoose here at ETS Forum.

Mike