The Fausti-made Marlin Elsies are essentially the same gun as the Weatherby Athena d'Italia, but with different wood and a case-colored receiver.

The SKB's are all good guns. The newer ones are heavier than those imported by Ithaca. You can look around and find a very high condition Ithaca SKB 200E for not much more than half the price of that 385. Other than the 385 having choke tubes, I'd go with the older Ithaca import.