well, at the same time Chris of TG came up with many designs for Marlin, the company grew, Marlin had serious growing pains so Chris took his sh!t and left. He then started up TG, which i didn't like at first until i talked to some of the boys over at Marlin, and Chris from TG for almost an hour... anyways, i just ordered a set of springs and u-bolt flip kit from TG.
If you've ever gone through hell trying to get an order even placed with Marlin(or let alone recieving the right order), you'd agree that you'd rather do business with TG.. i could go on and on and on.. i've had bad experiences with Marlin over and over.
anyways, back on topic it does suck that designs are stolen.. it's almost worth it if the design is taken and impoved on i guess.. but i doubt it was in Mike's case with his Summit stuff.. they make some sweet shinto down there.
-Jason