Ken, my guess is RR does a lot of business, I've checked their BC inventory several times, it went from 15 to none in just a couple days recently!! The OE being new, it doesn't surprise me they don't have a big inventory of them, Sportsmans Warehouse here in town carries the Wolf, but not the OE, they can get one for me for a price, almost $450 after sale tax, for the same rifle Bud's and RR sells for about $300 shipped.
Caliber choices are very limited because it's new, given some time I'm sure you'll see some very desireable calibers.
My hopes are that the success of the Optima Elite will prompt Marlin to make the improvements in the H&R line that we've all voiced recently. Lee Iacocca once said, "Lead, follow, or get out of the way", good advice for Marlin to heed, and TC for that matter, IMO.
Tim