Have you seen a Marlin X7 lately?

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Sure Shot Mc Gee

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Looking for a bit of info on Marlins X7 series. Don't know of anyone who has one but as read in Marlins advertizements. It sounds like a pretty nice rifle. {lots of nice things already done to it by its factory personnel} Thinking of ordering one in 270 or perhaps a 308 maybe. {Their X7 model.} But before laying any benjamins on the counter. I thought I would ask here first what others know about the Marlin model I'm interested in?
Thanks to all.

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They're good rifles.
I have an XL7 in .30-06. It's a tack driver, and a far better rifle than most of the competition (Savage/Stevens, Remington, etc).

There are quite a few other X7 owners here, that will likely share the same sentiment.


One thing I will add... I like the Ruger American just as much, aside from two irritations: 1. The cheesy magazine. 2. The flimsy stock. With a different stock and a better magazine, I'd take the American over an X7.
 
I had a X7 stainless in .308 it was a very nice gun. The stock was a better synthetic than savage. Its not as nice as my Tikka stock though so I'm a little jaded. It shot factory ammo well and had a nice trigger. I'd recommend one and I'd buy another one if I could find one.
 
They are definitely one of the better "budget" rifles.

I actually tried to order a stainless one in .25-06 about a year ago. I was told by the gun shop owner that they no longer make any X7's in stainless and any ones that might be available would just be old stock. I don't know if they ever started back production of the stainless rifles but I doubt it. Especially since the new Remington (Remlin, Marlington, whatever you want to call it) 783 is made in the same plant as the X7.

Another good thing about the X7 is that Boyd's gunstocks makes laminate stocks for them. They also make stocks for other budget rifles like the Savage Axis, Remington 783, and Mossberg ATR. I'd say they will eventually have a stock for the Ruger American. Any rifle in this price range isn't going to have the best factory stock but the X7's is better than average.

If you happen to want a stainless rifle in this price range the Savage Axis is the way to go. I bought a stainless Axis the other day in .223 for $329 new.
 
Never shot one, but handled one at Big 5 sporting goods (30-06) $329.00 bucks
no sights, no scope or mounts, seems a reasonable price for a reasonable rifle.
I have heard nothing but good things about them.:D
 
I bought a Marlin X 25-06 shortly after Marlin began shipping them. Now also own a 7mm-08 and a 308. I'm pleased with mine. All decently accurate and the adjustable factory trigger is pretty good too. A fellow range member bought a .223 Marlin X couple of months ago and he's quite happy with accuracy of it.
 
I was told by the gun shop owner that they no longer make any X7's in stainless and any ones that might be available would just be old stock. I don't know if they ever started back production of the stainless rifles but I doubt it.
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Three points to hit, just for clarity:
1. It's true that they were discontinued.
2. Finding a "new, old stock" stainless X7 isn't very common, but there are a few out there still. (That's why they're still on the Marlin website.) If you find one for a good price, it'll be a great rifle. And, if you don't want it, there are dozens of guys lining up on the MarlinOwners forums to snap up any SS X7 you come across. (As well as the GBO forums, MarlinCollectors forums, MarlinFirearms forums, and more...)
3. Remlin has not informed any distributors or dealers that the stainless version will ever be coming back. It could come back, but... Right now, it's dead. The best way to get a stainless X7 is to watch the gun auction sites and forum classifieds.
 
Dang it!!! You guys are making me wish I hadn't sold my stainless .308 Marlin XS7S. And at the price I sold it for too. Live and learn I guess.
 
One reason the X7 rifles aren't as common or as talked about as the other budget rifles is that they decided to resale then through small Marlin dealers and not in the big box stores.

I have a stainless XS7 in 7mm-08 that I found last year about this time at Sportsman's Warehouse for $350. It's a nice little rifle and I bought it to rebarrel it with a .260Rem McGowen or Shilen. Haven't got around to it yet, but I have had fun playing with the 7mm08. I put a walnut Boyd's stock on mine.

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Slightly, but only a couple ounces. The laminates are quite a bit heavier, though. It's got a Nikon BM 6-18x on it now and it's still plenty light enough to carry around. It's getting a 26" varmint contour barrel, so it won't be light forever. I have other guns to hump around the mountains.
 
The laminates are quite a bit heavier, though.
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Indeed, they are.
I had a Boyd's 'pepper laminate' stock on my XL7 for a short time. That stock felt like it was made out of ironwood. It was at least 3 pounds heavier than the synthetic stock, and pushed the rifle from just over 7 lbs to well over 10 pounds.

They aren't supposed to be that much heavier, but mine seemed to have been made of granite.
 
All that glue in the pores and smashed sheets of birch add up to a lot more density than a natural piece of wood. It's better suited to make a stock out of unless weight is a concern. I have grown to kind of resent laminated stocks a little. When I look at rifles in laminate stocks I just always think they would look better in real wood be it maple, birch, walnut, or beech.
 
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