Thoughts on Marlin XL7

My wife's hunting rifle is a xs7y and she loves it we looked at a ton of rifles for her she wanted a .243 being a small lass we looked at a tikka t3 lite browning x-bolt micro Midas and the Remington model 7 and xs7 won she liked the weight and feel of the rifle and they do shoot like people say with 85 nosler partition (nosler custom ammo) she gets 3/4 groups at 100 pretty constantly
 
What is the difference between XL7 and XS7?
Long vs. short action?
Did they chamber short cartridges (243/308) in the XL7 action?
I heard once from a co-worker that he had a Marlin XL7 in 243 Winchester
caliber.
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XS=short, XL=long
The XS was used for 243,7mm-08 and 308, the XL for 25-06, 270 and 30-06. They now call them all "X7", but they still use short and long actions as needed.

http://www.marlinfirearms.com/Firearms/CenterfireBoltAction/x7.asp

I suspect your co-worker was mistaken.
 
What is the difference between XL7 and XS7?
Long vs. short action?
Did they chamber short cartridges (243/308) in the XL7 action?
I heard once from a co-worker that he had a Marlin XL7 in 243 Winchester
caliber.
Click to expand...
XS=short, XL=long
The XS was used for 243,7mm-08 and 308, the XL for 25-06, 270 and 30-06. They now call them all "X7", but they still use short and long actions as needed.

http://www.marlinfirearms.com/Firear...tAction/x7.asp

I suspect your co-worker was mistaken.
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Marlington really went nuts with the X7 naming system, and has changed the model designations several times over the last 3 years.
There actually was a short period of time (last year?), during which you could get a short-action X7 with the model designation XL7 or XL7S. :rolleyes:
(I saw them in .243 Win and .308 Win, never 7mm-08; but that doesn't mean it was left out.)

So, the .243 Win XL7 is a very real possibility.
 
I suppose it's possible that they may have made a short action 243 and called it an XL7. I doubt that they ever made a 243 on a long action.
 
That's exactly what I was saying -- and the lay person wouldn't know the difference. To them, the rifle is what it says it is. The average shooter, in my experience, doesn't even know that "high powered rifles" are even made in different action lengths.
 
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