ANYONE TEST OUT OR OWN THE MARLINS XL7 BOLT ACTION RIFLES?

[JackOfAllTrades]

Study ballistics.. The 270 will do anything a 25-06 can, and better. Bullet selection for the 25-06 is quite limited by todays standards for popular cartridges in 6mm (.243), 7mm (.270) and .30cal

-Steve

[PlateauNDN]

Lol just hear alotta bad thing an good ones too but can't stand tha thought of losing an animal even from a good shot just my thoughts lol egg away I live right next door to you all lol
 

Great thread and sorry I didn't notice it yesterday you've provided some good info.   I was in a similar situation earlier this year and I bought a .270 for my son to use for next year when I take him for his first.  I took it for a test run this year and harvested a nice 5x6, so I can say the .270 works fine for us.  If he gets something a little big for himself in return I plan on getting him a .243 to use until he's big enough.  Good luck to you and your son   nie. 

[mallard79]

If you are just gonna give it.away, the remington modell 770 is a bit cheaper and with a a pretty simple trigger job they are plenty accurate for hunting. My son shoots one in .243 and it puts 5 touching at 100yards.....and it is under $300. 

[Biggerhammer]

Study ballistics.. The 270 will do anything a 25-06 can, and better. Bullet selection for the 25-06 is quite limited by todays standards for popular cartridges in 6mm (.243), 7mm (.270) and .30cal

-Steve

I'll kill it just the same with either and leave both in the safe when it come to the 6.5-284.

[JackOfAllTrades]

http://www.chuckhawks.com/6-5-284_6-5RemMag.htm

I don't knock the 6.5x284.. Cool short action round, but not common on most sporting goods store shelves.

http://www.chuckhawks.com/270win.htm

http://www.chuckhawks.com/25-06Rem.htm

http://www.chuckhawks.com/243Win.htm

-Steve

[HairTrigger]

Plus you see a lot of 270 s in the papers an shelves of gun shops too they are everywhere now how many 25-06 you see in any store or shop your lucky to see one ballistics are good witnessing it is better lol

[Biggerhammer]

Plus you see a lot of 270 s in the papers an shelves of gun shops too they are everywhere now how many 25-06 you see in any store or shop your lucky to see one ballistics are good witnessing it is better lol

That's because Jack O' Connor brain washed a generation and the next got a .270 shoved in their hands and didn't know any better. I own .270's but O'Connor was spot on concerning the 7x57.

[Pathfinder101]

Plus you see a lot of 270 s in the papers an shelves of gun shops too they are everywhere now how many 25-06 you see in any store or shop your lucky to see one ballistics are good witnessing it is better lol

That's because Jack O' Connor brain washed a generation and the next got a .270 shoved in their hands and didn't know any better. I own .270's but O'Connor was spot on concerning the 7x57.

That's why I hunted with one for 25 years...  My grandpa had a stack of old Outdoor Life's in his basement, and I read them (O'Connor especially) every time I was over there growing up.  When it came time for me to buy my first gun, I bought a .270 Win.  I shoot a 7mm Mag now, but I never regretted buying or hunting with my .270s.  And I never lost an animal that I could blame on the round...

[Biggerhammer]

Plus you see a lot of 270 s in the papers an shelves of gun shops too they are everywhere now how many 25-06 you see in any store or shop your lucky to see one ballistics are good witnessing it is better lol

That's because Jack O' Connor brain washed a generation and the next got a .270 shoved in their hands and didn't know any better. I own .270's but O'Connor was spot on concerning the 7x57.

That's why I hunted with one for 25 years...  My grandpa had a stack of old Outdoor Life's in his basement, and I read them (O'Connor especially) every time I was over there growing up.  When it came time for me to buy my first gun, I bought a .270 Win.  I shoot a 7mm Mag now, but I never regretted buying or hunting with my .270s.  And I never lost an animal that I could blame on the round...

Almost the same story here, in elk camp before I was old enough to carry a rifle almost everyone had a .270 or 30-06 with a accasional .300 Win Mag or .300 Weatherby. I used to sit around the campfire and listen to the Jack O' Conneor .270 huggers rib everyone about their 06's and .300's. I carried a handed down 7x57 for several years and when I was twelve I had saved up enough money. My dad drove me down to the local gun shop with my field & stream magazine in hand, I walked out with the first rifle I ever purchase myself. A Rem700 BDL 7mm Magnum, my dad thought I was crazy.

[HairTrigger]

If you are just gonna give it.away, the remington modell 770 is a bit cheaper and with a a pretty simple trigger job they are plenty accurate for hunting. My son shoots one in .243 and it puts 5 touching at 100yards.....and it is under $300. 

What if he wanted to give it to you or anyone else on this site which he.can and has asked.about would any of you all honor him if he honored you in return replace his first kill weapon just wondering???

[bobcat]

If you are just gonna give it.away, the remington modell 770 is a bit cheaper and with a a pretty simple trigger job they are plenty accurate for hunting. My son shoots one in .243 and it puts 5 touching at 100yards.....and it is under $300. 

What if he wanted to give it to you or anyone else on this site which he.can and has asked.about would any of you all honor him if he honored you in return replace his first kill weapon just wondering???

There's no way I would give away a Remington 770, unless it was to someone I absolutely hated. Sorry but that's just something I'd feel guilty for the rest of my life. Make it a Savage, a Marlin, Weatherby Vanguard- there are decent low priced rifles out there, but the 770 isn't one of them. (IMO)

[Pathfinder101]

If you are just gonna give it.away, the remington modell 770 is a bit cheaper and with a a pretty simple trigger job they are plenty accurate for hunting. My son shoots one in .243 and it puts 5 touching at 100yards.....and it is under $300. 

What if he wanted to give it to you or anyone else on this site which he.can and has asked.about would any of you all honor him if he honored you in return replace his first kill weapon just wondering???

There's no way I would give away a Remington 770, unless it was to someone I absolutely hated. Sorry but that's just something I'd feel guilty for the rest of my life. Make it a Savage, a Marlin, Weatherby Vanguard- there are decent low priced rifles out there, but the 770 isn't one of them. (IMO)

   Sorry, never have heard anything good about them (and I am a huge Rem 700 fan).  Then again, I could be wrong, I have never owned a 770...

[HairTrigger]

If you are just gonna give it.away, the remington modell 770 is a bit cheaper and with a a pretty simple trigger job they are plenty accurate for hunting. My son shoots one in .243 and it puts 5 touching at 100yards.....and it is under $300. 

What if he wanted to give it to you or anyone else on this site which he.can and has asked.about would any of you all honor him if he honored you in return replace his first kill weapon just wondering???

There's no way I would give away a Remington 770, unless it was to someone I absolutely hated. Sorry but that's just something I'd feel guilty for the rest of my life. Make it a Savage, a Marlin, Weatherby Vanguard- there are decent low priced rifles out there, but the 770 isn't one of them. (IMO)
Exactly 

[HairTrigger]

Would any of you do this I told him its up to him who he gives it too

[addicted]

I was keeping track of them for awhile and got to put my hands on one a couple weeks ago.

If you take a closer look at them from back to front, they have the rear bolt shroud of a weatherby, the scope mount holes of a model 70, the trigger is a poorly machined copy of the accutrigger, the safety is the same as a rem 700, the bot head is much like a remington but is attached by a pin like a savage, then at the front of the action the barrel is attached by a barrel nut like a savage.

The point of the secondary trigger(accutrigger) is to have a super light short trigger pull with the secondary as a safety to prevent unwanted discharge. The marlin i handled had a trigger so heavy that it didnt need the extra moving parts of the secondary blade trigger. It was also noticably loose and poorly fit together. Hopefully it adjusts down low enough to need that secondary trigger.

The owner of the gun said that through all the ammo he had tried he always got about a 2.5-3 inch group out of it.


It is cool that you can use model 70 scope mounts with it but thats the end of my interest.

You can go down to walmart and pick up a savage Edge/axis for $267 and if your really that interested you could use the extra money you save on a new trigger or better glass.