What better to do than go look at guns. All the talk about the Marlin X series Bolt rifles had me interested for quite some time. One of my Local shops happened to have a few of the newer Laminated stock XL7's in 30-06 at well below 400 bucks, and I dove right in at one last night! It is a light gun, but the weight is right where I like it, up front in the barrel. 6.5 pounds according to the manual. The Laminated stock looks to be a Boyds, its checkered, and Pillar Bedded. The Bolt is fluted, and will slide right out to the end if you tip the rifle up slightly. Has a very nice recoil Pad, and the trigger is excellent, and breaks clean at a hair over 3 pounds. I mounted a 3.5 x 10 leupold on top, and am headed to the range tomorrow to break the barrel in, and try out a few loads. Cant wait, it needs a thorough cleaning before the 1st shot, lots of packing grease throughout ! I Love them Marlins !OT- New Marlin XL7-L
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OT- New Marlin XL7-L
Snowstorm here last night, and the Dish went out so no TV ! What better to do than go look at guns. All the talk about the Marlin X series Bolt rifles had me interested for quite some time. One of my Local shops happened to have a few of the newer Laminated stock XL7's in 30-06 at well below 400 bucks, and I dove right in at one last night! It is a light gun, but the weight is right where I like it, up front in the barrel. 6.5 pounds according to the manual. The Laminated stock looks to be a Boyds, its checkered, and Pillar Bedded. The Bolt is fluted, and will slide right out to the end if you tip the rifle up slightly. Has a very nice recoil Pad, and the trigger is excellent, and breaks clean at a hair over 3 pounds. I mounted a 3.5 x 10 leupold on top, and am headed to the range tomorrow to break the barrel in, and try out a few loads. Cant wait, it needs a thorough cleaning before the 1st shot, lots of packing grease throughout ! I Love them Marlins !
What better to do than go look at guns. All the talk about the Marlin X series Bolt rifles had me interested for quite some time. One of my Local shops happened to have a few of the newer Laminated stock XL7's in 30-06 at well below 400 bucks, and I dove right in at one last night! It is a light gun, but the weight is right where I like it, up front in the barrel. 6.5 pounds according to the manual. The Laminated stock looks to be a Boyds, its checkered, and Pillar Bedded. The Bolt is fluted, and will slide right out to the end if you tip the rifle up slightly. Has a very nice recoil Pad, and the trigger is excellent, and breaks clean at a hair over 3 pounds. I mounted a 3.5 x 10 leupold on top, and am headed to the range tomorrow to break the barrel in, and try out a few loads. Cant wait, it needs a thorough cleaning before the 1st shot, lots of packing grease throughout ! I Love them Marlins !You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Re: OT- New Marlin XL7-L
That laminated stock looks good. 30-06 is my favorite rifle cartridge. I hope that it turns out to be a good one for you.