More amazing Marlin XL7 accuracy.

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Why not?

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No load development, just randomly tried another load, and shot it last night.

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No bedding, no trigger adjustment, no tuning of any kind. These Marlins are quite amazing. I have bought six of them now, in all the calibers except 308 Win, and not one has shot poorer than 1 1/2 MOA right out of the box!

Really quite amazing for a factory sporter that weighs 6 1/2 pounds!

Ted
 
Identical grouping to my 30-06 right out of the box with factory ammo. If only they did something about that awfully tight blind magazin, I would still have it. Not a problem until you start doing a lot of bench shooting.

Mine was one of the very first ones sold in Canada by Prophet River. So the comment about their consistent accuracy from rifle to rifle is correct.
 
mlehtovaara said:
Little more than a Stevens 200. Not quite as accurate but for a hunting rifle worth it IMHO.
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Not quite as accurate? This was my XS7 on it first trip to the range, and my first ever handloads. 100yds


Not as accurate. Hah!

I've got a few loads I've worked on with it that I was never happy with....they looked like Why Not?'s group in the first pic.

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Hey I have shot my best groups ever with some hand loads in a Stevens 200 so I can't say otherwise, but I haven't hand loaded for my XS7 in .243 yet.

That said with factory stuff my Stevens 200 groups just a bit better, so that's what I'm basing my opinion on.

Now the funny part.

I am pretty sure I have the exact same setup on my XS7 as you! Although mine is the camo stock, but same Bushnell 3200 3-9, and even the same rings. LOL

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I have not used factory ammo, but with my reloads, out of the box gets me under an inch at 100yards all day with my XL7 30-06.

Hey Why Not, I have a question. Since you have so many, are any of the ones you have the newer ones made by Remington ??? I want to pick up another one for yote hunting, but the idea of getting one of the Remlins is discouraging me.
 
I've posted these before, but what the hell, since we are rehashing the accuracy of these rifles, here are two groupings at 100 yards, four shots, with a load I developed but nothing done to the rifle, straight out of the box.

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mlehtovaara said:
I am pretty sure I have the exact same setup on my XS7 as you! Although mine is the camo stock, but same Bushnell 3200 3-9, and even the same rings. LOL
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Definately nothing wrong with that setup! I'm running the same scope and rings still but now It's sitting in a boyd's laminate stock

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heavyBullet said:
....Hey Why Not, I have a question. Since you have so many, are any of the ones you have the newer ones made by Remington ??? I want to pick up another one for yote hunting, but the idea of getting one of the Remlins is discouraging me.
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The last one I bought was the 25-06. Got it last May. It is as solid as the rest of them, and shoots tiny groups. :)


mlehtovaara said:
....Little more than a Stevens 200. Not quite as accurate but for a hunting rifle worth it IMHO.
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Does this one qualify? :D

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My best load for, and the best group shot with the 270.

Ted
 
i ve shot one marlin XL7 in 270 and i had the same kind of groups as why not ? and others.

the more interesting is that any load or factory ammo you feed with is grouping the same way.

i ve seen the best group ever made by the Varmint .308 win but maybe the heavy barrel make it better but the other ones are really great ...

maybe not the best appealling ( but it s in the eye of the owner ...) but they works and this is what you ask to any rifles as a tool ....

i wish they make them in left hand actions soon ..

all the best.
 
Nothing stamped on the left side of the barrel near the receiver ?? I figured they would be like the lever actions, where the pre Rem models were proof stamped JM and the the ones made by Remi were stamped REP.
 
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