I think Marlin, and by that I mean Remington, needs to stop making the X7 centerfire bolt action rifles.  Marlin is a Lever Action Company… they need to stick to that.  They do fine Rimfires… which is fine.  Remington has nothing in that market.  But Remington making a Marlin branded Savage Knockoff?  Feh… Why? To get that 300 dollar rifle Market?  I thought they already had that with their 770.  Which is total crap, but hey.  It’s at least a Remington.

Now, there is really nothing wrong with the X7 rifles.  It is quite good for a cheap knock-around gun for those that have a hate for Savage and refuse to buy one… so now they can buy the Marlin option, which is a Savage knockoff crossed with a Vanguard if it got drunk with ambition and delusions.  Reportedly the X7’s shoot pretty good.  Especially their heavy barreled .308.  But why would Remington want make that, when they would rather be selling their own 700 SPS Tactical?  I don’t get why they feel the need to make a product that competes with their own product.   Remington needs to squelch that.

I still assert that Mossberg needs to GTFO of the Lever Action market too.