Customer Reviews for Marlin X7VH .308 Winchester Bolt Action Rifle

Great gun real tac driver for the price.

Added a quality scope to this rifle, sighted it in and holds a pattern equal to a Remington 700. This is a outstanding gun for the money. Well built and the only drawback would be the weight, if that bothers you, which is don't in my case. I would recommend this gun to anyone for competition or hunting. Great buy for Buds.

A 26 inch heavy barreled 308 with adjustable trigger and a model 70 cloned action, how can you go wrong? You can't! At the time of this writing the rifle has a 5 star rating and I couldn't agree more. I had the opportunity to shoot both the Savage Axis and Ruger American before buying this. I didn't really like the light rifles and I didn't group well with them either (others did/do so it must be me). When I saw this I decided to take a chance. Now, I am glad I went with the Marlin X7VH. The rifle shoots like a dream, with the synthetic stock and rubber butt-pad, full power 308 rounds feel like your shooting a 223. The bolt is smooth from the first time you chamber it. I recommend you follow the instructions, clean and oil the bolt and it will cycle like a dream. The safety is smooth, positive and well positioned. The trigger felt light, crisp and i felt no need to adjust it from the factory settings. Mine came with a full length model 70, scope mount base. Top notch quality but tighten it down, from the factory mine was loose. (on forums I have seen this complaint as well) Now the only negative, the stock is a throw away if you want to get serious about your groupings. That said I have consistently shot 1-2 inch groups from a wobbly rest and cheap scope (center-point 4-16 and a cooler with a pillow on it, not exactly cement with sandbags) so i would say that it more then meets the needs of a hunter, which the gun is designed for. With a proper stock, tuned hand-loads and a higher end scope I think it will shoot much better if you want to turn it into a project gun. Boyds has stock offerings for it, I have been eyeballing the thumb-hole forest camo laminate myself. Another thing to note, which some might see as a negative is the bolt handle is small, much smaller then i thought it would be from the photos I have seen. To me its not a big deal, less to get caught on the brush!. Lastly, this was my first purchase online, I was nervous without seeing this rifle first hand but I took the other reviewers word for it. Buds service was excellent. Email updates at every stage. I ordered on a Saturday night and it shipped on Tuesday morning. I would most definitely consider another purchase from Buds if i get the itch for another firearm.

Very nice firearm. For the money you cant beat this rifle. Now with that said the bad is the stock.... it flat out sucks. You can either stiffen it up or replace it but leaving it be really isn't an option. The rifle I received didnt need much sanding to let the barrel free float but being a heavy barrel the stock will touch while using a bipod. I gave the rifle 5 stars because for the money spent you will not find anything put together this well and this quality. Buds service was great and shipped fast.

I have a Winchester 70 in 30-06. The Marlin X7VH is very comparable. The 26" heavy barrel is wonderful, I adjusted the trigger pull down to 2 pounds and it's the equal of my Winchester worked trigger. The Marlin stock is plastic, and definitely limits accuracy out of the box. Boyd's will hook you up for about a hundred bones, floating the barrel and giving it that fine blued steel and wood look. I used the one piece rail that came with the rifle (after remounting it with blue locktite) and mounted a Leapers 4-16x44 on low mounts. Developing loads I felt like I was scattering shots all over creation, but measuring the bad groups, they were just over an inch at 100 yards. It'll do Much better than that! I really like it, am amazed at how smooth the action runs, and am planning on at least two more Marlins in the near future. The price of the thing is ridiculous for how much rifle you get! And Bud's was flawless. Again. 8^)

This is the second one of these I've bought, can't beat em for the money.

Having purchased numerous firearms from budsgunshop.com in the recent past, my purchasing experience went very well. Very timely and efficient and I received exactly what I had purchased, no complaints. As for the Marlin X7VH in 308, I am very impressed with the quality on this sub 350.00 rifle. My expectations have been met and then some. The barrel on this rifle is enormous. I set it up with a Weaver T36 and some Weaver rings for a 50mm. Loctite picatinny rail and rings for a solid mount. My groups were .85 at 100 yards, using handloaded barnes solids 165gr and benchmark powder. I think this rifle will make a great low budget precision rifle for me.

Item received by my FFL inside of a week. Perfect condition. Was exactly as described. Took to range this morning and was surprised at the accuracy right out of the box. An excellent entry price point rifle for all.

I have to say, Budsgunshop is an awesome company and i will buy from them again. I previously bought this rifle from realdealguns and i cannot honestly say anything nice about there company. Short story, they gave me the run around for a month about when my gun was going to ship. Then they took 2 weeks to return my money and i had to harass them for my money back. Buds got me my gun in 3 days!! Anyways, onto the review of the gun. Great gun overall. At 100 yards i got 1.5 " groupings right out of the box. After fully free floating the barrel and bedding the stock i am shooting .5" groupings @100 yards and at 300 i can get 1.5" groupings. This gun is by far the best bang for the buck rifle you could buy. As long as you know how to tweak things yourself to make the most out of it. Only downside to this rifle is the plastic stock. It feels kinda cheap but with a little reinforcement and a little paint you can firm it up and make it look good.

Gun came in excellent shape, I don't foresee the price on these staying low for very long. The barrel is massive, has a great trigger. Can't beat this for the money

Alright, I've owned this gun for about 2 months now and put about 300 rounds through it. There are good things and there are bad things. First and most importantly this is a 26" heavy barrel, and when they say heavy barrel they mean HEAVY barrel. I seriously doubt the average human being will be able to shoulder this rifle and hold it steady enough to hit a deer let alone a target or bullseye at more than 100 yards. I'm a 6'2" 200lbs farm worker and it takes all my strength to hold it steady for more than a few seconds. The stock is cheap plastic but gets the job done, and it comes with a scope base included. I threw a 6.5-20x50 scope on it and it does well fyi if you have a scope over 50mm you'll have to buy high or see-through rings I fit mine on there but it looks like there's less than maybe .5 of a mm inbetween the scope and the barrel which makes it impossible for me to slide my lens cover over the end :/ I would recommend this rifle for long range prone shooting, i bought a weaver rail mount (for a 12 gauge since the bull barrel is fatter than a 12ga barrel) and threw a utg bipod on it and i have to say it works incredibly well. Buy a tall tripod if you plan on shooting this thing not prone (sitting or standing). Now for the pros, first off this is a 308 which means cheap ammo, I have a 30-06 automatic and $1 a shot wasn't cutting it for target shooting, you can get any of the russian bear ammo (silver bear, golden bear, brown bear) and tula ammo in 308 for ~40 cents a shot and they even come in soft point. The best part of this rifle however is what makes it worth ever single penny, accuracy. I had this bad boy shooting quarter bullseyes at over 300 yards, and let me tell you 300 yards is a longgg way. This rifle can outshoot any rifle 3-4x the price, I can't even begin to explain how impressed I am with that kind of accuracy if you can hit a quarter across 3 football fields there isn't anything you can't hit. 'nuff said.

I really was impressed with this firearm. Marlin has done a great job putting this one together. I switched out the stock with a Boyds feather weight thumb hole stock because the forend of my composite stock was warped and touched at the end of the barrel. And i would say this gun will shoot out of box better then any rifle 3x price. This is a 26inch barrel i will most likely order on in 22-250 also

Bought this about 6 months ago and love it... With a cheap Tasco 3-9x40 scope and cheap Russian steel case Tula ammo it still shoots 1.5 - 2" groups at 100 yds. The 26" heavy barrel combined with the light synthetic stock makes it a bit muzzle heavy,,, but that fact along with the excellent factory recoil pad make it feel more like a .223 or 7.62 x 39 instead of a .308 Bolt operation is very smooth and adjustable trigger is great. Great rifle for the price.

Excellent value for the money. While the stock I'm not crazy about, everything else on the rifle is top notch. Bud's has great customer service and was quick to respond to everything I asked. Shipping was a little slow due to change in warehouse but I would still not hesitate to order from them again. And as far as the rifle is concerned I'm a huge believer in this rifle and would put it up against many others twice the price.

The service - Bud's did a great job getting it to my local preferred dealer ASAP! Great price too! The rifle - unbelieveable quality for the money. The description is wrong though - the barrel is a 26 inch heavy barrel; better yet. I will report range test results later. Remington/ Marlin can't keep these cheap forever, get one now - you will love it!