DESCRIPTION

The X7’s most notable feature is the Marlin designed Pro-Fire Trigger. In the center of the trigger there’s an actuator or release, which has come to be called a “passive safety.” This actuator prevents the rifle from firing unless it is pressed with the trigger. This is similar in function to the Savage AccuTrigger and triggers on Glock pistols. With the action removed from the stock, the trigger is easy to adjust for pull weight. Marlin claims the Pro-Fire Trigger is creep-free, though I could detect a minuscule amount of creep at the lowest weight setting. Even so, this is a great trigger for a factory rifle, especially when you consider many replacement triggers cost a third as much as the X7 rifle.

The X7’s injection molded, pillar-bedded, synthetic stock has a straight comb and cheek piece. The rifle has a two-position safety and a fluted bolt that is easy to remove and disassemble for cleaning. It is a push-feed design with a spring-loaded ejector and an extractor that slides at a 90-degree angle in a raceway cut into the bolt’s face. The head of the bolt is separate from the bolt body and attached by a robust pin. This permits the head to slightly flex, potentially compensating for alignment errors incurred during assembly and action torque when firing.