fit and finish could be a little better and it is getting better. i think some of the problems came from people at Remington not being familiar with building lever action rifles and there was somewhat of a learning curve involved.
i heard many people complain about how the Remington Marlin X7's were junk nad were not any good. well i can dispute that. i have two X7's, a XS7 in 7mm-08 and a XL7 in 25-06 that were made prior to Remington buying Marlin and i have a XS7VH in 308 that was made after Remington bought them. it shoots just as accurately, made just as well as the other two, so i call bunk on that rumour.
i heard many people complain about how the Remington Marlin X7's were junk nad were not any good. well i can dispute that. i have two X7's, a XS7 in 7mm-08 and a XL7 in 25-06 that were made prior to Remington buying Marlin and i have a XS7VH in 308 that was made after Remington bought them. it shoots just as accurately, made just as well as the other two, so i call bunk on that rumour.