Anyone seen the new Marlin bolt action, centerfire rifle???

[kyelkhunter3006]

You can't read that review and look at the pics of the trigger and the rifle itself and tell me that it's not very very similar to a Savage.  Even the bolt head and face looks like the Savage, with the same type of attachment to the bolt body.  And it does have a lock-nut for the barrel too.  I would be willing to bet that Savage was consulted on this project, and there are just enough differences in the mechanisms to avoid any patent infringement.  Or, maybe Savage is getting a royalty from Marlin?

[Rangr44]

IIRC, US Patents have a 7 year life span, but I can't recall if they can be renewed, or if they can, how many times.

The Savage barrel nut's been around for about 50 years, so I'd say that's fair game; and the AccuTrigger may have actually been someone else's invention, and only temporarily assigned to Savage.

Wouldn't you like to have been a fly on the wall, at Marlin, during the planning for their new bolt gun ? 

[kyelkhunter3006]

I thought patents were good for 10 yrs.....  I think that you can renew one as well, but I really can't say for sure.  I know that a lot of things today are copyrighted instead, because I think that a copyright is good for 50 yrs.  I read somewhere that the designer of the accu-trigger does (or did) actually work for Savage.  It would have been interesting to hear that meeting.  I used to work in the outdoor field years ago for a marine company, and I can remember some of those meetings about new products.  Some of them literally were, "how much can we get away with without getting sued", etc.

[nomosendero]

Gunblast just did an article, w/pics, on the new Marlin XL7 boltgun:

http://www.gunblast.com/Marlin-XL7.htm

I wish I had not read that.
Now I want one.
I hope it catches on before remmy shuts it down.

I agree that the rifle sounds good & looks good for it's price range.

I do not believe that Remington wants to shut this new bolt gun down, just the opposite. It could in time mean the elimination of the Rem 710/770 rifles. These rifles of course exist to cut into the low end market & esp. Savage. They fall short on quality & performance compared to Savage. The 710 looks to be on the way out & the 770 is a temporary band aid. If the XL7 does well, they can ease the 770 out of the picture. Rem wins because the company reputation is enhanced with the elimination of lessor quality pieces, overall sales
numbers don't suffer if the XL7 picks up the slack. It is a no-brainer that the Savage numbers will take the hit if the new rifle does well, 
so in the Cerberus world & the Rem world it is win win situation.
The combination of the Rem bolt guns sold & the new Marlins being sold will amount to an overall larger market share for papa Rem & big pop Cerberus as well. Many industries are doing the same thing. They can buy more raw materials (steel, stocks,etc) & get an overall lower price. Advertising & other costs in some cases are cut as well.
As in other industries, the survivors will be fewer in number & larger. Increasing costs & gov/liability issues drive this, but it is better this way than to see ALL FOREIGN MADE PRODUCTS being our ONLY choices.
Not saying I like it, but it is the wave of the future in about every industry that I am aware of.

[30-06man]

I was thinking of a savage now I got to think about this one.