Posted June 21, 2019 7:30 am by Comments

By Chris Eger

This Marlin XT-22 has been a solid plinker over the past several years. (Photos: Chris Eger/Guns.com)
There is little more satisfying than hitting the range with a bolt-action rimfire rifle, and this Marlin XT-22 has clocked in regularly for the past six years.
First introduced in 2011, Marlin’s XT series replaced the company’s legacy North Haven, Connecticut-made “JM” Model 925. Debuted after Remington picked up the company, the XT added the Pro-Fire adjustable trigger– which is user tunable from 6 to 3-pounds — as well as a new stock design that replaced the old checkering seen on Marlin’s legacy rifles with a palm swell and lightly textured grip areas.
A “Mayfield Marlin,” my personal XT-22 (when chambered in .17 HMR it is the XT-17) was produced in Remington’s Kentucky plant in 2013. Currently, the guns are made in Huntsville, Alabama at Big Green’s mega-plant in Rocket City.
As a personal confession, no matter what I have in the gun safe, this humble $200~ rimfire probably gets more use than any other firearm I own. It is just flat-out pleasing to shoot and it gets a workout at least once a month in regular trips to the range. There is just nothing like sitting at

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