Any love for the marlin / glenfield model 60s ?

[Mk42gunner]

I've had a few over the years. One memorable one was bought for $20 at the beginning of trapping season, hauled around in the back of a truck and not cleaned all winter. It never bobbled once, and was sold for $25 after cleaning it at the end of trapping season.

I personally think they are a better gun than the Ruger 10-22, but they aren't as easy for the average person to modify. They just flat work with an occasional cleaning, and are usually accurate.

Robert

[smkummer]

Nothing at all wrong with liking both the 39A and the model 60. I too prefer the 22"/18 shot model if for nothing else, to sneer at NJ laws. I bought my 60 only a few years ago for $125. Love it. Had a friend tell me of the days of $10 bricks of 22 ammo and that would be a afternoon of shooting with one of these. He claims he wore a barrel out of one shooting thousands of rounds when bricks were cheap.

[w5pv]

Been kicking myself every since I sold the one I had.


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[Hogtamer]

Gave my older 18 shot in to Grandson last month with an old 2.5x K weaver and 500 rnds. Told him to let me know when he thought he could outshoot me. For a 13 yr old that took about 2 weeks. So last week he came over and shot a baseball size group at 50 yds and was just grinning till Grandpa shot a quarter size group. I told him that gun was made for a squirrel's head but aim for his eye. I think he got it and went home with another 500 rounds. I've got the newer 14 shot still, but with a 9x. May have to shoot it next time.

PS...we talked about the squishy trigger, told him it was like 2 stages.....take up the slack then squeeze it off.

[Sean357]

My dad gave me his 18 shot model 60 glenfield 12 years ago. Love that rifle. Took it out recently to actually shoot the thing for accuracy and after sighting the scope in, I could have shot the head out of a dime at 50 yds. Great little gun, its gonna get some squirrels and mountain grouse this fall.

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[marlin39a]

Picked up a Glenfield 60 last year for $40.00. Beautiful rifle, with Oak Leaves and Diamonds on the stock. It was filthy, and the guy said it was unreliable. A complete cleaning solved that. It's a good squirrel gun.

[osteodoc08]

Marlin Model 60 was the first rifle I bought my ex wife when we first started dating some 18-20 years ago. She was a heck of a shot with it and I actually preferred it to my 10/22.

After we divorced, I picked up a Glendield Squirrel stocked rifle, but let it go when I needed the money a while back. I keep eyeing them and wanting to pick one up, but just haven't. I think one of the stainless ones would make an awesome truck gun and plinker.

[Mk42gunner]

The only thing I didn't like about my stainless one was the plastic orange front sight. Since it lives with a 4X scope on it now, the front sight doesn't bother me so much.

Robert

[braddonovan67]

I have a model 70. Love it.

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[izzyjoe]

I'd love to have a m70 papoose!

[WILCO]

One of those items I regret selling.

[wv109323]

I repaired one for a friend recently. They are a parts nightmare. There were many designs and no records of when each change was made per serial number. Marlin kept all the parts numbers the same even if the part was not interchangeable with the previous design. Terms like new style and old style are meaningless.
I ordered a hammer and hammer strut pin from Brownells. The hole in the hammer was much larger than the pin. The old hammer strut was not compatible with the new hammer strut pin. Brownells admitted there was no way to determine if the part they supplied would fit your rifle.
They are usable and there a zillions of them. I understand the newer ones have several parts that are plastic that were once steel.

[jhaston]

I'm on my 4th one now, always had somebody wanting to buy the ones I had before for too much money but I swear I'm going to keep this one I have now, I'm always on the lookout for another one though. 22 rifles and Marlins especially are one of those things you just can't have too many of.

[tstowater]

A Model 60 was my first 22lr that I bought closing in on 40 years ago. Shot bricks of 710 Federals that my mom bought for me and I killed lots of sparrows and starlings on the farm. She never complained about buying 22 ammo, bless her heart. We had cattle and hogs so the targets of opportunity were plenty. Gun always shot well. Still have it in the safe and it doesn't get out much. Periodically I will get out a 10/22 or another 22 but mostly the Anschutz. Mostly will shoot 17 HMR, HM2 or WSM for rimfires these days. That will change when I get some paperwork back from ATF. Standard velocity 22s and a silencer are the ticket I am waiting for. If I would have had that when I was a kid, all the sparrows would have been dead, period.

[OnHoPr]

The Model 60 was the first time I answered all the questions on one of those Yellow Fed or State sheets @ Kmart back when I was 18. A different type of upgrade from my Rem 514 which was accurate. With the 4X Glenfield scope and Sears & Roebuck .52 cents a box ammo after I sighted in with 4 shots the 4 tacks holding the target at the range would not hold the target any longer. Shooting from the bottom up. That got stolen as well as the 514 then I got another one, but it had inside barrel imperfections and didn't shoot all that well. Traded it for a Rem Pump which didn't shoot all that well either. Went to the LGS and traded that for a Speedmaster. That shot well enough for 35 squirrels with 37 shots one season. That got stolen, so I got another 60, put a 1" 3x9 on it, found the ammo it liked and it shoots when I do my part with no wind one ragged hole groups @ 50 yd. Hey its MI, that's what they do here. If you had them in a safe they would steal the safe.

[buckweet]

Very much enjoyed this thread.
Great storys !!

[Blackwater]

The Marlin M-60 gets panned for being "unreliable" at times, but all this is about is the bent pin ejector that, once you learn to bend slightly upward once in a while, is VERY easily cured. And their accuracy has been consistently stellar in my experience. It's slender, light, quick and accurate. What's NOT to like about them?

My favorite is the old "M-99M1 Carbine" model with a peep sight that fit the rear of the grooved receiver. I shot some hand thrown skeet with that one once, as a bravoadoish joke. It only held 10 rds. with tube mag ending at the forestock. I hit the first clay on shot 9, the second on shot 3, and the third on the first shot! No amount of money could have gotten me to try a 4th shot! It's such a quick and precisely handling little .22 that I couldn't help but love it.