Any love for the marlin / glenfield model 60s ?

[buckweet]

I've had an old 1986 marlin model 60 for many years . 18 shooter with last shot hold open.
Excellent squirrel medicine rifle.
But .....
Always wanted a better trigger.
Enter arrowdodger and his KAT triggers, for the marlin and glenfields. .
Ever shoot a good target grade two stage ?
I'm telling ya, i love it !!!
My old marlin always was a tack driver.
But now ???
She's so scary accurate, its almost miraculous . It's that good.
Anyhoo, thoughts I'd give those of you with the old glenfields and model 60s a head's up.
And as a bonus, ArrowDodger is THE marlin model 60 GURU. Anything wrong with your weapon. He can fix it.
I scored an old glenfield squirrel stock rifle off gunbroker, 46 bucks i think..
Ordered new springs. And new feed throat.
Sent it all to ArrowDodger, he says she's one sweetheart of a shooter now.
Happy to bring one of the finest. 22 autos back to life.
Google ArrowDodger kat trigger.
It's worth every penny.
I simply cannot rave about the kat triggers more.
Awsome.
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I sure love the old glenfields, just something about them . That calls to me.
Have never seen one that wouldn't shoot good.
Those microgrove barrels are fantastic.
....
Back when i was a youngster, one of my uncles had an old squirrel stock glenfield.
Us boys did our best to wear it out.
Never did.
Ised it many a nite coon hunting.
As a squirrel rifle. It was the cats meow.
I've lost track of that old glenfield, pretty sure one of my cousins has it.
But. Thats ok.. I've bought two of them over the last few months.
Fixings them up.
Lotta fun.

[nagantguy]

marlin Glenfield, my first 22, always shot well, just a year or so ago I refinished the stock and gave her new springs and she looks and shoots better I'll have to look into the new trigger!

[richhodg66]

A couple of years ago, I picked one up that was obviously an older one with real deep blue, a very nice Walnut stock and the gold plated trigger. Nice rifle and always works, which I hear some of the recent ones have reliability issues.

Good rifle, just doesn't do that much for me, my Winchester 72A gets most of my .22 rimfire shooting.

[petroid]

I have one I bought new in the 90s that has been beat to death and still shoots great. Picked up a 77 in a pawn shop. Refinished and feed throat replaced and it is a tack driver too. Gave it to my son for Christmas. His first gun

[DerekP Houston]

Just got one recently! My son found the pieces and broken stock at my grandfathers house and he gifted it to us (he swore he had no idea where it came from). Quick change of screws and a new stock and it is a little tack driver. I have it set aside for my boys first "boyscout" rifle when he is old enough to go shooting. Has a bit of nostalgia being from PaPa too.

[Yodogsandman]

Great little rifle! Just got to make sure to keep the action clean, though. I love being able to load up the tube with the 7 chute/ 15 rounds quick loader.

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[Der Gebirgsjager]

Any love for them? Oh, my yes! I have a like new specimen of that very model, the one with the squirrel and acorns on the stock. I used bolt action .22s for many years, but once got the bug to have a semi-auto. I purchased a Ruger 10/22 but was disappointed with its accuracy and sold it. Then I bought the Glenfield Mod. 60 and never looked back. A real tack driver. As a gunsmith I worked on a number of them. Once or twice had to replace a spring in the trigger group, but the main problem was just dirt and gunk as folks tended to shoot them for years and years without much maintenance. I did discover that Marlin changed the design of the trigger group a couple of times. It is designed kind of like a metal sandwich with two sheet steel sides and the parts in between. On the older ones the sides were held together with pins that could be driven out, but in later models they were flattened on the ends like rivets and very difficult to remove. In fact, I had a telephone conversation with Marlin once and was told that they did not intend for them to be taken apart and suggested sending them to the factory for repair of just buying the entire trigger group new. But, yes, they're a wonderful rifle. Now if I could just get some ammo.........

[buckweet]

Any love for them? Oh, my yes! I have a like new specimen of that very model, the one with the squirrel and acorns on the stock. I used bolt action .22s for many years, but once got the bug to have a semi-auto. I purchased a Ruger 10/22 but was disappointed with its accuracy and sold it. Then I bought the Glenfield Mod. 60 and never looked back. A real tack driver. As a gunsmith I worked on a number of them. Once or twice had to replace a spring in the trigger group, but the main problem was just dirt and gunk as folks tended to shoot them for years and years without much maintenance. I did discover that Marlin changed the design of the trigger group a couple of times. It is designed kind of like a metal sandwich with two sheet steel sides and the parts in between. On the older ones the sides were held together with pins that could be driven out, but in later models they were flattened on the ends like rivets and very difficult to remove. In fact, I had a telephone conversation with Marlin once and was told that they did not intend for them to be taken apart and suggested sending them to the factory for repair of just buying the entire trigger group new. But, yes, they're a wonderful rifle. Now if I could just get some ammo.........

Now thats very interesting.
Yep..
I'm a huge fanboy of the old glenfields,
Correct me if im wrong --- but hasn't marlin made something like 12 million of them ?
So, i seriously doubt we'll run out of them any time soon. Thank the Lord.!!!
Im always on the lookout now.
For the older ones.
Now that I've found my friend ArrowDodger,
I'm tickled pink. I've a few younger shooters in my family, fix em up. Excellent Christmas gifts.
I like the fact, that a person can up grade the feed throats and ejectors.
Once ArrowDodger is done. They run like a swiss watch.
And soooooo wonderful accurate! !
Seems every single glenfield /Marlin shoots well with CCI standard velocity ammo.
I clean them with brake cleaner.
And remington oil.
Then high pressure air. Blow it out.
They operate slick as a whistle! !!

[Multigunner]

Got the Marlin 99 M1 Carbine version. Great little rifle.
I've owned a couple of Glenfields years ago, sold one and gave the other away. Both were great shooters and very reliable.

The Carbine I picked up dirt cheap in near relic condition. Little metal finish and some exterior pitting. What was left of the stock finish was cloudy and worn away in spots.
The rear sight was missing and the otherwise nice scope that was on, a 3-9 variable, had received a severe knock which bent the mounting rings.
I cleaned the bore and found it in excellent condition. Fitting an old Tasco 4X from my junk bin I found the rifle capable of dime size groups at 50 yards with cheap milk box bargian ammo and little effort on my part. You'd have to work at it to miss something with these rifles.

The standard comb of the factory stock is way to high for me even when using a scope so I eliminated it completely and reshaped the stock to more closely resemble a M1 Carbine stock.
First thing was to shorten the pistol grip then reshaped the buttplate and butt using a real M1 Carbine buttplate as a guide.
Drop at heel is still a bit less that on the real thing, but it will suffice.
I also reshaped the handguard and made a new upper band from half an old Mauser upper band of unknown type.


My favorite ammo for these, especially the short barrel versions, is the CCI Stinger.

[DerekP Houston]

174960 mine had no preference for ammo....tried federal and remington golden with same tiny groups. figured this thread needed a picture in it!

[ak_milsurp]

First thing I ever bought on a credit card in 1982.... A Marlin 60.....was $62.00 new in box. At. sporting goods shop in Utah...

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[MT Chambers]

Sorry but all the Marlin rimfire love is used up on the model 39.

[The Governor]

Bought one for my step son when he turned 18. Haha, his mom didn't want him to have it but I got it for him anyway.
He's 20 now and at Camp Pendleton, Ca., a PFC in The Marine Corps.

[metricmonkeywrench]

Lots a love here, bought it new in 1983 before heading off to Boot Camp. I forget what I paied for it then but it's still with me today. It's one of the last 18 shots without the last round hold open and before the barrel and mag tube was shortened to be NJ compliant. It is the first rifle that 2 of the 5 grand kids have started out on and the wife loves it.

[izzyjoe]

I love them, first rifle I ever fired. My granddad bought a new Glenfield from Otasco in 1980, and he taught me to shoot it. I still have it, and it brings back memories every time I shoot it. Though the years I've had dozens of them, most of them were $40 pawnshop specials, that were guaranteed to jamb half the time. The last one I picked up was 99 m1, and it has the rear sight, I've been told the sight is worth more than the rifle, it's a shooter and loves mini mags!

[mac60]

Just like DerekP Houston said - more pics needed.

174989

Love 'em. Much prefer Marlin 60 over the Ruger 10/22. Have 2 mod. 60's and a Glenfield 75.

[DerekP Houston]

First thing I ever bought on a credit card in 1982.... A Marlin 60.....was $62.00 new in box. At. sporting goods shop in Utah...

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LOL my replacement screws and an authentic 1978 stock cost more than that! Those were the days.

[ak_milsurp]

And I think it came with a scope

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[ak_milsurp]

I know where there's three or for of them cheap here in Anchorage . All with same dealer...good shooters

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[ak_milsurp]

That said, I gifted mine to my son's years ago....

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[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.