Joined the Marlin 60 Club, or 'The Things We'll Do to Get the Gun We Want'

[76shuvlinoff]

.....and is a good ammo consumer .

There, I fixed that for ya

 

[Col. Plink]

true, mine was $120 used but hardly fired, and rare as it turns out; but at $140 new with 10/22's almost twice that I don't see the comparison.

 

[Dookie]

On sale. Regular $169. 10/22's are $189. I love bimart.

 

[CZguy]

I stopped by my local gun store today and found a used model 60 in good shape. It's one of the long ones with the bolt hold open after the last shot. As I recall they were made between 1985-88. I picked it up for $85.00 out the door. I'll give it a good cleaning tonight, and try it out tomorrow.

 

[Col. Plink]

I stand one-upped, sir.

 

[CZguy]

I stand one-upped, sir.

Sorry...................that was not my intention at all.

I stopped by the store looking for one of the "squirrel" glenfields, this one just happened to be on the rack.

 

[Dookie]

I have been meaning to get one. There is one at a local store that is in near perfect shape for $109. I would really like to find one with the wolf/coyote in the stock.

 

[rangerruck]

WWOW!!! nOW i am freaked out officially! that does look like a frickin ground hog, It has no bushy tail... I cannot believe it though... maybe it is old, and just got rubbed off. If that is a ground hog , that is the only one, i have ever seen!

I sent the guy a msg and and questions; hope he answers back!!!

 

[WhoKnowsWho]

$85? Geez, I would have bought it to too join my Marlin Model 60...

 

[CZguy]

$85? Geez, I would have bought it to too join my Marlin Model 60...

Check the pawn shops in your area. When you find a model 60 that you like, ignore the price tag, and say you would like to make a cash offer. In this area I can usually find one for 60.00 out the door.

These are usually some of the rougher ones. The metal usually cleans up with bronze wool and oil. Many of the stocks need to be refinished, and the actions appear to have never been cleaned.

With winter coming on I find it to be and enjoyable pass-time.

 

[Big Russ]

Originally she looked like the gun on the bottom of this pic:

When my father-in-law learned I was starting a gun collection he gave it to me. Like all my other guns she wasn't in good shape but a lot of TLC brought her back.

I didn't want to drill into the original stock just to put a swivel stud in there, so I took the more expensive route. $129 bucks later (give or take) and I had this SVD stock installed.

The bipod is handy with those 14 round reloads.

 

[Col. Plink]

Ranger, I think it is a groundhog (or a whistlepig as they say); it looks portly compared to the squirrels which also have some lines in the pattern that make them a lot smaller.

 

[Voland]

I hate to brag

But this thread just makes me want to grab mine and go to the range...

This was shot at 50 yards open sights. I can repeat this every time and I am not even a good shot... BTW, my rifle was purchased summer 2008...



V.

 

[RA51]

I have a old Glenfield 60 squirrel print made in 79 an Model 60 marlin made in 82, both bought new. Have not shot them in 15 years. Just got back into shooting so may have to run some rounds thru them. Brick of 22 rounds still have price of 89 cents on each box. They were very accurate when I use to shot them. Killed a lot of squirrels with them.

 

[rangerruck]

Voland, take a sharpened pencil, and mark the sides of your rear sight, on each side with pencil lines. then take a brass punch and/or a hammer, and knock your rear site, the width of that one sharpened pencil line, to the right. this should then have your rear site, covering your pencil line that was on the right of it, and on the left side, the old pencil line mark, and a space for just the width of another pencil line mark.
that should make you dead on at 50 yds; you are a bit left.

 

[ChefKristian]

I took mine to the range yesterday and sighted her in at 50 yards and successfully took out the bulls eye... so I pushed the target back to 100 yards. It took me 3 shots, but I hit it dead center.

I then moved it back to 50 yards and proceeded to shoot the entire face out of the silhouette target... All in all I put 333 rounds (Winchester box ) out of her in an hour, and she only FTF 3 times, and FTE 1 time...

I love this gun...

 

[Voland]

Thanks Rangerruck,

I bent it a little and now its dead on. This was just the only picture of a target I had. Still, this thing is so much fun!

V.

 

[BUGUDY]

After looking at the 10/22 and the Mod 60, I decided to get a 60. By pure luck I ended up with a 1989 17+1 w/ LSBHO. I din't realize what I had purchased until Rangerruck clued me in. Very accurate, but does'nt like Win Wildcats. My son and I were shooting it last night and just had to laugh at how accurate it is.

 

[Col. Plink]

Bugudy, I had a very similar experience getting mine and then finding out what I had from rangerruck; better to be lucky than smart!

 

[rangerruck]

...man!... both a ya'll; just too lucky.

 

[svaz]

Check the pawn shops in your area. When you find a model 60 that you like, ignore the price tag, and say you would like to make a cash offer. In this area I can usually find one for 60.00 out the door.

These are usually some of the rougher ones. The metal usually cleans up with bronze wool and oil. Many of the stocks need to be refinished, and the actions appear to have never been cleaned.

With winter coming on I find it to be and enjoyable pass-time.

Rod the bore to feel for bulges! I bought a little Glenfield 25 w/ a bulge before the 16" mark - been pissed about that for 20 years now ...

 

[Col. Plink]

Ranger: think I found you a 'Wolf' Glenfield!

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