Marlin model 60 feeding issue

Don't over tighten the takedown screw. CLEAN the feedthroat, do not use a dremel to 'polish' it. Go to rimfirecentral.com and check them out.

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Hopefully you didn't buy the one I owned new back in the 70's. It was a real piece of lets say work. It did the same thing no matter what I tried. It was the only .22 auto loader I could afford at the time. I was working in a machine shop at the time so I asked the shop lead machinist to take a look at for me. he saw what it was and told me that he hoped that I had not purchased the one he had happily unloaded himself. I soon used it as a trade in on my first winchester. good luck with it.

I'll agree with no dremel on the feed throat! Clean with Q-tip and solvent, then dry as routine maintenance.

Over the years I have replaced the feed throats on a couple of heavily used Model 60s with new parts I ordered from Marlin service division and restored them to proper feeding. With the change in management to Remington, I don't know if home gunsmiths can order them anymore.

As JB Wood points out in Troubleshooting Your Rifle and Shotgun, the feed throat is alloy with a hard chrome plating which works fine as long as the chrome is intact. Once the chrome is damaged, the alloy wears quickly and the gun misfeeds. He recommends having a gunsmith replace the feed throat and I agree, it aint easy for the kitchen table home gunsmith, but I have done it.

ADDED: A lot of the time, misfeeds with the Model 60 are the result of years of shooting without a thorough cleaning of the feed throat. I would try that first before attempting a replacement.

There has been a feed throat kit available that will probably fix your problem. The replacement of the feed throat is pretty easy with simple hand tools.

As has been said the feed throat/ramp is the first suspect. But, check the extractor hooks for mushrooming and/or not being square to the bolt face. Also REALLY clean the bolt face so the cartridge base will sit flush against it. Do a slow feed and watch the bolt face to make sure the cartridges sit straight and tight. If they hang crooked or fall out it's the extractors.

These problems appear to be common with used semi-auto .22 rifles period, not just with Marlin Model 60. I know it is frustrating to pick up a gun with a good rep like a Marlin Model 60 or a Ruger 10/22 and have problems.

I have to remind myself each year during "winter storage" cleaning to use a toothpick or bamboo skewer and clean the crud out of the extractor cuts in the rear of the barrel and give the bolt face and barrel breech face a good scrubbing with a toothbrush.

Reminds me I need to take my Model 60 out and bounce some golf balls down the plinking range.

Find the "nickle fix" on rimfire central. I have 2 60's, one is kinda rough but flawless in function. The other one was perfect but troublesome. Did the nickle fix along with a god cleaning and it is on par with the other one.

That particular ammo has malfunctioned in my Marlin 22 and my Ruger 22 auto. Both guns are reliable with CCI Mini Mags and other brands. The Golden Bullet seems to be inconsistently loaded. I noted one case will eject normally, another one barely dribbles out & some won't completely eject.

I have a Glenfield model and experience the same problem after each cleaning. I follow Jerry Mickalek advice and put a drop of lube on tge first round being fired. No jams during the range session.

Lots of information including pictures and videos online about the Marlin/Glenfield 60 rifles. I had a 2012 Marlin 60 that was a single shot when it was traded to me. I could manually load a round and fire it, but the rifle would not eject the brass nor load the next cartridge after shooting. Reading was the key to finding a solution. The trigger group had been tightened too much and cracked the pityful plastic trigger group frame. I replaced the trigger frame with one made from metal. Then I had to properly adjust the ejector spring to the proper angle. I suspect someone had bent the spring before I ever saw the rifle. Granted a good cleaning was done before I started any other solutions. These two things corrected all issues and made the rifle shoot any ammo I choose to use in it now. I was pi$$ed about it immediately after the trade when I found the rifle had a problem. In the end it is a keeper.