Marlin 60: do you prefer the original stock or aftermarket?

I currently own 5 and have had a dozen or so more over the years. All but 2 have been in factory stocks. All of the rifles I currently own are in factory stocks. The ones I have put together from parts have gone into whatever I could find cheap. One went into an ATI (I think) poly stock and it was nice enough but didn’t balance well. It looked nice and that’s what prompted a guy to talk me into selling it at the range.

Factory wood for me.

The first thing I did with mine was put it in a Boyd’s ‘Rimfire Hunter’ stock, so that it didn’t feel like a toy.

I am not a fan of the original furniture.

I have considerable damage to my wrist after many years of riding bulls and bareback horses, so a conventional swept pistol grip stock is not great for me. I shoot factory Marlin 60 stocks typically only because I am too cheap to replace a stock on a $150-200 rifle for myself without a very specific purpose, but I do use Boyd’s stocks on a few Marlin 60’s.

I like the original stock , not saying a aftermarket one would not be better , but I see no need to change it .

I tend to leave things stock. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.

I prefer a 10/22.

Tried to like the Marlin, but the triggers are junk.

Wood stocks that look like wood all the way.

I have 2 60's a blued and stainless. I like the wood stocks. Although the above Boyd's sure looks nice.

I usually replace the M60 with M70 stocks, after I convert the tube to magazine fed, several though are still using the factory wood which is suitable.

JCooperfan1911 said:

I prefer a 10/22.

Tried to like the Marlin, but the triggers are junk.

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I found the stock 10/22 triggers (or at least the older ones. I gave up on the 10/22 a while ago, through no fault of its own) to be pretty crappy also. But not as bad as the Marlins, and the aftermarket 10/22 triggers are way better than the aftermarket model 60s.
There's just a lot more play in the Marlin design.

My Marlin 795 wears a Boyds rimfire hunter stock, the factory stocks are smaller than I like.

Aesthetically though I prefer the factory wood stock to almost anything else, They make the gun look the way I want a rifle to look.

Heir Kommt Die Sonne said:

I'm in a mood for Marlin 60 love.
I discovered this rifle a few weeks ago and to me it's better than the 10/22. It has a almost military look to it in it's wood stock, but you can also get polymer after market stocks. Those of you who know me, know I love the wood battle rifles of the past so the wood stock is my preference.
What do you guys like?

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Unable to answer this question because I have yet to see a picture of your gun. lol

Although I normally prefer wood, in all honesty I really like the light synthetic stock of my Marlin Papoose, basically a magazine fed version of the 60. Though I probably would have enjoyed an earlier wood stocked version.

I have two "Glenfield" 60s and wouldn't consider changing the stock for love or money!

I've got the glenfield m60 with squirrel stock, my wife claimed it as hers and a pre rem m60 in wood as well that is a gift to my grandson. Guess I'll have to pick up a couple more.

I've stuck with the squirrel stock for 45 years.

Rugers are made to tinker with, Marlins are made to be left alone in my book. I prefer the wooden stock anyway. But to each his own.

Heir Kommt Die Sonne said:

Is a Marlin a good rifle to try out scoped long range shooting with?

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It sucks adapting the 3/8” dovetail to proper rings for a scope, it tends to suck loading the tube mag for LR, and it sucks that Boyd’s doesn’t make a ProVarmint for the Marlin 60.

But it’s an accurate rifle, sufficiently so for long range plinking to 200-300yrds.

My vote goes for the original wood.

Mine has the original wood(birch?) stock and I haven’t noticed it being lacking.

JCooperfan1911 said:

I prefer a 10/22.

Tried to like the Marlin, but the triggers are junk.

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In my experience 10/22 and Model 60 triggers suck equally badly. It goes without saying there are many more aftermarket trigger options for the 10/22. My Model 60 has the ArrowDodger trigger upgrade and I’ve been pleased with it.

My first .22 (Christmas gift) was a Savage/Stevens/Springfield 120A bolt action with a spongy trigger.
My next .22 (personal purchase with Christmas gift money) was a Glenfield 99G (call that the prototype of the Model 60).
I learned on "bad" triggers so I don't get the hate on Marlin 60 or Ruger 10./22 triggers.
My 3rd rifle was a used Winchester 69A (I'll admit that trigger was nice and crisp.)


Marlin 60. Original stock or after market? Since about 1960 Marlin sold over ten million Model 60s with the same stock pattern as the original Marlin 99 and Glenfield 99G and people keep buying them. It is not a bad stock design.

For the record I have a pristine Model 60 rifle (22 inch) barrel in wood stock and a gunshop Model 60 carbine length I installed in an aftermarket "tactical" stock.
I like em both.

I like wood stocks on everything - but, also have some composite stocks for some things. If I was going to bang a rifle around much or take into field, leave in back of a truck, I'd probably just swap to the polymer stock for the beating, and switch it back to wood for range use or to sit in the safe. For whatever reason, the wood to me makes them seem like a well crafted piece, and the polymer makes them - feel like just a work tool, that is functional - but, not special in any way.

I've got a very nice original Model 60... I wouldn't think of taking it out of the factory stock, but I'm like that.

I've got mine fitted with a Williams receiver peep, it's all I could ask for out of a tuber .22...

Original wood just a little TLC, green & carbon stains and tung oil.