I bought it!

Congratulations on your first rifle purchase. You can never go wrong with a Marlin 60!

Congratulations, the Marlin Model 60 is just one of those 22 rifles you can't go wrong with.

Ron

A Marlin 60 was my first .22 as well. Really, really liked it.
Still kick myself for selling it.
Hang on to yours. You'll be glad you did.

You did good 30-06... Congratulations on your new Marlin. That's money well spent.

I have 3...well 2. I got one when I came home from birth that my grandfather bought. I let my wife pick from all the 22s at the gun shop and she got one stainless and synthetic, and then the other one was found in the woods. Numbers were clean so I kept it and got it working. It was very rough so I feel like it fell out of a buggy (lots of amish there)

Congrats!

I think you made a great choice. I have owned two Marlin 60's . The first now resides in the hands of my oldest son. The seconds in now in the possession of my youngest son. which leaves me missing my Marlin 60's

I still own a Ruger 10-22 as well as a Marlin 795 and it's big brother the Marlin 7000 . The model 60 is the most accurate out of the box moderately priced 22lr available . Sure there are " out of the box " accurate rifles out there, but they are usually far more expensive options.

There are also rifles that can be easily modified for greater accuracy , again at added expense. I consider the model 60 to be the best of what a call a " bang for the buck " rifles. They will cycle any ammo you throw at them, and seem to last forever.

I am also a fan of the tube mags and ,wood stocks as well as the Marlin micro-groove barrel.

I hope you enjoy yours as much as I have enjoyed mine over the years, Tentwing

Good pick. The Marlin 60 is a great gun. I have two, an original SS model that my dad gave me back in 7th grade and another one I got from my cousin to build a super-accurate model.

They are generally very accurate and very reliable right from the start. Only problems I've had from mine are because the mag tube plunger is broke on my SS model.

Wait... What?

OK, I love the Model 60s.

Your logic in its pick is sound.

Good luck on finding ammo soon.

One of the great things I find with my Marlin .22s is that, given their accuracy - far out of proportion with their price or standing in the hierarchy of premium .22s - the better the ammo I feed through them, the less ammo I go through as the accuracy is worthy of demanding higher returns and slower shooting.

Now... so this is your first rifle and your user name is 30-06? Ballsy move there -Aught-Six!

Todd.

I'd be willing to bet that my Marlin 60 is older than you are, Thirty-ought-six, and it's still shooting real sweet!

thirty-ought-six said:

Also he pointed out in extreme cold, a plastic stock may crack. Although I'm pretty sure the plastic on guns is designed for cold, I've had lots of plastic items crack or break in the cold.

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Congratulations, a nice pick. By the way, polypropylene is an inexpensive and therefore favored polymer used in the making of synthetic gun stocks. It is in essence "plastic" and has all the characteristics of plastic, including being frozen into brittleness at temperatures just under 20°F. (MIT School of Engineering)

I see ammo every time I'm in Dick's or Academy. Not really cheap stuff but affordable stuff like CCI minimags

it is in essence "plastic" and has all the characteristics of plastic including being frozen into brittleness at temperatures just under 20°F.

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Plastic guns have been tested to at least -30 degrees with no ill effects. I've seen video of a Hi-Point of all things functioning at -110. At that temperature the moisture trapped in a wood stock can freeze, expand and split too. Many northern Europe countries have replaced their handguns with Glocks after finding they functioned better in extreme cold than the older steel or aluminum guns.

The plastics used in guns ain't the same plastic used in most everyday items.

I haven't seen CCI Minimags for almost two years! We have CCI standard velocity .22 LR available for around $7 per hundred but it shoots just fine in my Browning Buckmark and 10/22 so it should work fine for your Marlin. Congratulations for your entry into the world of independence, I am sure you will have a much larger collection in 30 years.

The plastics used in guns ain't the same plastic used in most everyday items.

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And the plastic used in a Glock ain't the same plastic used in my Savage 93 FVSS. The stock forearm flexed horribly. So much so, it was replaced immediately with a Boyds. However, never have I been too concerned about the cold and any plastic on guns. I try to avoid both.

I grew up shooting a Glenfield Model 60 (Marlin Model 60) about forty-five years ago. It was a real work horse. I don't recall ever having any problems with it. I think my brother is still using it today.

Congrats,
As said above you'll be shocked at how accurate & reliable these are!

Congratulations! I own 2 model 60's. One of them I bought back in the 90's. The other my Dad had when he died (it is actually a Glenfield version). They are good rifles.

Congrats, I bought myself a Marlin 7000 (795 w/ bull barrel) on my 18th birthday. It was the perfect first rifle.

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The only thing I noticed, and maybe it's a non-issue, the magazine outer tube (the part that holds the one that slides out), is a tad loose, you can turn it back and forth a few degrees.

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That goes away when it's loaded and there's tension on the follower.
For what it's worth - I don't see the pics - just question mark boxes.

Todd.

Congrats on a great rifle choice. Plenty accurate, very reliable, and will cycle just about any .22lr you can find.