glenfield 60
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Good score!
Pat Riot
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Dang! Congratulations 
Let us know how it shoots.
Let us know how it shoots.
PistoleroWadcutterGANG
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Well done, brother. Just resurrected one myself. They are worth every penny.
Good work!
Scooter22
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You did great! I would check the buffer and order a replacement. They tend to shatter when they are that old. Stay away from hyper velocity ammo will help. Enjoy.
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teerex.otw
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Looks good !
I celebrated my 18th birthday by buying mine & still have it all these years later.
Caught it on sale at K-mart, came with a scope…39 bucks !
Ahhh, those were the days.
I celebrated my 18th birthday by buying mine & still have it all these years later.
Caught it on sale at K-mart, came with a scope…39 bucks !
Ahhh, those were the days.
Congratulations on your purchase. I have the shorter barreled version. If I recall correctly it is a Glenfield model 75c. I don't feel like going to look at the serial number right now but if I recall correctly it was made in either 81 or 82. It was the .22 my father had when he died. I also have a mid 90's Marlin version. I like them.
I will second that recommendation. The old white buffers definitely get fragile with age. And it was common back in the day to use chlorinated carb and brake cleaners to clean guns. That stuff will also make the buffers brittle and break. And Marlin always stated not to shoot hyper velocity ammo in their semi-auto rifles and not to feed them a steady diet of high velocity ammo either.
CoalCrackerAl
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Awesome congrats. I have 2 60's. Under Marlin a stainless and blued. I love them.
JCooperfan1911
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Those are pushing well past $1K on the open market. Extremely collectible now that the Marlin 60 is discontinued.
WestKentucky
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It’s such a great squirrel gun that they even put a squirrel on it. I love mine. I think I own 4 of them now… kinda up for debate since my grandpa and my kids keep claiming them. My wife’s stainless box magazine variety is also quite nice.
earlthegoat2
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Is it the longer 26” barrel?
I have an 81 Marlin 60 and it has the longer barrel that they reduced to 24 later on.
I have an 81 Marlin 60 and it has the longer barrel that they reduced to 24 later on.
irishlad
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Very nice. Here's mine, 1st rifle I ever bought back in 1975.
hawg
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I've got three 60's. Love them.
Rubone
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Great Score, and nice looking rifle. I have two Glenfielsd 60s, one was free and the other cost $100 but came with a mint Model 780 Bolt Action thrown in. I also have a model 70 with detachable magazine feed.
CoalCrackerAl
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I have some JM stamped glen fields. Bolt action. I wonder what they are worth now. Im not selling them. Them old guns are very accurate.
Paul R Zartman
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I have 2, a squirrel stock like yours and a newer stainless, awesome guns... I installed DIP triggers and guards, plus MCARBO Springs on both mine... Huge improvement if your handy...
Have fun with it.
Paul
Have fun with it.
Paul
I have one with a squirrel stock and one with an oak leaf stock. One is an ‘82 the other is ‘79. One is a great shooter and the other not so much. I think it was mostly abuse at the hands of my step brother, though he certainly ate good while he had it. I keep one stock and the other has a Nikon Rimfire II. I just bought a new 10/22 and plan to have a shoot off to see which shoots better with the biggest variety of ammo.
Mine's a Marlin, but it still needs a little work.
JCooperfan1911
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Marlin 60s have some of the worst triggers around and their trigger groups are a joke. Basically two pieces of sheet steel pinned together. Very little that can be done with them.
If Ruger could bring back the Marlin 60 but redesign the trigger group, maybe even to use the 10/22s trigger group, then they’d have a winner. A tube fed semi auto 22 can make a great boys gun or kids first rifle.
If Ruger could bring back the Marlin 60 but redesign the trigger group, maybe even to use the 10/22s trigger group, then they’d have a winner. A tube fed semi auto 22 can make a great boys gun or kids first rifle.
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