Glenfield Mod. 60 (Marlin) problems or just ammo? "Dirt" in the eye?

[Cluster Bomb]

I recently aquired a Glenfield Mod. 60 by Marlin from my wifes father. I took it out shooting just awhile ago. and i noticed some weird behavior.

1. When shooting Federal Bulk .22lr ammo from wally world and Remington thunderbolt ammo every once and a while a round would sound different than others. Rather than the normal small Pow that a .22lr makes it made more of a low pop or ping noise, and ejected the empty casing.

2. after doing the above upon ejection my right eye felt puff of air and crap fly at it. (was not wearing eye protection this time ). I pay attention to my ejections from any gun and noticed it didnt spit the empty casing out but more like puked it with an "explotion" of gunk? if you will....

i thought that oh no the bullet didnt fire completely and was wedged, I ejected all the rounds from the tube fed Mod 60 placed safety on and held back the ejector and looked down the barrel (seems like a dumb thing to do lol) but i could see the light at end of the barrel and no buildup or markings. I inspected the chamber and no visible marks or grinds (i did this for every odd sounding round fired)

I did check the ammo befor fireing, non wer ruster or oddly greased or anything that would warent a dirty fire or ejection

I only shot 22 rounds so far on it and i believe at least 5 or so rounds did the back spit to my eye. there does not a pear to be anything in my eye, just a weird feeling.

any ideas on the problem?

 

[andyjason]

my marlin 60 spits the empties out a few feet away. how clean is the action? if stuff is coming out with the empties, then to me, it sounds like it could use a good cleaning.

 

[Sav .250]

Another reason to wear eye protection.

 

[stonerfan66]

First off go get some EYE PROTECTION !!! I agree CLEAN it, if it still does it then take it to your loacl smith.

 

[Lunie]

When you find out what it is, be sure and let us know!

 

[Cluster Bomb]

It was cleaned before i took it out. First thing i always do is clean & Inspect.

I do use eye protection, i was just too eager to shoot this gun i guess.... and forgot

slides like silk, clean as a whistle. No trigger play, slack or slap.

 

[Cluster Bomb]

think i found the problium. I decided to clean it again after todays firings. And noticed that the slide slides way to easy than befor. Maybe i broke something or loosened something apon firings? but any kind of pressure even a lite push from the cleaning rod. it does not lock. thus i belive it is letting gas and pressure escape, as after i cleaned it again it does not lock or close all the way. It worked fine before i fired it.

 

[tahunua001]

I had a m60 that also seemed to have a few rounds with that low pop... it never did blow anything back in my face though. never solved the problem...I always attributed it to remingtons QC going down the tank and just got federal 525 packs from then on

 

[Caliper_Mi]

1) eye protection!

2) sounds like the occasional weak rounds that will happen in bulk ammo (especially Remington, IME). What hit your face was probably unburnt or partially burnt powder. Weak round would also cause weak ejection.

 

[Mals9]

Pull the action from the reciever and inspect the buffer, plastic piece at the rear of the action, or the recoil spring. It sounds like the bolt is not going into full battery. Look at the extractor grooves on each side of the chamber. If these get full of gunk it will prevent the bolt from going fully into position. Use a dental pick or something similar to clean the recesses. Stop using the Thunderbolts. They are very dirty and will cause these types of issues in a Model 60.

 

[jwsracin]

mine does it at least once or twice an outing with the federal bulk stuff, its the ammo man. you'll get a weak one every once in a while, i'm sure some one will disagree with me, but if i run cci's through it , it never does it

 

[jwsracin]

oh yea and i use the federal bulk packs the majority of the time anyway