Marlin 60 or 10/22

[Onmilo]

I have owned several 10/22s over the years and but one Model 60 Marlin.
I still own the Marlin.

 

[amprecon]

I've owned both and found that the sights on the 60 are much better for me than those on the 10/22.
Although the reach on the stocks of both rifles measured the same, the 60 just felt better to me. The 60's stock seemed more narrow and just felt better.
Loading the two rifles I found it much easier on the fingers and less fumbling loading the 60 over loading those little box magazines of the 10/22.
Just my findings as I have since off-loaded the 10/22 but still have the 60.

 

[CajunBass]

I've got five 10/22's. They shoot plenty good enough for me.

I don't know that I've so much as picked up a Marlin 60 off the rack. I think they're ugly and that's enough to to keep me from wanting one, and I don't care how good they shoot.

Somebody else will feel exactly opposite to me and that's fine.

 

[Mot45acp]

Depends on your intended shooting. Me, if I see a rabbit in my garden I grab my stainless Model 60. I am more accurate with it. If I'm just playing then the 10-22 comes out. Its "fun-er" to shoot.

 

[mgkdrgn]

No mags to buy or lose, just as accurate, and cheaper to boot.

What isn't to like about the Marlin 60?

 

[mastiffhound]

I owned the 60 for 6 months, aftermarket parts are barely available. I bought the 10/22 2 years ago and have been happy ever since. I did buy the tapco stock and 25 round magazines the next week though. Both stocks seemed to be designed for small people or children. The tapco stock with the collapsable butt has solved all issues. As for accuracy I use cci mini-mags and the 10/22 is plenty accurate, minute of skunk at 40 yards(2 last week).

 

[doc2rn]

Marlin 60 or 39 right out of the box accurate shooter, comes with micro-groove barrel.

10/22 takes another $400 minimum to make it a descent shooter, pick your aftermarket barrels.

 

[CraigC]

If you spend another $400 on a 10/22 and it's only "decent", you're buying the wrong barrel and sinking your money in the wrong place.

 

[Sav .250]

Your simple question sure has generated a lot of opinions! I voted, enough said.......

 

[Lonerider357]

Can't see why people spend so much money putting gadgets on a .22 rifle!! Also, all these AR type .22's...!!!!

 

[mastiffhound]

10/22 cost $149 new with small plastic stock. Tapco stock was $79. Picked up 2 32 round mags for $15 a piece. 1 25 round for $20. Mine shoots just fine. I have seen some match barrels for $110 from cheaper than dirt. That equals $388. Still not $400. I don't feel I need the barrel so I'm at $278. I can also get 50 round drum mags for $70. That puts me up to $348. That is alot of fun plinking and varmint shooting for $348. I still didn't hit $400.

10/22 rifles are the most popular model for a reason. I can't think of a rifle that is that cheap with that many options for the same price. All for under $400!

 

[okiewita40]

My thinking is any gun should work right out of the box. That's why I like the 60. Besides is a 10/22 still a 10/22 if you change everything out except the receiver. Not in my eyes. Marlin 60 is the way to go.

 

[mastiffhound]

The model 60 just didn't have the options that I wanted. So it didn't work right out of the box for me either. Like I said before both stocks were far to short(child, short people). I do like marlin rifles otherwise, I have a 336 I just love. To me having a multitude of options is never a bad thing. That is why there is an aftermarket for everything (cars, firearms, motorcycles, computers, etc). People like to have options.

 

[mastiffhound]

$149 2 years ago at the gun shoppe copley, ohio. Local gun shop. I put down the price and time in a previous post. I also picked a mosin around the same time for $89.99.

 

[bearman49709]

I know two people that have lost mags, 1 was on a Remington 742, the other was a Marlin 60. I asked him how can you lose somting that long out of the end of the mag tube?

 

[newshooter6]

Marlin 795

It's a magazine fed model 60 (best of both worlds)

 

[Usertag]

No explanation, then I will say, I like the 10/22 more. Even though the Marlin Model 60 is great and more classic.

 

[WaywardAce]

I haven't owned the Marlin 60, but I do want one. I've heard from people who own both, that the Marlin 60 outperforms the 10/22 out of the box. Until I own a Marlin 60 and put a ton of rounds through it, I cant make a call.

 

[CraigC]

The cheapest 60's are about $160 while the cheapest Rugers are about $200 but it's very rare to find them at that price. Usually they're about $225.

Just going to Davidson's and doing an online quote it was easy to find several for $204 but the lowest was $200 even. There were no model 60's in stock so couldn't get a price on them. Everything has gone up in the last few years. Not only has the cost of raw materials gone up but our dollar is worth less. I haven't tracked Marlin's price increases but the Ruger has only gone up 16% over the last 7-8yrs, while inflation for that period is 19%. All Ruger's other guns have gone up 26-28%. Which indicates to me that they're putting forth a concerted effort to keep the 10/22 affordable. The stainless carbines are not much more than the $200 I paid for mine......nearly 20yrs ago.

 

[fragout]

I had a few Ruger 10-22's and 1 Mod60 for several yrs. Both have been banged up and not well kept for long periods of time, plus all the kids grew up shooting them as well as hunting small game too boot. Both shot well, and both have been reliable, up until I busted up the tube on the M60. I ended up trading what was left to a buddy of mine for little to nothing. (He wanted it for spare parts I guess)
Still have the bone stock 10-22's with it's original 10rd flush fit rotary mag.

Unlike some here, I do not need to dump hundreds of $$ into a 22LR rifle in order to shoot straight with it, but then again...I do not use mine in any type of formal competition either.
In my clan, the 22lr rifle is the primary garden/chicken house defensive tool vs critters that would like to munch on garden vegies and chicken eggs/chicks.

So..... I voted both, but prefer the 10-22, as it outlasted the M60 in my case.

My wife recently bought a used 10-22 for $90, so either could be found for cheap... if one knows where to look.

Edit: I have a grandson that is at the age where he can begin his training as a future rifleman. As with my kids before, it will be with a 10-22.

11B

 

[76shuvlinoff]

Shot my buddy's 10/22 when we were kids and I was always gonna get one, they were under $50 new then. Years went by and their pricing went up, I shot a few more 10/22s but spent my money on other things, I was still gonna get me one.

Several years ago in my late 40s I bought a slightly used Marlin 60 for $90 to go with my 39A. I slapped a scope on it and I don't lust for the 10/22 anymore.

 

[carbine85]

I voted in favor of the Model 60. It shoots just as good, fits me better and it's cheaper. The Ruger is over priced IMHO.

 

[ccsniper]

marlin for the win

 

[dagger dog]

Have owned 3 Model 60's still own one now, all were grooved rimfire scope mounts, but my eyes were alot better then and I shot them all with iron sights.

Much later and a couple of Model 60's gone I bought a 10-22 when K-Mart had them on sale for $129.00, it had a removable rimfire mount and I swapped that for a Weaver and put a fixed 4 power Japanese Tasco on it , and it filled the pot with squirrel and rabbit, plus many groundhogs and other vermin. Twenty years later it got a match chamber barrel and a 3X12 scope and target stock, and it's still filling the pot, the Model 60 sits in the dark.

If you have good eye sight and use iron sights both stock guns are about the same, but you can't do that much with the 60, a 10-22 has a whole lot more.

 

[Rubber_Duck]

I owned both rifles in question. The Marlin I had was a 1971 Glenfield model, the Ruger 10/22 was brand-new. I did everything to make the most out of the 10/22. Custom stocks, Butler Creek 25-round mags, red dot scopes, afterarket extractors, etc. It was never as reliable as the Marlin. As for accuracy the Marlin Model 60 will shoot circles around any non-custom 10/22. Mine could keep quarter-sized groups at 50 yards. The Ruger was about fist-sized groups at 50 yards, irons sights on both. My buddy has two 10/22s and his have been fantastic, very reliable but still not as accurate as the Marlin. Their microgroove barrel increases accuracy by reducing bullet deformation. My 10/22 jammed a lot even with the Volquartzen extractor and running the factory rotary mag. I think I may have had a lemon.