Marlin-Glenfield #60 Triggertalk...

[Edward429451]

The other malf we had yesterday at the range was my friend Daniels Model 60 Marlin Glenfield 22LR. Very weird. Very weird.

The trigger started getting hard to pull. Real hard. I tried it and it was hard enough to be past the point of "I think somethings wrong", but wait! there's more! After two very hard pulls, it reverts to normal again and is easy to pull for another 5 or 6 shots, then went back to being hard to pull again.

Any ideas on whats going out on this gun?

 

[Edward429451]

This one's funny. Had a chance to tear into this one last night and guess what? Serious fouling. We hadn't considered this since he just cleaned it good. One brick of Zappers and it was so full of gunk that it was immediately obvious when we pulled it apart.

It looked like someone poured in a couple spoons of powder into the action.

No more Zappers for Daniel.

 

[Jim K]

When I was working as a gunsmith, that was one gun that went right into the sonic bath almost as soon as it came in the door and we could get the wood off. That was almost always the cure for whatever was on the work ticket.

They work so well normally that a lot of folks just don't think they ever need cleaning. Your friend's gun just quit quicker than most.

Jim

 

[Johnpl]

My model 60 has to be the dirtiest rifle I own, probably due to the cheap 22 ammo I mostly shoot in it, and the fact that the rifle is a bear to detail clean. I usually shoot brake cleaner into the trigger assembly to blow out the grit, but occasionally I break it all down for a complete cleanout. Despite this, it is very reliable...I just hate to hear that gritty noise when I work the internals

 

[Edward429451]

I'll pass that along to Daniel. Thanks.

 

[Darkside]

Another ammo to avoid is the Reming bulk stuff at Wa-Mart. Check out my post to Omni04 about it. The majority of the time I like the products from big green.

The Win Dynapoint bulk is much cleaner and almost as cheap.

Darkside

 

[Edward429451]

Dang it. I sold off a mod 60 awhile back for 20 bucks cause it was a jammomatic and felt like I ripped the guy off. Bet all it needed was a good cleaning.

I've had good luck with Dynapoints too.

 

[Desert Dog]

Yep, you will only take that assembly apart ONCE. I did it a few years ago on my old Glenfield 60, and it took MANY hours to get all the springs, guides, and stuff back into place.

When I detail strip the '60 now, I take that assembly out, squirt it good with brake cleaner, soak it in Ed's Red while I am cleaning the barrel, and blow it out thoroughly with compressed air.

I will NEVER disassmble that part ever again

Most times, those guns just need a new recoil spring. They are cheap from Brownell's...

 

[Johnpl]

I use several small spring clamps to hold the side plates in place as I use all 10 fingers and about 8 toes to get all the pins, springs, etc back in place.

Fun gun to shoot though. For an inexpensive rifle, it has a great trigger-nice and crisp.