Marlin Glenfield Model 60 bolt

[Stargazer65]

I was shooting my Marlin .22 and found that there doesn't seem to be any way to keep the bolt open when you clear it. Ended up having to violate the action open rule when I was going downrange to my target stand. I don't have an owner's manual. So I found one online that says you can lock the bolt open by positioning the charging handle, but for the life of me, I couldn't figure it out, my charging handle doesn't seem to have a position that locks it. Maybe they didn't have that feature when mine was made. Does anyone else know?

 

[osprey176]

It has been a long time since I owned a Marlin model 60,but I thought you pull back on the charge handle handle and then push it in toward the action to lock it back.If that won't work and you can't lock it back,you could make a chamber flag out of a big zip-tie to stay in compliance at your range.

 

[1madss]

It's a pretty simple mechanism. The holdback is just a pin on the handle that fits into a hole in the left side of the receiver. Either the pins is worn out or the hole is full of crud. I would break it down and clean out that hole and check out the pin on the handle for damage.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

The very early Glenfield and Marlin model 99 and 60 rifles did not have a bolt-hold open feature with the bolt handle. Being able to push the bolt handle in to lock the bolt open was one of the early improvements to the design.

 

[rcmodel]

Ended up having to violate the action open rule when I was going downrange

If you don't have a bolt hold-open latch on the rifle?
Or a commercial chamber flag in your range bag?

Look on the ground for an empty rifle or centerfire pistol case, or even a stick.
Then stick it in the ejection port and slowly let the bolt down on it.

It will serve the purpose quite nicely, although not as elegantly as a commercial chamber flag.

rc

 

[pikid89]

orange weedeater line makes a great chamber flag

 

[Stargazer65]

If you don't have a bolt hold-open latch on the rifle?
Or a commercial chamber flag in your range bag?

Look on the ground for an empty rifle or centerfire pistol case, or even a stick.
Then stick it in the ejection port and slowly let the bolt down on it.

It will serve the purpose quite nicely, although not as elegantly as a commercial chamber flag.

rc

Thanks, I did think about this and the second time I went downrange I put a feminine thingy that my wife had left in the range bag for emergencies, in the chamber.

 

[1madss]

What is the first few numbers of the SN?

 

[dagger dog]

Get an empty Pennzoil yellow plastic quart bottle and cut your own chamber flags.

 

[courtgreene]

i didn't know mine could lock open until i cleaned it and noticed the hole. it was completely packed with junk. after cleaning (excavation, really) it works fine.

 

[Stargazer65]

What is the first few numbers of the SN?

Hmmm, that's odd. I can't find a serial number on it. Is it hidden somewhere under the stock?

 

[rcmodel]

I can't find a serial number on it. Is it hidden somewhere under the stock?

If the gun was made before 1968 and the passage of the Gun Control Act?

I probably never had a serial number.

They were not required by law on .22's and shotguns before then.

They started making them in 1960.

rc

 

[Stargazer65]

If the gun was made before 1968 and the passage of the Gun Control Act?

It probably never had a serial number.

They were not required by law on .22's and shotguns before then.

They started making them in 1960.

That makes sense since I got it from the same person as the Marlin 336, which I dated at 1964 based on the serial number.