Marlin M60 Will Not Eject.

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Howdy Folks,

I decided to take a look my "first " rifle. I've had this for.. maybe 7 years? Belonged to my great grandfather, given to me by my grandfather as payment for grouting his ceiling.

As the title says, it won't eject. It's never ejected, as long as I've had it. I don't know how to go about this.

It shoots straight, but only one at a time. Quite frankly, I'd love to dump all 18 rounds of it's internal mag, hopefully soon. Any help is appreciated.
 
Marlin 60 with an 18 round mag is likely pre bolt hold open. I think only about 3 years they made the 18 shot in combination with the bolt hold open before switching to the 15 shot magazine.

Likely it's one of three issues.
1 it's filthy and needs thorough cleaning of the bolt. Soak the bolt in something like Kroil to loosen all the dried oil an debris in the extractors cuts. Scrub the bolt face and entire bolt with a bronze toothbrush.

2 it's got a worn ejector nub so worn it won't eject. On the pre wire ejector model it's just a nub. Not likely. Or if it's a bolt hold open model, it has a broken or bent wire ejector. If it's bent, bend it so it rubs against the bolt slightly on the farthest right most of it's slot. Best I recall they changed ejectors with the change to the bolt hold open feature.

3 it's been tinkered on and had the extractor springs changed to too strong of springs. They are weak feeling and often people think they need replacing. Not the case. I've seen springs so strong they wouldn't let go of the case completely even after hitting the ejector. Or if they let go, it changes the angle of ejection enough that the case doesn't clear the ejection port.

Or, maybe the extractors hook, or hooks (most likely the right extractor) are rounded and aren't grabbing the shell rim tight enough to eject. When the cartridge fires, the extractors pull the case, but if it's not held tight enough to the bolt face when it hits the ejector, it rolls off instead of flicks off.
 
The extractors work, it just won't eject. It has a manual bolt hold open, where you push the charging handle into the frame.

It won't even roll, it'll just stay straight when it should eject.

I'll pull it apart and see if maybe it has the spring. If it does, I'll replace it.
 
My first thought in all things; failure to fully cycle, in .22 semi-autos is that they need a thorough and deep cleaning.

Along with the detail-cleaning, one is allowed to detail-inspect the critical components.

Before ripping it apart though, what's the state of your ejector? It's this little wire-spring affair pointed to here.
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Todd.
 
ApacheCoTodd said:
My first thought in all things; failure to fully cycle, in .22 semi-autos is that they need a thorough and deep cleaning.

Along with the detail-cleaning, one is allowed to detail-inspect the critical components.

Before ripping it apart though, what's the state of your ejector? It's this little wire-spring affair pointed to here.
View attachment 998459

Todd.
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AHA! I was about to ask for that! That exact picture.

No, it does not. So.. give me a moment to return home.


milemaker13 said:
So if it extracts but not eject, it should be missing the extractor. Right?
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Nah man, the extractor claws work flawlessly.
 
Before Marlin went with the tempered wire ejector, the ejector was a raised nub on the feed lips which are made of hard chrome plated aluminum. As JB Wood pointed out in "Troubleshooting Your Rifle or Shotgun", that works fine until the hard chrome plating is compromised, then the bare aluminum wears down quickly. That was fixed in a redesign to use an extension of the cartridge lifter spring as an ejector.

The ejector part of the wire sometimes gets bent until it no longer contacts the rim of the fired shell on recoil.
 
So this is what the the ejector looks like. I'm hoping it's just the spring that's stuck or bent. 16210288425835530834963661931967.jpg
 
God I need to slow down. @ApacheCoTodd ...

Thank you. Thank you so much for showing me that picture. It's been so many years of wishing it wasn't a wall hanger, and now it isn't. I straight up almost cried when it actually ejected. This is all I have of him, aside from what very very little I remember of him. Thank you.
 
gobsauce said:
View attachment 998523 This is what my spring looks like outside the rifle. What should I do?

ApacheCoTodd, can I look at what yours looks like?
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There's a thing called the *nickel test* that you can find on utoob and the like. One uses a nickel as a gage in checking the ejector protrusion and alignment.

Here's one: https://www.mcarbo.com/store/pg/41-Ejector-Wire-Nickel-Gage.aspx

And, a video:

When you compare your photo to mine - you can see what looks like a considerable difference in our relative ejectors as mine angles upwards considerably in comparison.

I'll see if I can find a version.
 
If you comence to adjusting yours, be certain to only make the bed towards the center on the forward facing portion of the spring.

You don't want your fix to queer the spring needing to lay in that angled locator groove of the feed-throat.

Todd.
 
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