Marlin model 60 .22 LR

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Here's my Marlin 60...got it at Walmart last year. Polished the stock's finish to a gloss (looks and I liked the feel better), added sling swivels, removed the sights and installed a 3-7x scope with flip-caps. Oh, I also cleaned up the serial number work on the receiver so the text is more crisp and readable (I'm picky like that, I disliked how cheap it looked at first).

It's a darn fine shooter.

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Love mine. I've got a Nikon ProStaff 4x32 on it but I shot it plenty before putting it on and it shot just fine with open sights. Very accurate rifle. And for $139 new at Wally World. Come on.
 
Question should be, 'Has anybody NOT owned one?' at one time or another.

Mine does real well with Winchester Super X High Velocity solids.
 
200 yds with a .22 is not a feat of extraordinary marksmanship. At that range, though, the drop is quite large and you definately have to make a large compensation to your point of aim. The bullet also slows down so much and is in the air for so long, that wind greatly affects it so it needs to be a pretty calm day.
 
My very first rifle on my 9th birthday was a Marlin 60.

The rifle is now nearly 19 years old wearing a cheapo Simmons 3-9x32 scope, and I can hit 3" clay targets at 100yd all day and at 50yd put 14 shots under a quarter. If I practiced a little more, I could probably do that under a nickel.

It pretty much hates lead-bullet Rem Thunderbolts these days (it probably ate 10-15k rounds of those when I was a kid) but it sings with CCI MiniMags/Stingers or Winchester Supreme ammo.

It.just.works.
 
Jeff56 said:
The trick is to start with sub-sonics and then you don't have the problem of trans-sonics. I just love it when people say something can't be done that I've done hundreds of times. It's funny.

BTW the drop at 200 yards is visible with a scope with a wide field of view. Total drop at that distance is probably 25-30 inches. Once you learn to lob your shells it isn't a problem.
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well, there's people here saying that trans sonic issue doesn't exist. My experience has been that when you go past about 170 yards, groupings go from fist size to about horse sized very suddenly. I've never used any fancy ammo. Just the basic wally world 500 round brick.
 
For many years I thought that a Marlin was an inferior product, until I purchased the 50 year anniversary mod 60DLX. Boy was I wrong! It shoots almost as good as my upgraded 10/22 right out the box. It's at the smith right now getting the trigger down to 2 lbs. I'm confident it will keep right up with the Ruger when I get it back. Great gun.
 
Marlin model 60 .22 LR anybody here own one?

The production figures are 11 million plus ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlin_Model_60 )

:D Anybody here NOT own one?

Watch "Swamp People" on TV sometime: Model 60s show up a lot among folks making a living hunting dangerous critters.

I used my first one to take head shots on squirrels in trees, for dumplings. Currently own two for plinking and occasional silhouette shoots. My son has one I have him as a gift as a teeneager. He owns more expensive guns now, but still enjoys shooting it.
 
Here's my '94 60W, bought at Wally's for $69.99 on sale. Refinished the stock, free floated barrel,a little trigger work, and epoxied a .45acp case over the charging handle to clear the scope knobs.
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Wally's Center Point 3-9 scope, quarter sized groups at 50 yards with CCI SV all day long. One of my favorites.
 
Maybe with subsonics and a very high trajectory. Otherwise I call BS.
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200yds is relatively easy with an accurate rifle. Golf balls aren't much of a challenge if your rifle shoots sub-MOA. Match ammo is much more consistently accurate at that range, even though it drops considerably more. Think 40-50" of elevation over a 50yd zero. Which is why there are 20MOA mounts available for Ruger 10/22, Savage MKII/93 and CZ rimfire rifles.
 
200yds isn't that terribly difficult if you use subsonic match ammo. The Marlin M-60 is an excellent rifle for the money and can make that shot with ease...as long as there is a capable rifleman pointing it in the right direction. There is no good reason not to purchase one if you are looking for a reasonably priced SA .22LR.

The aforementioned 10/22 is another nice carbine and has proven to be more reliable in my experience, though the price has crept up, and quality degraded (I don't care for the polymer trigger housing and bbl band) too much for me to recommend one. Additionally it doesn't come equipped with as nice iron sights, nor does it tend to be as accurate out of the box (though they typically exhibit perfectly adequate squirrel hunting accuracy).

:)
 
I'm on vacation down here in Georgia, and I just picked up a 60 at a pawn shop for $135 as a souvenir. Did you know it is easier to buy a rifle in Georgia than a bottle of whiskey?

From the looks of it, I got screwed, price-wise. It is a 60W, which I just learned from this and earlier threads is the Walmart model. I'm a little worried, as I know they sometimes force manufacturers to provide reduced quality versions of their standard models.

They actually let me try it out in the store's back yard. (which faces into the side of a hill)

Ah well, it looks like I've got a good gun. I'll try it with the crappy 4x15 scope they sold me for $15. I wonder if it will wander or be OK?

I plan to try some Winchester Super-X (the good stuff, not the bulk Xpert) CCI Mini Mag, and the Federal bulk.

For others' reference, here's a thread on take-down of the 60:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=86314

Here's another one, with different pix, which may be helpful:
http://www.castbullet.com/misc/m60.htm

Here's Wikipedia's page on it. An interesting read:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlin_60

I look forward to seeing how this bargain 22 will stack up against my Ruger 77/22 and my brother's Marlin 39M.

For reference, my 77/22 is twice as accurate as my old 10/22 was; groups are just under MOA, and I bet it would do better with a higher power scope. (that's with 9X)

Forgive my resurrecting this older thread, rather than staring a new one on the same topic.
 
Bought a very used one back in December ($75) at the range, and it misfed almost every round the next day, both Rem., Win and CCI ammo.
Then took it to the gun smith who put two new parts in it and cleaned it well, for another $45.
Now misfeeds about every fifth rd., maybe like the early M-16s in Viet Nam?

It's really awkward to operate the Marlin as a single shot....my old Savage bolt-action is so much easier.

I should have checked on prices for new 60s, and after my next Garand acquisition, might go buy a new one.
 
I bought one 2 months ago. It has the "longhorn commemerative" medalion on the stock. It's an 87 so it has the bolt lock and has the full size 21" barrel and longer tube that holds 18 bullets. It's been dead reliable with all kinds of ammo and no hickups thus far. I got it for $120 plus tax. Still had the factory stickers on the stock. Great gun!

I did however look at a new one in wal mart and the stock was broken right at the wrist. On a brand new gun. No idea how that happened.
 
I'm on vacation down here in Georgia, and I just picked up a 60 at a pawn shop for $135 as a souvenir. Did you know it is easier to buy a rifle in Georgia than a bottle of whiskey?
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Just picked up or had it transferred to Illinois?

Your right about the whiskey though. Most places dont sell booze on Sunday. You can still get guns though.
 
Nothing sub standard about the 60W, it just has a little different stock. I love mine(see pic above), tack driver at 50 yards and dead reliable if kept clean.
 
I have 2 of them. One is similar to dewalt-2's. It has a youth hunter medallion in the stock. It came with a 4 X tasco scope for $95 back in '96 IIRC. The other was my Dads. It is a Glenfield version with the shorter barrel & iron sights. They are good rifles. Mine run fine on bulk ammo though if you want to maximize accuracy you might want to get some CCI minimags.
 
Mine recommended itself when I went to sight-in my nephew's for him and it put the 10-22 I had at the time to utter shame.

I looked around and by luck ended up with the 18-round capacity model with the bolt hold-open catch. Have a BSA 4x that was a WallyWorld clearance item at $12 that has performed flawlessly. It's a tremendous shooter; love to go after clays at 100yds and with good ammo it gets the shards too. Lookin' for another after I pick up my Speedmaster next week!
 
Ignition Override said:
Bought a very used one back in December ($75) at the range, and it misfed almost every round the next day, both Rem., Win and CCI ammo.
Then took it to the gun smith who put two new parts in it and cleaned it well, for another $45.
Now misfeeds about every fifth rd., maybe like the early M-16s in Viet Nam?

It's really awkward to operate the Marlin as a single shot....my old Savage bolt-action is so much easier.

I should have checked on prices for new 60s, and after my next Garand acquisition, might go buy a new one.
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Don't give up on it yet! It may just have a bent ejector wire. Check this thread, posts by Big Shrek:

http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=228439
 
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