Lupinus
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So after going over my money situation I decided I simply don't have the money right now for a handgun so I opted for another semi auto 22 rifle now that my AR7 has given up the ghost...and I didn't like it that much to begin with. Nice rifle but it was sucky to fire and not very reliable and the magazine wasn't fun to load.
So browsing around Wally World I looked around fondled some guns came home and looked online for more info and a few opinions, after that I decided on the Marlin Model 60, 22LR, semi-auto, and tube fed with a nice walnut stock and the receiver conveniently grooved for scope mounts to come later.
Only thing I am not overly fond of is the tube magazine, don't get me wrong it isn't a bad thing, but I would have preferred a detachable box magazine for easier reloading, while hunting that isn't much but at the range where I'm putting a few hundred rounds down range detachable magazines are indeed nice. But I already have some ideas for speed loaders.
After buying it I brought it home, broke it down, and cleaned it. One thing I will note is that the receiver and assembly had some filings, nothing big just some very small stuff that amounted basically to grit. Most of it easy cleaned off but the slide release has proved a bit tricky and there are still sounds of rubbing. It sits right up against another piece and there is no way I can see to disassemble it, any ideas? Maybe compressed air to blow it out of there since I can't seem to get in there and it doesn't disassemble? Even if not everything else seems to have cleaned up nicely with a toothbrush and a lil gun oil. Doesn't concern me to much since it doesn't seem to effect anything critical or enough to stop it up at all.
Anyway I then went to the range with a bulk pack each of federal and Remington. Both worked well in it but the Remington had two failure to fires while the federal had none and in all I figure I put 200-300 rounds down range, both of the failures had good marks so looks like it was the rounds and not the rifle. There were no failure to feeds. As for accuracy it took some adjusting of the sights, which are nothing special but the rear can be pushed to the left and right as well as up and down just a basic simple sight. Groups were good, about 1 1/2 to two inches at 20 yards, the rifle is likely capable of better though as I am still working on staying steady when holding the rifle. It did seem to like the federals a touch better, grouping was a tad tighter and recoil was a bit less...even though with it being a 22 recoil isn't much but the difference was noticeable. When I got home another break down, cleaning, and inspection showed everything held up fine and no more filings except for the same situation with the slide release. I took the toothbrush to it again, it works just fine and doesn't appear to be in danger of malfunctioning but is more just bugging me.
All in all I like it and consider it well worth the price tag of 113 at Wally World. Pros were the compactness, capacity of 15 rounds, nice trigger, accuracy even with me behind the trigger, and it has a good weight enough to feel sturdy not enough to be heavy and decently well balanced. Some cons are the tube rather than box magazine, the fact the receiver and assembly were really in need of being cleaned before firing, and better sights would really have been a plus even though with the ones there are fairly accurate.
As to why the Marlin over the Ruger 10/22 the main reasons were in asking around out of the box it is more accurate and just as dependable. Also it was cheaper then the 10/22. The money saved allowed me to get 1100 rounds of ammo and a cheap scope with the rings. Scope will be going back since it was horrible but I figured it was worth a try, but that's another story,
So browsing around Wally World I looked around fondled some guns came home and looked online for more info and a few opinions, after that I decided on the Marlin Model 60, 22LR, semi-auto, and tube fed with a nice walnut stock and the receiver conveniently grooved for scope mounts to come later.
Only thing I am not overly fond of is the tube magazine, don't get me wrong it isn't a bad thing, but I would have preferred a detachable box magazine for easier reloading, while hunting that isn't much but at the range where I'm putting a few hundred rounds down range detachable magazines are indeed nice. But I already have some ideas for speed loaders.
After buying it I brought it home, broke it down, and cleaned it. One thing I will note is that the receiver and assembly had some filings, nothing big just some very small stuff that amounted basically to grit. Most of it easy cleaned off but the slide release has proved a bit tricky and there are still sounds of rubbing. It sits right up against another piece and there is no way I can see to disassemble it, any ideas? Maybe compressed air to blow it out of there since I can't seem to get in there and it doesn't disassemble? Even if not everything else seems to have cleaned up nicely with a toothbrush and a lil gun oil. Doesn't concern me to much since it doesn't seem to effect anything critical or enough to stop it up at all.
Anyway I then went to the range with a bulk pack each of federal and Remington. Both worked well in it but the Remington had two failure to fires while the federal had none and in all I figure I put 200-300 rounds down range, both of the failures had good marks so looks like it was the rounds and not the rifle. There were no failure to feeds. As for accuracy it took some adjusting of the sights, which are nothing special but the rear can be pushed to the left and right as well as up and down just a basic simple sight. Groups were good, about 1 1/2 to two inches at 20 yards, the rifle is likely capable of better though as I am still working on staying steady when holding the rifle. It did seem to like the federals a touch better, grouping was a tad tighter and recoil was a bit less...even though with it being a 22 recoil isn't much but the difference was noticeable. When I got home another break down, cleaning, and inspection showed everything held up fine and no more filings except for the same situation with the slide release. I took the toothbrush to it again, it works just fine and doesn't appear to be in danger of malfunctioning but is more just bugging me.
All in all I like it and consider it well worth the price tag of 113 at Wally World. Pros were the compactness, capacity of 15 rounds, nice trigger, accuracy even with me behind the trigger, and it has a good weight enough to feel sturdy not enough to be heavy and decently well balanced. Some cons are the tube rather than box magazine, the fact the receiver and assembly were really in need of being cleaned before firing, and better sights would really have been a plus even though with the ones there are fairly accurate.
As to why the Marlin over the Ruger 10/22 the main reasons were in asking around out of the box it is more accurate and just as dependable. Also it was cheaper then the 10/22. The money saved allowed me to get 1100 rounds of ammo and a cheap scope with the rings. Scope will be going back since it was horrible but I figured it was worth a try, but that's another story,
