Marlin Model 60

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Hello High Road,

ive been reading these forums for years now, and never made an account to be productive in threads, well now i am. im 15, and probably a helluva lot smarter than a lot of other guys gun wise. im aspiring to be a gunsmith, and have tackled small jobs, ex. stoning triggers, freefloating, and a little bedding. but i have run upon a problem with a rifle i have aquired, its a marlin model 60, it shoots fine, feeds fine, but. the front sight/feed tube are twisted, its moved about 15 degrees counter clockwise, so the front sight is unusable in its position, i cannot move the feed tube by hand, and im afraid its influencing the barrel accuracy wise. any advise would help. thanks in advance- SQ Zone.
 
Mu Marlin 60's front sight is screwed into the barrell and is not attached to the magazine tube at all? Yours are connected?
 
yessir. i have 2 model 60s, the one with the problem has a band type thing with front sight connected, so the tube/barrel/front sight are all together. my other is like yours, and the attachment method is a stud. maybe 5 inches from muzzle?
 
Used to have one like you are talking about, but can't for the life of me recall how it was attached. Someone decided they needed it worse than I did about 15 years ago, and it walked off. Have you tried looking at schematics on the model 60 to see how it attaches?
 
A huge bunch of stuff can happen on the outside of a barrel before it starts to affect the bore or the accuracy. Especially with steels that are not super-hardened.

If you cannot get word from whoever owns Marlin these days regarding attachment--silver solder vs. interference fit vs. whatever else it could be, there remains the option of courage. Close examination of the joint, a 1-hour soak with Liquid Wrench, and then an appropriately firm whack with a leather mallet, can often straighten these things up.

My biggest problem with the Marlin 60 was the replacement hammer broke after maybe 150 rounds. The next one lasted a lot longer then I left it behind when I moved. Bought it for $25 'cause it was broke--that first hammer--and I *knew* I could fix it. Was 18 at the time.

If it's silver solder, the tilt means it either broke loose (no problem) and you'll need to judiciously heat it up to re-solder it, or got heated up and re-set out of position (problem, but the whack will reveal that). Don't be afraid to use a brass drift, either.

You can dot the surface of that barrel with a center-punch and a 2-lb sledge all day without affecting the bore.
 
It's been a long time but I had a marlin 60 with a loose barrel, it would wander around a lot. If I remember right the barrel was a splined fit into the receiver, I fixed mine by peening the splines on the barrel and pressing it back into place. If your gun is a used one I wonder if someone may have removed the barrel and then re-inserted it but off by a couple of splines. You may just need to pull it and line it up again, may or may not be an easy job, depends on how tight it is in the receiver fit. I may be all wet about this and if so somenone will be along to set me straight. :)
 
My barrel is pinned, it is possible the pin fell out and the barrel twisted, HOWEVER, you would have chambering/extraction problems as the estractor wouldn't fit the recess in the barrel. I wouldn't solder the band back on, just use some loctite.
 
While I'd agree with Grump on whacking it... to an extent. If you do, be sure the inside of the feed tube is adequately supported while whacking, so that you don't damage the feed tube.
 
so.... remove action from stock, plug bore, soak muzzle/band in liquid wrench, clamp to workbench with pad/bean bag, give it a good smack with a rubber mallet with towel or leather mallet? and it should be decently true?----and plug feed tube with a dowel?
 
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sounds about right. it might take some minor adjusting but thats the size of it unless you have the capability to heat and cool simultaneously.
 
Squirrel........go to Brownell's website and check out their schematic page for the model 60 Marlin. Also, if you contact their tech/gunsmith dept via email and explain your problem they will try to help you. good luck!

Link: http://www.brownells.com/
 
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