Ruger 10/22 or Marlin 60

Ruger 10/22 or Marlin 60

  • Ruger 10/22

    Votes: 46 57.5%

  • Marlin 60

    Votes: 34 42.5%
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I have been itching to get a semi-auto 22 and have found a Ruger 10/22 with a wood stock for $195 and a Marlin 60 with a black synthetic stock for $147. Both of these are new and I have a gift certificate to cover most of the cost so I am good with that. My normal outdoor range is 25 yards and 100 yards and this will pretty much only be for putting holes in paper but I would like to have some tight groups. I already have a bolt 22, a Winchester 72, that I got from my grandfather and it is a lot of fun to shoot but wanted to have the semi-auto option also. Please let me know which would be the better choice.

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I love Rugers, have and have had many. Ive owved the 10/22 and still have the 60 it has had less failures to fire or feed using the same ammo .The Ruger is much easier to customize wich makes it more popular, i also find the 60 more accurate out of the box.
 
I own and love both. The Ruger is more customizable (that might NOT be a real word;) ). Having multiple mags is also convenient .

However the Model 60 is more accurate regardless of brand of ammo, never fails to fire, and if you have a Spee-D-Loader is just as easy to reload as the Ruger.

All that being said I don't think you can go wrong with either one. :)
 
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I have both, along with the Browing, Remington ect...

I like the tube feed of the 60, and i think on average the 60's are more accurate when "stock".

I like the way a 10/22 can be customized, even though i haven't done so... I ABSOLUTELY HATE the way the Ruger feels like a "beached whale" in your hand!

A 22 should be slim and trim, and shoot well, right out of the box, and that's why i voted for the Remington 552, OR i would have "if" it had been on the poll.

DM
 
The Ruger is a nice one, that's why I had one.

The Marlin 60 is a nice gun, more accurate, tube fed doesn't bother me, that's why I have one.

Without modifications, the Marlin will probably give better groups, if you want to spend money on modifications the Ruger MIGHT give better groups but at that point is it the gun or is it you?

I'd go for the Marlin. Pick whichever one feels better to you.
 
i think id go with the 10/22. both are good rifles though. the 10/22 gives you more options for customization. that may not matter to you though.
 
+1 to Old Shooter's comment - your money, your decision. Hold both in your hand and make your call. For me, the 10/22 was the way to go - I added a set of peep sights and sling swivels, and it is now my training rifle, as the manual of arms closely mimics my M14.
 
I own a 10/22. I like it...but I would prefer a tube magazine. I've wore out a few 10/22 mags. Nothing else to buy and nothing to lose with the tube magazine. Plus the Marlin is cheaper. To do it again I'd most likely buy the Model 60. I voted as such.
 
IMHO, it's a toss-up. Both are very good. You will be happy with either.

I bought the Marlin Model 60 over 25 years ago and it's still the tack driver today it was back then. The most accurate .22 I've ever owned.
If it works, I keep it. I guess that's due to its micro-groove rifling.

If you wanna keep it stock, either is wonderful. If you wanna add accessories up the yazoo, the 10/22 is your boy.

Welcome to the .22 semi-auto fold!
 
10-22 is the way to go. More accessories available, simple drop in hammer to get a great trigger pull, simple buffer to quiet it down and enhance scope life, magazines in all sizes available and simple to unload.
 
If you have no plans to modify either one, than go with the Marlin. It'll be more reliable and more accurate from the box.

If you're planning on modding away, than the Ruger is the one to have.

I have about an 1100.00 10/22 (only part Ruger on it is the magazine), but love my $65.00 Marlin (1990's price).
 
I got a Marlin 795 (the removable magazine version of the 60) and I got what I paid for. I saved about $75, but I got a rifle of lower quality than the 10/22. It looks to me that the receiver is made out of some sort of pot-metal and is showing wear very quickly. The receiver also looks like it was haphazardly spray-painted as it shows a good amount of bare metal inside the receiver towards the back end; not to mention the paint is completely striped away from where moving parts contact it. Yeah, maybe it does have the Micro-Groove system thing, but the 10/22 is still plenty accurate, not to mention VASTLY more upgradable. On the Marlin, my sights are very crude and not spaced very well (I get a fuzzy picture when I aim). In the Marlin, there are a lot of plastic / pot metal parts, which is how they keep the price down, I'd guess. Spend the extra money and get a 10/22. You shan't regret it.
But don't get me wrong, the Marlin as it is now is a good gun, just made of inferior parts and probably won't be a "good gun" as long as the 10/22 would. I haven't had a jam, ftf or fte with my Marlin in the entire time I've had it (and yes, I got it new).
 
Out of the box the Marlin will likely be a bit more accurate, but not by much. The magazine will be the first thing to wear out on either. It is a lot easier to replace a worn out detachable mag than to replace the tube on a Marlin. I've got 2-3 lying around here that are no longer dependable. They could be fixed, but would cost more than the gun is worth. I have both, but almost never shoot the Marlins anymore.
 
i made the same decission for myself about a month ago. up until the very last day i was going to get the 60. last minute research changed my mind and i wound up going with the 10/22.
i planned on using tech sights and vague reports of canted dovetail cuts on the receiver of the Marlin pushed me to the Rugar in the end. it's good enough for me i suppose.
 
I would choose an older Marlin 60. Some time in the 80's, NJ decided that anything over 15 rounds was an "assault weapon", even a .22lr. :rolleyes:

Before that, M60's had an 18 round tube mag. If you've been shooting 10 round mags for awhile, 18 rounds feels like forever! :D I also like the trigger pull on my 60 better than on the 10/22's I've felt.

If you have to unload midway through shooting, a detachable mag is handy though.

Either one should do just fine, pick whichever feels best. Stock sights on either are pretty poor, so you will probably want either a scope or Tech Sights peeps. If you want to heavily customize and not fab everything yourself, 10/22 is the only choice though (want it to look like a Tommy gun, a M1 carbine or any one of hundreds of custom stocks?)
 
I got a good chuckle outta the responses. Kinda makes it hard for a guy to make up his mind, huh? I too have em both. When I go to the range I take both of them and don't know which I like better or if I do like one better than the other. I shoot one, let er cool then shoot the other. I bought that 60 back in 1979 and it still is going strong while the 10/22 is only a few years old. Heck, put the cert away, save up some bucks and buy em BOTH!!!!
 
marlin 60 is more accurate out of the box, but the number of modifications that you can make to a 10/22 makes it a better candidate for an all-around .22 rifle for most people. I also like having the detachable magazine, so I can shoot for longer without reloading.
 
I have one of each and i love both of them, i prefer the model 60's simplicity but Ruger 10/22 are just too frickin fun and cool to not have one if your 22 enthusiast or just love guns all around! Either choice is good!

just make sure you get a bigger magazine for a 10/22 the 10 shot is garbage i am ordering a 50 shot drum soon:)
 

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Ive got a 60, and i love it! Its from 1982, ive put a couple thousand rounds through it myself, and its still waaay more accurate than I am. I cant really comment on the 10/22 though. I got the impression that you had to mod it to make it as accurate as the other 22s on the market, but that could be false. My only problems with it have been springs. The receiver is aluminum, and I would expect paint on moving parts to wear off to comment on the post above. I love my 60, but im sure the ruger has lots to offer too. If you want to buy something, put a scope on it, and drive tacks, get the marlin. If you want a piece to customize, get the ruger
 
The only one that outshoots my Marlin mod 60 is my Ruger 77/22 MK II but we are talking a whole different pay scale $200 vs. $600.
 
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