well guys i am working on buyin a marlin 60 22 rifle so do ya'll like yours??

[Mn Fats]

No, it isnt. I've owned both and the Model 60 can be a very good rifle if you get a good one, but it's a cheaper rifle if you get the Glenfield.
Both rifles have stained birch stocks, but the 12-22 has much better sights.
On my 10-22 the rear sight is an all-steel Ruger version of the Williams aluminum flip sight and the front sight is a proper all-steel Marbles type with a gold bead.
On the Glenfield the rear sight was the typical and serviceable .22 stamped steel kind and the front sight was a coarse cast aluminum blade integral with the ramp. Serviceable but cheap.
Internally, I think that the Ruger quality is better, and I think that the 10 round magazines are a cut above most stamped steel magazines.
The lower action of the Model 60 uses a pot metal feeding guide and it just seems more primitive overall.
They both work well and they both can be quite reliable, or not. Just the luck of the draw in today's world.
Perhaps the micro-groove rifling of the Model 60 is an asset. I don't recall. I do remember that it was accurate.

Just a matter of opinion I guess. My model 60 has been very reliable, aside from the aforementioned recoil buffer. Very simple replacement.

The one 10/22 I've owned and the few others I've fired never seemed to touch the accuracy of my model 60. All stock. It's a small example, but I've heard similar things from others. I'd say buy both. I did! But only have one of them now.

 

[BigSteve57]

I have a Glenfield 60, the one with the squirrel engraved on the stock. It was the first firearm I ever bought, at Lehigh Valley Mall in 1980 I think. It's a fantastic shooter. I did have to replace the buffer after many years. After a gazillion rounds it's still very accurate and no other part besides that buffer has failed. Other than being a bit of a pain to clean it's a fantastic little rifle. I also have a small Bushnell 4x scope on it.

 

[Choctaw]

I also have the squirrel stock Glenfield 60. My dad gave it to me in 1976. For that reason I love my rifle and it has given me faithful service for many years.

OP, I bet you will love your 60.

 

[RedlegRick]

I've owned both. They're just .22 auto rifles to me, only one brand is more 'Barbie for boys' than the other. Oh, and box mag fed, but that's a minor point. I choose better hills to die on than trumpeting brands of any kind, life's too short for that noise.

 

[midland man]

well at my local Walmart they sell these for $157 so I thought this was a good buy!

 

[mio]

It's a good rifle. Enjoy it put some squirrels in the pot with it, and make some memories with it. I've had a few and they are nothing fancy and nothing special, but there sure isn't anything wrong with them.

 

[Bama59]

Just got back from the LGS and they had a few old Marlin 60's along with couple Stevens and Savage. They have been there for awhile everyone wants fancy tactical

 

[Boattale]

Model 60 is accurate, dependable and a bargain. They're not the equal of a "breathed on" 10/22 but they don't cost like one either.

 

[midland man]

well guys I called Walmart earlier and the feds gave them to green light so I just got back a little bit ago and have already stripped it and cleaned all the oil out of it so next, time to shoot even tho it's very humid and hot out right now! so sometime today before dark we will try it out!

 

[cdb1]

I am quite fond of mine but I have a few caveats to add. When I bought mine new a year ago the front sight was canted so badly that it could not be zero'd without knocking the rear sight out of the dovetail. The factory trigger is pretty darn bad, the factory front sight is pretty much a shapeless painted blob, and the rear sight is straight off a BB gun. Mine was also a jam-o-matic. To correct all this I refinished the stock in oil tinted with stain, did a trigger job on it, and tweaked on the extractor, ejector spring, and firing pin until it stopped jamming and light striking. Finally I drilled and tapped the barrel for an old Williams ramp front sight and installed a Williams peep sight. Its a lovely little rifle now and very very accurate for what it is. I like it very much now.

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Nice stock.

 

[Varminterror]

There are two 22 shooters, 1022 shooters and everyone else.

Some tongue in cheek humor here, but really, that’s a sentiment of the 10/22 shooters who think so highly of the 10/22. If Americans vote with their wallets, the sales records between the two: 2+ Marlin 60’s sold for every 10/22 sold: would suggest there really are two types, but it’s 1) Marlin 60 shooters, and 2) everybody else!

 

[Varminterror]

yet my safe has Rugers, Savages, Marlins, Mossberg, CZ, Rossi, Beretta, and Remington .22s so maybe there’s a third type of .22 shooter; the kind that could care less about over generalizations.

Nah, you’re that second group - everybody else. ‘Cuz you haven’t yet realized how much greater your 10/22 is compared to everything else you crowded around it.

 

[Texas10mm]

Some tongue in cheek humor here, but really, that’s a sentiment of the 10/22 shooters who think so highly of the 10/22. If Americans vote with their wallets, the sales records between the two: 2+ Marlin 60’s sold for every 10/22 sold: would suggest there really are two types, but it’s 1) Marlin 60 shooters, and 2) everybody else!

Where are you getting these sales figures?

 

[boom boom]

My model 60 was bought used from a pawn shop on buy a gun day. Inside, it was caked with old powder, had a chipped out part in the metal trigger guard at the back, and the squirrel stock. Bought it because it was a special edition for a long gone chain store, Otasco (which folks in the Oklahoma/Texas/Arkansas area might remember), https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=OT004 which I can remember going to as a kid on Main St. Near as I can figure, it is near the last production of the 18 round mag tubes. Replaced the buffer, cleaned it thoroughly, and it will shoot quite well with ammo that it likes.

Here is tincanbandit's gunsmithing page where he highlights the model 60 in its glory and some of his work.
https://tincanbandit.blogspot.com/2018/11/featured-gun-marlin-glenfield-model-60.html

BTW, mcarbo makes a trigger spring kit for it that does improve the trigger on these rifles. A little more complicated that some other trigger units to install but not bad. https://www.mcarbo.com/store/p/27-Marlin-60-Trigger-Spring-Kit.aspx

 

[boom boom]

Where are you getting these sales figures?

Top of Marlin's webpage right now
https://www.marlinfirearms.com/rimfire/model-60

"MODEL 60:
TRUSTED ABOVE ALL OTHERS, MORE THAN 11 MILLION TIMES"

 

[Varminterror]

Where are you getting these sales figures?

Wikipedia may not be the most reliable source, but it corroborates data found in multiple articles available online for over 5million 10/22’s sold. It also states over 11million for the Model 60, corroborated by the link above by Marlin themselves.

But, you can see the links and statements at these sources, pick your poison, google “10/22 million sold” and “Marlin 60 million sold” and you’ll find all of it for yourself in mere seconds. Interestingly, several of these sites erroneously state the 10/22 is the most popular 22 rifle on the market, when the evidence is here, it’s popular, but the Marlin is about twice moreso than the Ruger. Equally as interesting to me, despite the certainty of their supremacy in the market, Marlin’s site claims they are “one of the most popular,” despite the right to claim simply THE most popular. You can see the timestamp from my phone screen shots as well - it’s not difficult nor does it take long to find this information - let alone the Wikipedia entries. Three minutes to confirm the data, if you cared to look for yourself.

This one selling a 110 round drum references the 5million sold:


This article dated April of 2019, and referencing only a million increase for the 10/22 in “a few years.” The author must not realize how grossly the Marlin is outpacing the 10/22, but he acknowledges it isn’t yet the top produced/sold rifle on the market.


Altamont might be incorrect in stating it’s the “most popular 22 in history,” but they corroborate the 5 million number.


Marlin is smart enough to leverage the fact their rifle leads the field in sales, but for some reason humble enough to say “one of,” instead of just “the world’s most popular....”


Just for fun, if we pretend Marlin has sold a steady flow every year of 60’s since 1960, and Ruger the same time averaged number of 10/22’s per year, Marlin is selling ~190,000 60’s per year, to Ruger’s ~110,000 10/22’s. About 70% more annual sales - if both were actually selling steady rate, which obviously isn’t the case. Rather remarkable considering the broad spectrum of 10/22’s available versus the rather narrow model pool of 60’s. Equally of interest for me, Marlin has sold model 70’s and 795’s built on the same upper/action, which may not be included into that 11 million number, while Ruger doesn’t really have a complementary product line on their 5-6million count, with the potential exception of the low volume 10/22 Charger (maybe a similarly/proportionately low volume on the 70P too, however).

 

[357smallbore]

I have a model 60 and a model 600. Love em. Paid $65 for one and $80 for the other. They will be going no where.
born on date 1981 and 1984.

 

[mdThanatos]

I have one that belonged to my dad, was one of the first rifles that I learned how to shoot, it is either older than me or really close to my age. Once my shooting interests over took my dad's I was given the rifle. It is one that I will never get rid of.

 

[midland man]

yep guys I am impressed this little rifle performed this evening!! I love this rifle and I hate to say it I think I like it a tad better than my marlin 70pss which is a nice light rifle but this rifle feels good to shoot and not one malfunction using my favorite ammo the Winchester m-22 1000rnd count in the black box! this rifle on the barrel shows it was built in Huntsville Alabama and if my memory serves me correct I think this plant was built year before last! but the fit and finish was extremely good and the trigger is very nice as it is! but only about 4-5 shots had it in the bullseye and tried it out farther on small rocks and it never missed so at the end I shot a hole dead center of the bullseye! now I want to see about sling swivels so I can put a sling on this wonderful rifle!

 

[d2wing]

Which goes to show that as we know, guns are emotional choices.

 

[Mike J]

I bought a model 60 back in '95. It is an accurate easy to use rifle. I've never had a malfunction with it that wasn't ammunition related. I also have a Glenfield version with a shorter barrel (a Glenfield model 75C if I recall correctly) that my dad had when he died. I like them both & have been using the Glenfield to teach my oldest daughter to shoot. She likes it. I can't comment on the 10/22 as I don't have any experience with one. I have thought about getting one for my daughter at some point. I don't remember the model number but I also have an old marlin bolt action .22. An old man I knew found out I liked to shoot & offered to sell it to me for $75. I like marlin .22's.

 

[Picher]

I'm somewhat impressed with the Model 60, but after repairing one recently, there a couple of weak points. The ejector is just a wire spring and subject to breakage. The plastic magazine follower is easily broken and seemingly impossible to replace without damaging the tube when removing the retaining pin. Replacement tubes are available. If the action is taken apart, it's difficult to put back together, but there are videos available on the 'net.

I'm impressed by the accuracy and smooth action and think it's got value. Many years ago, they sold for $39.95 and some considered that if it broke, just throw it away because it could cost more than the purchase price to get it repaired.

 

[Skylerbone]

My biggest caveat with the Model 60 has always been a lack of info on the workings. Way back before computers and smart phones I was taking things apart and the 60 was far more intimidating than the average bolt action or, cough, 10/22. Then again, I had a scant number of tools or mechanical aptitude, not that conditions have changed much. It could be argued that I was the fly in the ointment.

 

[midland man]

Giving my experiences with the last two 10-22 rifles that I have owned:

1) Had one about ten years ago with a laminated stock, painted receiver, and a micro-turned (not smooth) barrel with a baked-on finish.
This one was very reliable right out of the box and had more than acceptable accuracy. Nothing needed to be done.

2) My present one has the classic birch carbine stock, with the return to an anodized receiver and a smooth blued barrel.
This one needed some TLC to address jamming with bulk ammunition. Mainly I went over the bolt and receiver, polishing and looking for burrs. I polished the chamber mouth a bit. I polished the magazine lips inside and rewound the springs to the factory spec. I rounded over the bolt where it cocked the hammer to reduce friction. I lubricated the recoil spring with moly grease. I locked the bolt open and left it that way for two weeks to weaken the recoil spring. This all worked and it chugs away just fine on cheap ammo.

The idea that expensive aftermarket parts are needed to make a 10-22 reliable is a myth. The same folk believe that no gun for which aftermarket parts are available is reliable unless they load it down with same.

These days any semi-auto .22 that you buy may have jamming issues right out of the box. If it doesn't then that is just the luck of the draw. Simply going over the gun and polishing and deburring and lubricating will work wonders. Usually it is the mechanically illiterate who simply throw up their hands when a .22 doen't work perfectly out of the box and declare that the model is a POS.

yep and I went to gunsmithing school years ago and I learned a lot about semiauto 22's and that 90%+ the issues are ammo ammo ammo and most guns will work very well with premium ammo like cci mini mags etc! so and one other thing cleaning your 22 is very important it's recommended to clean a semiauto 22 every 250rnds!!

 

[midland man]

well guys I have taken this marlin 60 out everyday since Friday and ran it lightly until this morning I took it out and really hammered on it hard I shot it so much that the barrel was extremely hot but guess what? well let me tell you this little gem just kept on shooting and not one jam and I was intermixing different brands of ammo just to see what it'll take and to my surprise no malfunctions and most ammo shot really good to accurate depending on type and brand! so I am very pleased with this rifle!