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

Skylerbone said:

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.

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That was the reason why my Glenfield 60 ended up getting traded in part on my old 788. Took it apart when it started messing up and had a hard time putting it back together. The smith at my lgs told me it would cost more to fix than replace, but offered me a fair trade in on the 788, which I honestly needed more at the time.

As a long term Appleseed instructor. I was continuously bombarded by the 1022 is the only rifle. I decided to modify a Marlin 60 to show folks what one could actually do..i swapped some internals of a an older magazine fed series to eliminate the tube feed. A bit safer than having a students hand near the muzzle and gave a lot faster reload. With tec sights installed, the longer stock, sight radius and an inherently more accurate rifle became a favorite at the events I bossed or instructed at. I hauled it around for years loaning it to happless students to use when their rugers bit the dust. Still shoots....still accurate ..
Way cool factor too. Set it up with handguards, looks like a M1 carbine. Literally hundreds of students fired this rifle, 300 + rounds per use.
Yea i like Marlin 60 rifles.

I like the way the 10/22 feels, but I like the way the Marlin shoots. The chunky stock makes the Ruger feel more like a "real gun" in the hand, while the Marlin feels like it's barely the width of a 22 shell. But something Marlin does with those rifles is magic, I'm telling you, and they shoot way better than the price suggests. I don't know if it is the micro groove barrel or what, but I am buying the hype.

I never got the appeal of modding the snot out of the 10/22 either. Mine is box stock and I have never felt the need to change it.

OK, bit of a lie there. Every so often I get tempted to buy one of those dress-up kits that make your 10/22 look like an MG42 or some cool machine gun. I've always kind of wanted one, just purely for the yuks and to have as a conversation piece. But then I see the price tag of $400 plus a donor 10/22 action, and I realize I can find cheaper ways to start a conversation...

I prefer the marlin 60 over the 10,22. They are cheaper. And tend to be more accurate and reliable. In my experience.

My experience reliability wise has the 10/22 miles ahead of the 60. That is however limited to a half dozen or so Marlins, two of which I inherited having feed problems, and my wife’s with broken trigger guard. I cannot vouch for my late uncle’s cleaning habits but he spent a good bit of time in the service where he would have learned the basics.

Of the six 10/22s bought by our family five are still around, the souped up one was sold as too heavy for field use, and not a malfunction I can recall. Replacement parts? Kidd buffers to replace the steel pin in each.

People can say what they like about those who put some effort into cleaning up a Ruger, it won’t dissuade me from wanting to improve things.

I will say that the 10/22 is a fine rifle, as is the Marlin 60. When I was young, some friends and I would take our .22 rifles out on a Saturday and run a couple of "milk carton" boxes of bulk ammo through them. Every so often, a squib or some buildup of carbon would cause a misfire, but they all kept on truckin'; that includes Marlins, Remingtons, Savages, Rugers, and a few other brands. Anyone who "hates" on a brand is usually doing it to rationalize their buying of a different brand. Now, when Remington first took over Marlin, there were some quality control issues, and that hurt Marlin's reputation a tad. Those issues have since been worked out, and the quality control on the "new Remlins" is back up to snuff.

With all that said, if you want an inexpensive well built basic accurate shooter .22, buy a Marlin. If you want a more expensive well built shooter .22 that you can dress up and accessorize (and shoot hyper velocity ammo), buy a Ruger.