10/22 v Model 60

The funniest thing I have seen are the guys who brag about how great their 10/22s are................until you see their rig and the only Ruger item is the receiver shell and EVERYTHING has been replaced. What they spent for that, they could have bought an Anschutz

Some even get around to replacing the receiver....Kinda reminds me of the good old axe story

George P said:

The funniest thing I have seen are the guys who brag about how great their 10/22s are................until you see their rig and the only Ruger item is the receiver shell and EVERYTHING has been replaced. What they spent for that, they could have bought an Anschutz

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Exactly, which is why I’d just by a Volquartsen or similar.

Skylerbone said:

please please look up ford8nr’s “Rimfire Prove It” thread and show us.

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Skylerbone, remember how that turned out. Many rifles didn't shoot how people remembered them shooting.
Some did but there were surprises

At one time, I owned 3 10/22's and a M60. The 60 was the old style, 18 shot with the long barrel. It shot one ragged hole at 50 yards, too. Much better than any of the 10/22's ever did. But, I wound up selling it. I also sold 2 of the Rugers, keeping only my International version. It was prettiest of the 3, if not the most accurate. My preference is the 10/22, for no other reason than its simplicity. Mine is box stock, other than swapping out the mag latch to the old flat style and polishing the trigger and sear. It shoots about 3/4 to 1 inch at 50. That's plenty good enough for me.

Now having said that, I'd far rather take my Browning SA-22 hunting than the 10/22. My 572 Fieldmaster is a close second, and also very accurate albeit a bit heavy. Light weight has become far more important in recent years.

Mac

I use to own a Model 60 way back when, actually it was my dads. I own 10/22's but my favorites are bolt guns. Especially old bolt guns I own 2 Win 75's, a Rem 513T Matchmaster and a Rem 580. Nothing makes me giggle like pulling an 70+ year old wood stocked rifle out of the case, get the "look" from the semi auto / plastic gun group then shoot lights out.

Wow, I just looked up the old "Prove it" thread. For those of you involved can you believe it was exactly 1 year ago for the final post?
Interesting re-read
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/rimfire-prove-it.836805/

ford8nr said:

Wow, I just looked up the old "Prove it" thread. For those of you involved can you believe it was exactly 1 year ago for the final post?
Interesting re-read
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/rimfire-prove-it.836805/

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Ya know, that looks like a lot of fun. I'm sorry I missed out on it, but I may print the target and try a couple of my rifles just for the heck of it. It sure separated the talkers from the shooters!

Mac

It's all nostalgia for me. Almost 40 years ago, Dad got my brother and I a model 60 that has yet to get through a tube without jamming. Shortly thereafter, my brother bought a 10/22 and when I witnesses it's reliability I followed suite with my own purchase. I think I was in the 6th grade. That rifle has seen countless thousands of rounds of plinking through my youth and I can probably count the number of jams I had to clear in it. Super reliable. I got to the point where I could empty a magazine, reach into a front pants pocket full of cartridges, and pull out exactly 11. 10 for the mag and one in the pipe. That rifle and I wandered many a mile through the hills and woods. The model 60 still sits quietly in the a corner of my dad's house. It's in beautiful, hardly used condition. The 10/22 sits in a place of honor in my safe in it's original condition: Hard ridden and weather worn. It's one I count as a companion.

I love seeing discussions about which is preferred/better, especially when the conversation is civil (like this one). It all boils down to personal preferences, either one will do the job. I own both and prefer my Marlin rifles. I have a M60, M70, and a M99M1 along with a couple of 10/22 rifles.

Comparing the Ruger 10/22 and the Marlin M60 is like comparing the Remington 870 and the Mossberg 500. I think that everyone should own a Ruger or Marlin and a 870 or 500.

Either way you go, you're a winner because

1. You've got a gun
2. It's a pretty good gun
3. That squirrel, pop can, or paper target isn't going to care which rifle the bullet came from.

Now if you want to argue about which ammo to use, that's another story altogether.

ford8nr said:

Stock 10/22 LVT except for trigger stoning.

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So not stock.

I don't consider 10 min of stoning - non stock. Cost $ 0
Still original parts, just accelerated wear

ford8nr said:

I don't consider 10 min of stoning - non stock. Cost $ 0
Still original parts, just accelerated wear

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Whatever you need to tell yourself....you did modify the gun.

Mr_Flintstone said:

Now if you want to argue about which ammo to use, that's another story altogether

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THERE'S the part of the equation a lot of shooters ignore. My wife calls me an ammo snob. Every one of my rifles, CF and RF, have had ammo testing done.

ford8nr said:

THERE'S the part of the equation a lot of shooters ignore. My wife calls me an ammo snob. Every one of my rifles, CF and RF, have had ammo testing done.

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World of difference between Eley Match and Remington Golden Bullet.

Old Stumpy said:

They did make over a million of them, and they did make them for 30 years, so obviously it must have been a pretty good rifle.

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This seems like a big number, and a long time, until we consider the popularity and longevity of its competition.

The Nylon 66 yielded a bit over 1,000,000 rifles over 30 years = ~ 33,333 rifles per year...

Comparatively...

The 10/22 is 55 years old with over 6 million produced = over 109,000 rifles per year.

The Marlin 60 has been running for 59 years this year, with over 11 million produced = over 186,000 rifles produced per year.

So Ruger was selling about 3:1, and Marlin selling almost 6:1 over the Nylon.

The Marlin 60 is the highest production non-military/non-contract firearm - ever. THAT tells a guy “it’s a pretty good rifle.”

The Marlin 60 is the highest production non-military/non-contract firearm - ever. THAT tells a guy “it’s a pretty good rifle.”

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And cheaper than the rest of the semiautos they share the market place with.

Walmart here in Atoka Oklahoma sells the marlin model 60 blued/wood for $157+tax

Varminterror said:

This seems like a big number, and a long time, until we consider the popularity and longevity of its competition.

The Nylon 66 yielded a bit over 1,000,000 rifles over 30 years = ~ 33,333 rifles per year...

Comparatively...

The 10/22 is 55 years old with over 6 million produced = over 109,000 rifles per year.

The Marlin 60 has been running for 59 years this year, with over 11 million produced = over 186,000 rifles produced per year.

So Ruger was selling about 3:1, and Marlin selling almost 6:1 over the Nylon.

The Marlin 60 is the highest production non-military/non-contract firearm - ever. THAT tells a guy “it’s a pretty good rifle.”

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When DuPont left/sold/whatever remington this is when and why production stopped....CRC made the gun for a while after that but used a bit of a different "plastic".

How long something is in production means nothing on how well it is made.....the 10/22 is a very good example of that.

fpgt72 said:

How long something is in production means nothing on how well it is made.....the 10/22 is a very good example of that.

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Obviously you're a 10/22 hater.
Ever own one?
If so ever own one besides the basic carbine?

I have a Marlin model 70 and really enjoy it. The Marlin action with a detachable magazine instead of the tube. The best of both worlds.