Which gun is better? The Marlin 795 or the 60?

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I know that they are virtually the same rifle, but those of you who own, or have owned, both of the rifles, which did you like the best? Why?
 
Model 60. Load it once and shoot it until next week. Never liked magazines that stick out of the bottom of a rifle.
 
I've only owned the 795.
When I bought it several years ago I liked it over the 60 because it is magazine fed rather than tube fed. Just for aesthetic purposes I might add. Never had a model 60. I don't know how many rounds of LR the tube holds but if it holds more than 10 that may be a good enough reason for the model 60. Plus you don't have to worry about losing and buying magazines.
 
Model 60. Load it once and shoot it until next week. Never liked magazines that stick out of the bottom of a rifle.
I've heard conflicting opinions of how many the mag holds, anywhere from 17 to 10. How many does it hold?
 
M60 for me. I just prefer not having a magazine sticking out of the bottom of the rifle. Snag point, and it interferes with my grip if I'm holding my support arm close to my torso. That's what I don't like about mt XT-22 bolt gun. If I want a mag-fed semi-auto 22 rifle, I choose the 10/22 because of its flush magazine.
 
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I've heard conflicting opinions of how many the mag holds, anywhere from 17 to 10. How many does it hold?
Depends on whether you're loading shorts. longs or long rifle. Regardless it's more than the removable magazine that's always in the way. For long rifle, new ones are 15 round capacity.
 
Depends on whether you're loading shorts. longs or long rifle. Regardless it's more than the removable magazine that's always in the way.
Just picked up a 300 pack of CCI .22 lr so would be using that.
 
I've heard conflicting opinions of how many the mag holds, anywhere from 17 to 10. How many does it hold?
the tibe be on the Marlin 60 has changed lengths a few times. The longest would hold 17 or 19 if I remember correctly....

I've owned both, and prefer the 795. It's shorter lighter, and with mag swaps offer as much or more available ammo.
The down side is it can feel like a toy, and any optics heavier than a light dot will make it feel top heavy.

I've actually just installed a set of Remington fiberoptic sights off my 597, on my 795, tho I MAY try the timberline off my 527s as well.
 
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I have 3 60s and a 795. The 795 is actually my wife’s, and it was my gift to her when we had been dating for a year. I have 2 “rifle” 60 and a “carbine” 60. They are all good guns but they are all very different. The 60s are heavier but hold more ammunition. The 795 is not just lighter, it’s A LOT lighter. Hers is the “stainless” which actually seems to be an aluminum alloy or something of the sort. It is easily the most accurate .22 in the house and when I go squirrel chasing it often goes with me. If I were to lose all of my 22s in some freak house fire or some such event I would buy a couple of each, but I would start with the 795s. Light, reliable, accurate, detachable box is much easier to unload. Carrying the rifles they each have their merits. The 795 can be poky where the magazine can bump you. The 60 though is heavier and is an equivalent pain in the butt because without anything to hold it more firm the bolt always manages to bite me in the side or in the back at some point so I end up carrying or holding both to prevent such issues. A spare 795 mag wrapped in orange duct tape has become a good investment.
 
I've heard conflicting opinions of how many the mag holds, anywhere from 17 to 10. How many does it hold?

Depends on when it was made.

Originally, it held 18 rounds.

However, in the late 80s (not sure exactly when), Marlin reduced the magazine capacity to 15 to comply with New Jersey's assault weapon laws.

I've never looked into how they did this...so I don't know if they shortened the magazine tube, put a longer magazine follower in the rod, or what.
 
The 60 was the first .22 I ever shot. My late grandpa gave it to my dad for home defense when he and my mom got married back in the mid/late 70s. It's obviously an older model that holds 17 rounds.

I replaced the spring once when I kinked it hard enough to bend it while cleaning the gun. Sentimental shooter, and I still own it...after borrowing it from my dad and never returning it some 10 years ago:p

The 795 is an underappreciated little gem. Rugged, light, accurate, cost effective. I bought m I'll me back when I wanted a .22 truck gun and wanted something that could be kept a near ready but was safe to leave unattended while my daughter was little. Two mags loaded in the glove box with the gun under the back seat that I could put into action quickly if need be.

I really like both.
 
Which gun is better HOW?

That's pretty subjective, in my opinion.

For example, if both are comparable in accuracy, visually I like the image of a tube fed rifle over a detachable magazine. BUT there's the appeal of being able to conveniently carry several extra loaded magazines for faster reloading.

For practicality, however, I'd have to say I'd like to handle/shoot them both for comparison, with the one which "feels" better when I shoulder it and get my sight picture.
 
Which gun is better HOW?

That's pretty subjective, in my opinion.

For example, if both are comparable in accuracy, visually I like the image of a tube fed rifle over a detachable magazine. BUT there's the appeal of being able to conveniently carry several extra loaded magazines for faster reloading.

For practicality, however, I'd have to say I'd like to handle/shoot them both for comparison, with the one which "feels" better when I shoulder it and get my sight picture.
Any way that I could test fire the 795 that you know of? My cousin has a model 60, if feels very nice, light trigger pull, comparable to my CZ bolt action. So any way you know of that I can test fire a 795? Do pawn shops ever let you shoot the gun and decide?
 
I've never looked into how they did this...so I don't know if they shortened the magazine tube, put a longer magazine follower in the rod, or what.
I believe they went to a shortened magazine, then came out with a carbine which also shortened the barrel so that it looked like a stumpy version of the the full length mag rifle......thats just from memory. I had 2 model 60s, both rifles with 20" tubes, one full length mag, the other about 5"short of the barrel, and it only held 14 or so.
 
With a bottom feeder you never have your hand in front of the muzzle (if you are one of the “never point a firearm at something you are not willing to destroy, kind of guys), the tube mag is a lot more difficult to misplace or drop (if you have ever had to look for your keys, wallet or remote control kind of guy).
 
Any way that I could test fire the 795 that you know of? My cousin has a model 60, if feels very nice, light trigger pull, comparable to my CZ bolt action. So any way you know of that I can test fire a 795? Do pawn shops ever let you shoot the gun and decide?

Unless it's a gun shop with their own gun range, I doubt it.

Best bet is to find someone who has one...if I did, I'd make arrangements to meet up some time, but I don't.

You MAY, however, be able to dry fire one in the shop using appropriate .22 LR snap caps.
 
With a bottom feeder you never have your hand in front of the muzzle (if you are one of the “never point a firearm at something you are not willing to destroy, kind of guys), the tube mag is a lot more difficult to misplace or drop (if you have ever had to look for your keys, wallet or remote control kind of guy).

Meh...safety is as safety does.

If you're a one shell at a time kinda person, use the loading port on the side of the tube. That's what it's for. No fingers in front of the muzzle.

I made "speed loaders" for my 783 years ago...brass tubes, plugged on one end with silicone rubber, and a rubber stopper on the other end. Sized to carry 6 rounds of .22 WMR. Two tubes would reload my 783 in seconds...pull the rod out of the reloading tube, dump the contents, stick the rod back in, done!

Safey? I left the bolt open.

I DID find a really nifty magazine tube modification while looking up the Model 60 earlier this thread. Seems that the reloading port on the magazine tube is pretty much flush with the end of the forestock on the rifle. The guy modified the tube to basically rotate it about a quarter turn, so the reloading port was on the side, next to the barrel. This way he could place cartridges on the barrel gap formed by the magazine tube and barrel, where it would slide down and neatly fall right into the reloading port. A reloading aid, which made it a bit easier and less fumbling feeding cartridges directly into the port by hand.

http://www.nylonrifles.com/wp/2013/06/marlin-60-tube-mod/
 
60.

While I've heard of fellas bending or losing tube mag tubes, I've never done it or seen it.

Detachable mags?....... In that case, who HASN'T seen - or they themselves - lost, broke or bent ones?

Also don't like the snaggy nature if I don't need to contend with it.

Marlin Model 60... The very BEST 10/22 ever made!:neener:


Todd.
 
I've heard conflicting opinions of how many the mag holds, anywhere from 17 to 10. How many does it hold?

The old 60’s held 17+1. New 60’s hold 14+1. Old 99’s, the precursor to the 60, held only 10+1

The 60’s you’d buy on the shelf today, or any time in the last 20 years at least, would be 14+1.
 
I have a model 60 and a model 70, both made in the early 80’s. The 7 round magazine on the 70 doesn’t stick out below the stock too much. The 70 is definitely lighter than the 60 (both empty).

In my personal experience, I find that my 70 is a little more accurate than my 60 is. The only thing that I can contribute to the 70 being more accurate is the fact that the barrel is free floating and does not have the magazine hanging off the barrel.
 
One thing I thought about last night is how big of a pain in the rear it is to clear certain jams in the 60. They aren’t common, but they aren’t easily cleared when the round tips up and gets mashed in the mechanism. The 795 makes it much easier as simply dropping the magazine gives you more room in the open bolt area as well as giving you a better angle to get at the jammed round. Often times the jam falls out easily when the magazine is removed.
 
I DID find a really nifty magazine tube modification while looking up the Model 60 earlier this thread. Seems that the reloading port on the magazine tube is pretty much flush with the end of the forestock on the rifle. The guy modified the tube to basically rotate it about a quarter turn, so the reloading port was on the side, next to the barrel. This way he could place cartridges on the barrel gap formed by the magazine tube and barrel, where it would slide down and neatly fall right into the reloading port. A reloading aid, which made it a bit easier and less fumbling feeding cartridges directly into the port by hand.

Been there, done that. Works like a champ!
 
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