Marlin 60 takedown.

after reading all this im going to clean my marlin tomorrow. its starting to jam when first trying to load the first round. if no jam it will fire all the rds in the tube. i say its because of mass produced ammo, poorly made

70' model...of the Marlin 60

What a sweet little rifle, and darned accurate! I took my grandkids (4 boys, 5-14yrs) to the range...I had bought each one (yes, even the 5 yr old) a single-shot .22. Plus, we took my Model 60 and the wife's 10/22. And a pistol.

We burnt up most of a brick of Winchester Wildcat...no failures...and everybody got sunburnt. Boys shot objects...not paper...from 15 to 25 yds and had a blast. Saved the Ruger and Marlin 60 for last. The little boys liked the Ruger because it was so handy, the 12 and 14 yr olds liked the Marlin...for Minute of Squirrel, it is a toss-up...glad I have both.

But, if I were advising someone which to buy as a starter rifle...60's are everywhere for $60 to $100, gunshops think Rugers are made out of gold...cheapest I have seen lately is $150. $50 buys a lot of ammo.

I keep my action hosed out with gun scrubber and lube with spray oil, the 60 just keeps on eating up ammo and spitting out the empties.

Love the thread, though...made several bookmarks. Thanks!

Cleaning

I've cleaned mine many of times. The only thing I've had to replace on mine is the pin that holds in the trigger assembly. Instead of using a plastic replacement I made one from brass. Simple project. Also I understand that the gun is relatively cheap. I think it cost about 100 dollars brand new. My dad used to own it. He didn't bother cleaning it other then the barrel, but I noticed it always jammed up. I had bought a spray can full of break free broke it down and cleaned all the breech assembly. Hasn't had a jam up since then. I also mounted a Bushnell sportsman 4x12x40 scope, not their top scope but figured it wasn't gonna reach out to far anyways. The scope does come in handy for squirrel hunting and rabbits in the garden. Can keep my distance without chasing them off.

Marlin 60 round wont chamber

Hey Ladies and Gentlemen, first time poster here.
I have a 1977 Marlin Glenfield 60. It has maybe 100 rounds threw it. My Dad bought this for me and we plinked some cans one day...and then it was hung up in the cellar for 33 years untill this past month. With the help of this thread i was able to follow step by step to clean (not much to clean) make sure all the parts were in order, springs good, etc...
I loaded the tube believe its 17 or 18 rounds, pulled back the "lever"? to load first round. it comes up and as the lever is about half way to push round into chamber , it pushes the round up and too high and it becomes wedged in.

I took apart the "cylinder'? that has the 2 claws, 1 on each side. they are both different. The inside one has a "grabber" the outer one closest to the lever does not have a grabber on it and seems about a 1/16" shorter than the other. I assume that the round is pulled back and discharged to the rightside, thats why there is no "grabber" on this one. Is this true? I try to watch as the round is being pushed forward, but cannot see why it wont stay straight to the chamber. I would assume if there were 'grabbers" on both of these it may guide the round straight in.

Make sense? Whats your thoughts and Thank You in advance.

Thanks Chris,

I will take pictures of it taken down. Its easy enough. I'll show each extractor "claw". I do recall as a kid..(yup..I do..) that may be why we hung the gun up in the cellar. It may have been jamming on us and my Dad really wasn't a gun guy so instead of fiddlin with it...it went to sleep for 30+ years!!

My crossman 760 from the same year took its place..and still works wonderfully.

pardin me if i should rude.....are you using 22 lr and not the 22 magnums? magnums are longer and bigger diameter. not much but enough to miss you up. also stinger ammo wont work either. they have longer casing even though its 22lr ammo.

I've owned a model 60 for 16 years and never broken it down like this to clean it. Here's hoping on my next range trip it cycles properly

Hhere are a few photos. The extractors are steel not plastic so doubt if one sheared off? Ammo..look at the price .99 for a box..thats also 33 y.o. was stored in an army ammo case.

Several rounds did fire off when i manually placed into gun.

any comments on the extractors?

Are you slowly releasing the bolt or pulling back and releasing? Does it fail to chamber only on the first round? Have you tried shooting it with 2 rounds? Manually insert one round into the chamber and put 1 in the tube. Does the rifle eject and chamber the 2nd round correctly?

I will try manually loading one and with 1 in the tube. I am pulling bolt back slowly and easing it forward...the round jumps upwrad as it moves towards the chamber.
Do my extractors look ok? there is only 1 the left side that has a claw on it

I will try manually loading one and with 1 in the tube. I am pulling bolt back slowly and easing it forward...the round jumps upwrad as it moves towards the chamber.
Do my extractors look ok? there is only 1 the left side that has a claw on it

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That kinda nullifies your experiment. You can't do that to an auto receiver, because that's not how it operates. If you pull back on the lever and release it or better yet, use the bolt release, does it still fail to chamber? On the Marlin 60, there's a small window where the round is unsecured, so if you're moving it slowly, any tilt on the rifle will cause it to misalign with the throat.

Snapped blot to feed round..it went in..fired round..next one jammed..i am going to buy some new ammo tomorrow. let me ask a stupid question. Should the lead be loose from the brass casing? I can wiggle the lead head. ammo is 30 y.o.

Fresh ammo might help. My model 60 doesn't like the Remington bulk pack stuff. It does fine with the Federal bulk pack or Winchester 333 stuff though.

If it is any help there is a parts schematic on Marlins website in the owners manual here http://www.marlinfirearms.com/pdfs/manuals/MFC_Self_Load_RF_Tube.pdf

Snapped blot to feed round..it went in..fired round..next one jammed..i am going to buy some new ammo tomorrow. let me ask a stupid question. Should the lead be loose from the brass casing? I can wiggle the lead head. ammo is 30 y.o.

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Could be an ammo problem or a cleaning problem. I would suspect the ammo first. Note there's a lot of variety in .22lr ammo now a days. Different weights and velocities. Try a bunch of different types. It could also be dirt. Break down the receiver and re-lube. Bullets that aren't seated properly is just indicative of poor quality. Very common for cheap .22lr ammo.

Not sure if anyone can help, but I have what I am guessing is a 99, the only markings on the rifle is on the barrell left side says:
The Marlin Firearms Co.
New Haven, Conn. USA
.22 Long Rifle only - smokeless greased

This is it, the back of the barrel is square and has what looks like a flat head plug on it. Has a window for the chamber and another window that shows the slide only. I can take pics, of course.

There doesnt seem to be much online for the marlin 99 or whatever I have. I have 2 boxed shaped mags that hold 5 or 7 rounds, what I think is a scope mount is on the left side and has a thumb screw with a block that an older scope would attach.
This was my grandfathers rifle he passed at 91 in Jan 2009, so I cant ask him.

Magazine:
www.ammoclip.com/m/marlin_80,80c,80dl,80e.htm

It obviously looks like this magazine but the models shown do not match the model i have of the rifle.

Revival Time, hallelujah. last post 21 months ago, lol.

I own a newer model 60SS and after a ton of rounds fired the action was getting stiff so i decided to break it down and clean it, let me say that my problem that occurred after i cleaned it was self induced and thanks to this forum i was able to realize my mistake and correct the problem.

Here's how it went, when i took it apart i noticed the extractor spring kept falling out of the groove so i decided to tweak it and when doing so i made it flat down tight to the receiver block, I done this not knowing that it was suppose to be bent up and that is what extracted the empty cases, so after i got it all cleaned up i put it away, then one day when i took it out to shoot it i was getting an FTE, the empty case was staying on the bolt face and not extracting, i couldn't figure out what was going on till i found this thread and seen the posts and pictures talking about and showing how that spring is suppose to be bent up, soon as i read it i remembered what i had done, long story short i bent the extractor spring back up and fixed my problem.

Thanks for this thread.

I use the Federal bulk for plinking and CCI Stingers for hunting. Thanks again.

Just an observation here, MY MODEL 60 SAT FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS A "BAD" gun, Well I learned form a friend about cleaning the recesses where the ejector fingers go in on both sides of the breech. look at them carefully, clean them completely clean. Just spraying them with break cleaner or whatever will not usually do the job. I had to take a dental pick and dig all the junk out, Once cleaned the bolt would go completely into battery and the ejector fingers would grab every shell and toss it out.

As many have said oil very sparingly. I'm thinking about trying some'dry' lube.