I bought a Marlin model 60 about 25 years ago and it has been in the safe unfired for the last 20 years. The reason I haven't shot it in so long is because it always jammed and that just took the fun out of shooting for me.
I cleaned and oiled it up real nice and took it to the range today, with a box of Federal 500, remington 550 ( both wally world bulk packs) and 1 box of CCI mini mags.
The shooting started with the Fed/Rem bulk pack ammo and again jamming about 1 in every 4 shots, so, I tried the mini mags and all 100 fired without a hitch. I loaded it up with 15 minimags ea. time and twice fired all 15 rounds in rapid fire.
That 100 round pack of mini mags made shooting the Marlin the most fun I ever had with the gun.
I guess you get what you pay for and I will never buy that cheap ammo again, Oh Ya, my Ruger MKIII had the exact same results with all 3 brands of ammo, jammed with Fed/Rem bulk pack ammo, not a hitch with mini mags.
Sigbear
I cleaned and oiled it up real nice and took it to the range today, with a box of Federal 500, remington 550 ( both wally world bulk packs) and 1 box of CCI mini mags.
The shooting started with the Fed/Rem bulk pack ammo and again jamming about 1 in every 4 shots, so, I tried the mini mags and all 100 fired without a hitch. I loaded it up with 15 minimags ea. time and twice fired all 15 rounds in rapid fire.
That 100 round pack of mini mags made shooting the Marlin the most fun I ever had with the gun.
I guess you get what you pay for and I will never buy that cheap ammo again, Oh Ya, my Ruger MKIII had the exact same results with all 3 brands of ammo, jammed with Fed/Rem bulk pack ammo, not a hitch with mini mags.
Sigbear