Marlin Glenfield model 60 ftf

[scrat]

Older model 60 glenfield 18 round tube fed. Its always been a pretty good shooter. I took it out to the range loaded it up 18 rounds. Chambered a round pulled the trigger. Click no fire checked it loaded another round. pulled the trigger click. Then i checked the rounds. No indentation at all. Like the firing pin is not even hitting it. SOOOOOOO when i got home i pulled it apart expecting on seeing a broken firing pin, However it looks fine. put it back together then took a fired case put it in and pulled the trigger to see if i would get a new mark on it. and Nothing no mark. So i didnt want to think i was crazy so i took the same fired case and put it in my Marlin model 700 pulled the trigger. then ejected the round and there is a new hit on it. SO now what do i do. I was thinking about just going online and buying all of the internals and replacing everything. But then it got me thinking there has to be something im missing.

Any Help

 

[Fleet]

Did you check to see if the firing pin was free to move in the bolt? Does the hammer actually touch the firing pin? After these two conditions are met, does the firing pin protrude from the bolt face if pushed with a finger?

 

[bowman1962]

A very good cleaning has solved 99.9% of all the problems I've ever seen with the Model 60s. The are great little guns but after several 1000 rds they build up alot of crude that regular cleaning doesn't remove. I have one in the safe that I bought for next to nothing because the guy told me it wouldn't shoot. After about 3 hrs. of soaking, scrubbing and some scraping, I reassembled it and it shoots like a champ.

 

[Chawbaccer]

Is the disconnector spring still where it goes? A missing or broken spring will not allow the trigger to re-set.

 

[RaceM]

If the hammer falls and action seems to work as it should the most likely culprit is a weak recoil spring. When they lose their oomph the extractor springs will actually force the bolt to the rear, causing it to be out of battery by just enough to give weak/no firing pin hits. If everything checks out in the trigger group you can add a spacer (1/4" long chunk of nail) in the front of the recoil spring tunnel to get more compression on the recoil spring. That's just a temporary fix, however.

 

[Twmaster]

I'd wager the bolt face is full of crud and it's not allowing it to go completely into battery.

Disassemble and clean. I just did a full tear down on my model 60 Marlin-Glenfield and my 70P Papoose. Both were filthy and would jam, FTF etc. Now both work like new.

 

[scrat]

Ok going to take it apart again tomorrow in reading everything that i could i believe i might need a new recoil spring. However taking it all apart to the bare pieces and cleaning them up may not hurt. Having two of them helps to make sure its put back together correctly. All in all though they are pretty easy to take apart and clean.

 

[Twmaster]

Oh, while this is not directly related to your issues. Remember, the Marlin .22 semi's want high velocity ammo. Otherwise you may end up with stovepipes and feed issues.

 

[Bull Nutria]

Be advised that there are excellent model 60 tear down videos on youtube. a buddy tore his apart and had an oh Shxt moment when springs and parts went all over his kitchen. he googled and found these excellent videos. i looked at them and was amazed at all the DIY stuff about guns on Youtube.

just in case you have a problen putting your model 60 back together!!

Bull

 

[CZguy]

Ok going to take it apart again tomorrow in reading everything that i could i believe i might need a new recoil spring. However taking it all apart to the bare pieces and cleaning them up may not hurt. Having two of them helps to make sure its put back together correctly. All in all though they are pretty easy to take apart and clean.

Recoil springs are less than $5.00 from Brownell's, but I think that a thorough cleaning will fix your problem.