10/22 whips its arse, easily.
Yes, it does look cooler sitting there. But that's it. The Marlin 60 is:
- Twice as accurate - maybe even 3x more accurate. Nobody who's ever shot the two would think a stock 10/22 comes close to a Marlin 60.
- Much more reliable - 10/22's suffer mostly from poor quality after market magazines. And 10/22's become jammatics with low-power ammo.
- The Marlin comes with usable stock sights.
- The Marlin 60 is cheaper. You can use the $75 difference to buy your first brick of 22lr ammo
Really, there are two things where the 10/22 shines: a slightly better trigger and after-market support.
By the way, after 100 bricks of ammo and a couple decades, the recoil buffer might crumble in a Marlin 60. $5 part, a few minutes of work, and its good for another 30 years. Not even sure you can buy enough 22lr ammo to wear one out anymore.
