Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Rimfires Marlin Model 60 experiences?

Agree with the previous posts. Marlin 60 are fun to shoot, reliable, and pretty accurate. Nylon 66 is another one I have shot and wish I had one. I was impressed by how accurate it shot. Like the 60 it has a tube mag which a prefer over clips. The trigger on the 60 is bad. BUT, I believe it was over at rimfire central I found how to adjust the trigger from a good tutorial. I did have to take it apart over a dozen times to get it right but trigger went from 6 lb. to 3.5. The very small C-clips are easy to loose and may want to pick some up at a hardware store before attempting.

I believe one poster mentioned HV ammo. I live in a rural area and 22lr is darn hard to find but I have about 1500 rounds of CCI SV.

Does the 60 shoot standard velocity ammo reliably ?

I got the Model 60's cousin the clip/magzine fed Marlin 995 for Christmas in 1985. It is just an 18" barreled 60 with a walnut stock and factory 7 shot clip. It dead accurate with lots of different ammo, cycles just fine as long as it is kept reasonably clean and very handy. I have killed hundreds if not thousands of squirrels, rabbits, crows, coons, possums with it and even a couple of coyotes. I would not trade it for any 10-22.

I own 4 of them. I like the later composite stock versions best. I have switched to a CZ452 ZKM heavy barrel because it rations 22 better. But when shooting with three different guys, always benched for prairie dogs, I say the M60 was more accurate.

The scope sliding to the rear can be solved for less than $20 by getting a one-piece Leapers 3/8 dovetail mount.

This is 20 years ago when i was buying broken 22s at lunch to fix them at night, and resell, there were more Marlin 60s being sold world wide than all other 22s combined.

I use these when I want to mount a scope on a Marlin semi auto 22lr. I wipe down the grooves with alcohol to remove any oil and debris. These have a lot of clamping ability and work great.
http://www.amazon.com/UTG-Airgun-Me...sr=8-11&keywords=air+gun+scope+mount

I like to use the 2-piece B-Square 3/8" groove to Weaver adapters, their part #17025. Weaver also makes adapters, but I like the B-Square units because they aren't as thick, so a scope can be mounted a little lower.

I bought a Model 60 just because everyone and their brother has a 10/22. It is a great little gun.

Jim, most of the stocks I see are hardwood, but a few walnut variations are out there.
I have experience with approximately a dozen Marlin model 60 variations including 60, 795, 7000, 60, 75, and 989M2 models. All of them share the same basic action design with minor changes over the years. Some are tube fed, some are mag fed. The triggers are a bit scratchy but can be improved. Take a look at www.diproductsinc.com for some nifty trigger guards and triggers to improve shootability. My father has a dip trigger on a 795 in a boyds stock and it is very nice. Keep them clean and maybe replace the recoil spring from time to time and they will run forever. Accuracy is quite good especially considering the price point. I always keep my eye out for a good buy on a model 60 and/or variation to add to the safe.
See my earlier post in this thread for my solution to scope "creep" on the receiver rails.
Good luck.

Ive got probably 10,000 fond memories with a Marlin model 60. All with my late grandfather. My cousins and I all learned how to shoot with one. Nothing but fond memories of my child hood and powder burnt with grandpa. A few years ago I was offered a stainless model in trade and I jumped at the chance.

I sure miss my grandpa as he was an incredible man whom I loved deeply and spent tons of time with, but I feel a little connected every time I shoot my model 60, and my Colt 1911.

wish i still had my glenfield mod 60 as kid took apart to clean and never got back together eventally bought the 10/22 that everyone raves over while it's decent the 60 was more accurate and reliable in my opinion

I'm 59 years old and I'm still shooting mine glenfield 60 that I purchased with my paper route money when I was 12.
It has a 3-9X40mm scope on it now, thats the only upgrade it needed.