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Sorry, Marlin has called that design so many model numbers, I lost count. One plus is that there are many you tube vids to address problems with the model, & how to fix them.

Most of them are posted by people who don't know that .22 rifles need to be cleaned.

110 round drum magazine.

Apparently this was a serious 22 semi auto rifle for home defense thread.

Never was impressed w HV HP .22lr on chucks.
.22 mag way better.
The old Remington Yellowjackets worked OK.

I figure a bump in the night,....badbguy proly gonna not sit still or be well illuminated. Not gonna rack a fuggin slide on anything. Not going to engage a possible threat without my stuff ready to go.

If i gotta pop em its gonna be a few through the chest.

Not with .22lr either.

Think it just foolish to pick a .22lr for self defense.
It crippled up or only owning one gun.....so be it.
Better than throwing rocks.

But to argue the .22 as something good?

Damn, how fuggun hard is it to shoot a centerfire decent?
My pos uaw Colt 1911 chews the x out at 50 ft

For those of you who think a semi auto .22 is inadequate,....you might want to look into a SAM 180.

He probably shoots the star out every time.

I bet a freckle faced 10 year old could shoot a .22 rifle better than you can shoot a .45 government model.

I apologize for dissing your choice of arms, but as one who has taken a truck load, only a pick up, but an actual truck load of this basic model & worked two straight weeks of repair, rebuild, & taking 2 or 3 to make one, then test firing all of them to confirm their sell ability, I'll stand by my "opinion".

I've forgotten the particulars, but the experience is burned deeply. Trust me on this, move up if serious about using one for important things.

Don't think I stuttered. I do CNS shots only at ranges of 10-25 yards typically. Frontal in the brain or thru the cervical vertebra on broadsides for pigs under ~125#. Over 100 dead pigs, 1 took a second shot. The bullets will exit on the neck shots every time, so I guess they overpenetrate?

What was the problem with them.

They're a Marlin model 60 with a magazine fed action.

So far,...mine has been like the eveready rabbit.

What's the problem with them?

You know, a bit of blue tape over the muzzle will keep the mud daubers at bay.

No doubt that any gun is better than none, or that if a .22 rifle is the only thing you can use effectively that it is what you should use. But it is a huge stretch of the imagination to try to rationalize it as a good choice, or a novel one. My wife is on medicare and has arthritis in both thumbs yet can do a sub 3 second Bill Drill w/ her Glock 19 on demand, and carry it wherever she chooses. All it takes is will and effort.

The easiest way is rarely the best way to solve most problems. Anyone who takes self defense seriously carries a useful weapon at all times. Concealing that rifle is problematic.

YMMV


mike r

Another nice thing about Marlin 60 family - they're less finicky cycling light loads than other semi-auto rimfire actions.

Winchester is making a 40g HP at Velocitor velocities at half the cost. 1425 fps if I remember right.

So,..you've been in a lot of gunfights?

If yours is working well then then yours has no problem. So I'll answer a question with one, how many rounds has yours proven itself with. No. I'm not indicating a 50K torture test but the format just doesn't have a good track record. Multitudes of problems arise with most, not all, but the odds are against it.

Heck, the thing might be the best ATV or barn rifle there is on the market for the money, but the subject, & my comments dwell on the use of the gun for self defense in that there are much better choices.

I just want to know if there's a problem with them that I should be aware of.

I stick a full mag in mine then drop the bolt and it doesn't seem like there's any resistance at all. I've shot several types of cheap ass, Walmart bulk ammo through it and have hardly experienced a bobble. One, actually. The first round out of a magazine failed to feed once. That's it.

If there's problems waiting down the line I'd be happy to hear about it so I could address them.

Legitimate questions that I can only say, in the history of the gun it's not if but when. Problems may have some specifics but are generally random, a Yugo type of thing. Sure that goes with any mechanical device, sooner or later. OK , terms we might both relate, would ya rather have a same condition Bridgeport or a Chevaliere?