I want a .22Lr Marlin...

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deepvalley

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I am looking into getting a Marlin 60 in .22lr and was wondering if anybody has a newer one and what they thought of them. You see my first rifle was a Marlin 60 way back in the early '80s and it was a tack driver! A good solid, reliable squirrel gun and at five or six years old I was hooked!:D Does anyone know if the quality has stood the test of time? Just wondering, I will buy it regardless to replace the one that was lost due to some sticky fingered _______.:mad: You can fill in the blank as you see fit! Anyway I would like some feed back as to what to expect, any info would be helpful. Thanks!
 
I purchased one recently and love it. The stock and the inside seem a bit "not quality" the inside is plastic-ish, and the stock seems to me to not be such a wood stock but different materials. But other then that and im not really complaining I love it.
 
I just recieved one from a friends dad for free.
Well, it's a Westpoint 487T.
But it's literally a Marlin 60.... but not.
I can cover my groupings at 100 yds with a half dollar. (minus a few flyers.)
My friend got a 60 a few years back.
He can cover his groupings at 50 yds with a quarter.
Great accuracy for the price.
I love mine, and he loves his.
I'd be more willing to shoot something with the two described above,
Than with a .22 mag.
Accuracy to me is more important than destruction.
Hope this helped!
 
I own two Marlin 795 Semi-autos and one of the newest XT-22R blk synthetics.

I actually won it XT at Bass Pro Shop. It was one of the first R's off the line and sent right to BPS from Marlin. I put a BSA Sweet 22 w/ BCD turrent and side parallax focus. WAAAAAYYYY fun to shoot. Very accurate as is the 795.

The one 795 belongs to my wife sho is not as enthusiastic as I about shooting. My 795, on the other hand, has a 3X9X40 Bushnell with Butler Creek lens caps and a Gander Mountain sling. This is the most deadly squirrle gun I've ever owned. I will let anyone shoot every one of my guns EXCEPT my 795. It's my favorite. However, the XT is quickly agining ground as I am getting used to the Sweet 22 scope.

Your welcome to go to Rimfire Central and look in the Marlin Bolt-action forum for my review of the XT-22R http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=396656

Note that I do not have the Sweet 22 dialed in, nor do I have enough experience to tell you if the BCD really works as well as it does "on paper". But, I'll stay with it and get back to you, If you'd like.

Happy Shooting, Shoes
 
I had a newer one.. I did not like it. Looked good on the shelf, took it home, went to the range shot it... was not impressed. Dont really understand the bolt hold open on a tube fed gun. Its not like you can pop in another mag and hit the bolt close and be ready to go....

Accuracy was average, but so was the ammo. Went home and cleaned it up, was thoroughly dissapointed to see all the internals are pot metal.

I dont know why so many people like it, personally. Maybe because it works, maybe because its cheap. Maybe both? I have no clue what the older ones were like, to be fair.

I would take a 10/22 any day over a marlin 60, but even then I would rather have a bolt 22.
 
I have a glenfield marlin model 60 80's model and I can shoot sparrows heads off at about 25 yards with my bushnell 3x9 and thats no bs.
 
Years ago when I was a teenager, I had a plain 10/22 carbine and my cousin

had a marlin bolt tube fed .22 (780 series?). I am a pretty good shot but a 16

oz mt. dew bottle placed at 110 paces gave me a fit trying to hit it with that

10/22 and it was my regular plinking rifle. I finally hit it after several

attempts. I took that marlin bolt .22 and hit that bottle on the second shot

and the rifle was new to me. I am a 10/22 guy and like Ruger guns but that

marlin was a very accurate rifle and my cousin has never had any problems

with it. Both rifles were regular open sights, no scope.


I have also shot that 10/22 along with friends who had the marlin model 60

and they were the older models with the longer barrels and higher capacity

tube (18-19 shot?) and they still seemed to be more inherently accurate

than my 10/22. Those old model 60's didn't have any hang-ups either.



I am interested in the new xt series .22 and I hope that Remington is trying

to keep marlin's accuracy reputation up and make quality products.
 
Dont really understand the bolt hold open on a tube fed gun.
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It's real handy at a range when you have to lock your bolt back when they call the range cold.

I normally just stick a fired case into the ejection port to show the rifle is clear, but a bolt hold-open is really handy in that limited application.
 
I paid $50 for a used one in great shape some years ago. I shoot crows at 120-130 yards with some luck and no wind. It shoots 10 rounds into one hole at 25 yards. Look for a trade in, and ummm, isn't it illegal to shoot song birds in most states?:eek:

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Dont really understand the bolt hold open on a tube fed gun
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The bolt hold open feature is nice because if you loose count of your rounds when blasting, it locks open so you don't have a dry fire.
 
i shot a whooping crane at about 100 yards one time with my model 60.song birds? i could imagine,would you consider a red bird a song bird because I think in Texas its illegal to shoot red birds as well as the state's bird, a mockingbird. Dove is always illegal out of season of course
 
I don't know about the 60 but I have a newer model 795 and it's always been a good rifle. Very reliable, seems to shoot everything fine, and very accurate. The steel sights are simplistic and maybe a little cheap (back sight is just stamped steel) but hey, they work and so does the gun. No complaints, I like my Marlins.
 
The 60 used to be the most popular, however, the 795 is on summer sales all over and $25 rebate to year end. I just bought mine for $114! Stock is cheapish plastic but a serviceable platform...
 
Hi Shoes,

In your review at rimfirecentral you mentioned not being able to remove the bolt with the scope installed, and said you would try higher rings.

Did you install the taller rings and did that work? I'm close to making a buy on the Marlin XT 22lr myself but I don't want to remove the scope when I have to take the bolt out.

Thanks!
 
The original rings worked out by shimming them with a thin peice of magnetic tape. I put the ring caps back on and was suprised how much of a difference it made. The bolt works just fine and the scope is as close to 1.5" off the bore plane as it's gonna get with the Sweet 22 scope. Note that the BSA Sweet 22 has a little larger eyepiece than "regular" scopes. That's the problem, NOT the XT-22.

I gottta post a picture one of these days.

I think your gonna like this gun.

Shoes
 
Marlins are still pretty accurate. With a 795 and a 4x BSA scope, I have shot the centers of empty 20ga shot cups every time I've tried at 50yd. That's pretty damn good for a $150 (after rebate) combo.
 
I was looking at the Marlin 60 but at $150 it just struck me as cheaply made by gun standards. Naturally, I don't want something that will fall apart on me after a few sessions at the range.

Does anyone have the Marlin 39A that they can offer an opinion on?
 
Shoes,

Thanks for your reply. Gunshow this weekend near me so I'm going to see if I can buy one there.

I've looked hard at the CZ 452 but I'd rather the price difference go into adding a decent scope.

Again thanks
 
I have a Glenfield 60 with a critter stock, and a Marlin 99 (same innards as a Marlin 60) and like them both. Look for a used one at pawn shops or gun shows would be my advice.
 
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