Marlin 60 feed issues

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I picked up a old marlin 60 (SN 21xxxxx - so i'm guessing from 79) and it constantly fails to feed properly. I've cleaned it and so on yet just about everytime i put a round through the rifle the round jams between the slide and the chamber, with such force as to occasionally bend the round.

i've heard that this is a common issue with old marlin's... i am curious what i can do to fix the issue, because believe it or not when the rifle fires like it should for sometime as many as three rounds its a blast to shoot.

Is it the feed throat that needs replacing? and if so how difficult a job is that to do? and what style feed throat do i need to get, old or new? any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
 
Feed throat probably needs to be replaced, it's a relatively common issue. It's a cheap part, about $8 from Numrich. Take you about 5 minutes to install it. As far as old/new, you can call Marlin with your serial number, they can tell you whether it is old or new.
 
Replace throat, lifter, and lifter spring all at the same time. The throat is a "new" style, I've had two old guns that I had to change the bolt body to match the feed throat. As was said, check w/Marlin to see exactly what you have and go from there, the Model 60 can be one of the most dependable guns you own. GW
 
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