Dad bought a new stainless Marlin 60. It seems to function and shoot well enough, but it came with the cheesiest 3/4" scope and rings I've ever seen. It wouldn't even be suitable for a Daisy. He doesn't hunt and probably hasn't fired a gun in 10 years. We took the Marlin to the range and adjusted the irons for 25 yards. He's satisfied, or at least he was until I let him sit behind the Anschutz



also here's a picture of him teaching another Marine to shoot back in about '64

cool pictures red!

[quote name='Red' date='Feb 7 2009, 07:20 PM' post='115461']
also here's a picture of him teaching another Marine to shoot back in about '64 ....Ya know what Red....Marines always look like Marines ....Cool pictures! I heard that an Anschutz will spoil a fellow for life

I've got a 1971 vintage Model 60, my first rifle, here. It will outshoot my factory 10/22 any day of the week, and twice on Sundays. Too bad the old goat isn't as reliable as the 10/22s Marlin knows rimfires, they just aren't too good at reliability, but the danged things will shoot like a house afire. Fortunately, if they shoot straight to begin with, you don't often need a follow-up shot
I've killed a pickup load of squirrels, rabbits, and other assorted vermin with that old Marlin, you can get an awful lot of squirrels into the bed of a pickup truck! I should have let Marlin retrofit the gun back when they were doing it for free, but didn't get around to it, maybe the reliability would have improved a bit. Still, with CCI Mini-Mag HPs, it's not too shabby. It balances a lot better than any version of the 10/22s I've messed with, factory OR doctored up.

Dad bought me that rifle for my 13th birthday, at a Coast-to-Coast hardware store in Brookfield MO, for $39.95, Grandpa Asher had one exactly like it, and it shot well, too. 19 LR cartridges in the tube, what's not to like?

i agree with you glenn. the marlins are great. i have a marlin bolt gun with an under barrel mag, i think it's a 981T. i shoot cheap bulk ammo and i found one brand that'll will shoot five shots under an inch at fifty yards. marlin sure knows how to make them. my next .22 will be a 10/22 though...

I learned everything but reloading on a marlin .22

nice pic of dad

Mike,
Tell your dad, Thanks for his service to our Country....God Bless him!!

My rusty, crusty way beyond wore-out Glenfield (into the hundreds of thousands of rounds fired) is still a Minute-of Bumblebee shooter




And it likes Stingers, too

Bob

Just happen to catch this thread and realized I had just remembered....good buddy of mine who has owed me money for a long time came by the other night. Gifted me a Marlin Model 70 which I understand is the same as the model 60 except clip fed and not tube fed. Haven't even had a chance to look at it much other than to notice it has not been fired more than just a few times.

Are there any worthwhile mods that can or need to be done ?

The trigger sux but I'll bet you already noticed that. I'd guess that Rifle Basix or someone probably makes a trigger?

Nice Pics!

What model Annie?

I picked up my first Marlin 60 a couple months ago for $40. Then I made aluminum trigger guard for it
and now I'm working on one for my second Marlin the 795

Sweet...have any interest in making another one of those ? Thats nice and I don't care for the plastic factory one at all.

1416D HB

Nice upgrade for the Marlin!!

I made a small batch. A friend lets me use some of his web space for parts. Just click on the pic in my post above as it is a link to the web page.






It looks a lot like my 1502D, nice.

Here is a scope base I make for the 64 action on my 17Hm2

VERY NICE indeed!

The picture link thing is not working for me.

Same here, I must have messed up the code. Any way HERE is the link.....