Marlin Model 60, 50th Anniveresary Edition
These are some quick pictures I took this morning of my new Marlin Model 60, 50th Anniversary Edition .22. I'm pretty pleased with the stock. It's a nice looking .22 for the money. The Walnut looks so much richer than the Birch. They only made a total of 10,998 of these rifles in 2 production runs. The first run was Serial Numbers 000 to 999. Originally that was all they were going to produce. They got so many requests they made a second run with 4 digit Serial Numbers from 0000 to 9999. There will be no more produced with Black Walnut stocks.
When you consider that Marlin has produced over 11,000,000 (11 MILLION) of these rifles since 1960, that accounts for less than 1/10th of 1% of total production. I have been looking for an early model with a Walnut stock, but never had any luck finding a nice one. Those who have them in nice condition are not interested in selling them, and if you do find one they are willing to let go, it's usually pretty beat up and requires a major refinishing job.
I have a standard, Birch stocked Model 60 for over 20 years now, and it has never had a single malfunction in thousands of rounds. These rifles really perform well. Next on my list is one more, a Laminated stock Stainless Steel Model 60. What I found really amazing is if you take the entire 11,000,000 rifles produced in the last 50 years and divide it out, it comes to over 602 rifles produced and sold per day! That's 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year, for 50 straight years! Quite an unbelievable feat for a single model .22 rifle. Bill T.
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Cool! Nice find.
Here's my standard Model 60, along with a Remington 581 w/ left bolt and right eject.
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Marlin 60
Fantastic rifle. I'm bummed that I didn't realize that these are out there. I would have wanted to pick one up when they were new. Great rifle you got there though.
I have to say my favorite rifle in .22 LR is the Marlin 60. Fantastic out of the box accuracy and a decent trigger. They only get better with time. Once you put optics on them they will amaze you. Congrats again on your great find. Now I have to start looking for one for myself.
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Bud's Gun Shop has them in stock for $211.00. They will ship to a dealer near you. Grab one while you can. Bill T.Originally Posted by LuckyGunner
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I have a Model 60, that I bought for my three kids to learn to shoot on. It is missing the front screw on the trigger guard and the action does not seem to want to load the first round only. The rails that the action slides on do show some wear with knicks on them. I bought it used for $110 in a gun shop.
i've had one for years and had loading problems for a long time. this fixed mine, remove action from gun, remove slide buffer, boil action in 3/4 vinegar water until clean, steel wool the slide to smooth out any dings, remove carbon inside action housing and smooth with steel wool, smooth out any dings or grooves on feed ramp with really fine sand paper 2000 grit. clean feedtube and spring tube really well and last but most important never shoot bulk ammo again it has a wax coating that gums everything up.
do not oil action!!!!!!!!!!
get a screw!!!
good luck and have fun with a great gun
Last edited by markt800; 07-23-2011 at 08:21 AM.
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