Marlin Model 60 .22 LR
Model: 70620
Marlin Model 60 .22 LR
Model: 70620
Full Specifications
About This Firearm
The Marlin Model 60 is a tube-fed semi-automatic .22 LR built for plinking and small game. Marlin no longer makes it, so it's a used buy. Its 14-round tube runs under the 19-inch barrel and closes with a patented system that keeps the inner tube from backing out as the rifle is carried.
It arrives sighted, with a ramp front and an adjustable open rear, so it can be zeroed with nothing bought. The receiver is grooved for rimfire tip-off rings and not drilled for a base, so a one-piece modern mount needs an adapter. The safety is a cross-bolt button at the trigger, nothing on the rifle adjusts, and the pull is a fixed 13.25 inches. Loading is one round at a time down a port near the muzzle, and Marlin chambered the rifle for .22 Long Rifle alone, so Shorts and Longs are out.
If you're cross-shopping, the Ruger 10/22 Carbine is out of production too and feeds from a 10-round detachable rotary magazine, at 5.00 lbs against this rifle's 5.50 lbs. A new Savage 64 has an MSRP of $179 and takes a detachable box magazine, which is quicker to refill than a tube.
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Strengths & Limitations
- The last-shot bolt hold open works automatically and can also be set by hand, so the action stays open on the bench without a chamber flag.
- The magazine is part of the rifle, so there is nothing to leave at home and nothing to order before a first outing.
- Marlin built more than 11 million of these after the 1954 introduction, so used examples and spare parts both turn up easily.
- Unloading means cycling the rounds out through the action, since there is no magazine to drop and no gate to open.
- The grooved receiver has no drilled-and-tapped pattern underneath it, so heavier optics and one-piece mounts are not a practical fit.
- Nothing on the stock moves, so a smaller shooter has to grow into the rifle.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Micro-Groove rifling?
Sixteen shallow grooves instead of a few deep ones. Marlin cut the pattern across its rimfire line, and this barrel has it from the factory.
What twist rate is the barrel?
1-in-16, the standard rate for .22 Long Rifle, so bulk and match loads are both within what it will stabilize.
Does Marlin still support it?
Not as a current product. Marlin lists the Model 60 as out of production and directs owners of pre-Ruger rifles to customer service for help with them.
