I know from experience that the Ruger 10/22 is a fine little .22 rifle. Any input about Marlin's Model 60, either under the Marlin name or something else I learned about called the Glenfield brand (also by Marlin)?

I’ve had a model 60 for many years. In fact it was my first .22. Taken a fair amount of squirrels and groundhogs with it. Don’t know much about the newer ones.


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They are great rifles. I happen to be a fan of tubular magazines on .22's. Sure they "affect accuracy" but I have never seen an inaccurate model 60; they shoot.

Personally, I love tubular magazines. Easy to load, no additional thing to misplace. Generally decent capacity. I don’t know how many times I’ve gone to the range, and forgotten the mags for at least one firearm.


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The tube magazine is kinda useful on a Marlin 60 but certainly a personal thing over the convenience of a removable box mag. What I found on older Marlin 60’s was the flimsiness of its hammer “rabbit ears” design which tended to crack off and lose parts of itself with age. Not a problem on all 60’s but something to pay attention to in older, pre-80’s rifles. Can replace the hammer with a modern design if necessary.

Old hammer: New:

There are far less accessories for the Model 60 than the 10/22. The 10/22 and M60 were direct competitors for over 40 years. The 10/22 "won" but there are 11 million model 60's... You don't get to that number by making a shit gun...its a great little rifle. I'm actually in the market for one. The Model 60 was the first rifle I ever bought with my own money.

If you want to heavily accessorize, then go for the 10/22. I happen to like the M60 just the way it is, and out of the box I like the M60 much better than the 10/22. These days 10/22's tend to go much cheaper than an M60, but back in the day the M60 was always the less expensive of the two.

I'm looking for one like the one I bought when I was 16 years old. The Glenfield with the Squirrel stock.

We must have a pic of the rifle in question. Some rule somewhere, eh.

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It does appear to be an older Glenfield Model 60. I'm not sure of the year, but the seller is offering it to me for a pretty good price.

I had one many years ago(40?). The stock was a softer wood with impressed "checkering", with I think a squirrel and some lines. That's about all I can remember that might serve to date it. Sat unused for a long time and got about 20 dollars toward a Ruger 77-22 All Weather from a gun store owner who really didn't want it. Some years later, it was still in his store.

CowboyT wrote:It does appear to be an older Glenfield Model 60. I'm not sure of the year, but the seller is offering it to me for a pretty good price.

They are going for about $250 + on gun joker depending on condition of course. It wasn’t too long ago that you could get one for around a bit more than a hundo. If you are in the 200 range I’d say that’s a good deal & I’d probably snatch it up.


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The ones in very good to mint condition are running closer to $400. I have been watching them for a while and they're not going cheap. Although, in the past month I have noticed prices on some guns I have been watching coming down...hopefully the M60 will be one of them. I don't own a semi-auto .22 and I want to add one just for friends and their kids to shoot when we go out shooting. I actually own a good half dozen guns I keep purely for other shooters, I haven't touched them in years.

I would say it is a good $150 gun to keep around. But having owned one it didn’t really get shot that often, more like a novelty gun to me. Still, better than no gun at all.

When I reach for a .22, its going to be one of my Winchester pump actions. Sorry, but nothing out-cools the Winchester pumps in my books. My interest in the Marlin Glenfield 60 is nostalgic. I had one when I was young, had a good deal of fun with it, and I'd like to shoot one again. Add to that, it's just a great shooting little .22 auto, so there will always be someone around my tribe who will pick it up.

Well, the rifle looks like it's in pretty decent condition for its age, a few surface rust spots, but still good. Function check appears to be good, so I think I'll go for it.