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Posted: 6/22/2010 7:24:08 AM EDT
| I'm looking into getting one of these for rabbit and squirrel hunting. Are these as reliable as ruger 10/22's? Its a toss up and I cant decide. I need a spare besides my beat up Savage bolt .22. |
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From what I've read over at rimfirecentral.com, most people feel that the 10/22 is better if you want to customize it. It is however, not the most accurate out of the box.
The marlin is very limited on how much you can customize it, but it is a lot more accurate out of the box. I have a few of both, and that seems to fit with my experience with them. ymmv |
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From what I've read over at rimfirecentral.com, most people feel that the 10/22 is better if you want to customize it. It is however, not the most accurate out of the box. The marlin is very limited on how much you can customize it, but it is a lot more accurate out of the box. I have a few of both, and that seems to fit with my experience with them. ymmv I would add that far more people have had fewer problems with the 60 in terms of reliability. Most 60's must really be abused and neglected for long periods of time to experience any failures. |
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Go to RimFireCentral.com and research this, it comes up all the time. There are hundreds of posts concerning this. The feeling is for a factory, unmodified rifle the Marlin 60 pretty much puts away the new 10/22's. As far as reliability goes the Marlins are fine. I know, I have both sitting in my safe. They are different rifles with different personalities. The Ruger is mod friendly, you can make that rifle into anything you want....and spend next month's house payment (or more) doing it. But, for out of the box performance the majority gives it to the Marlin.
As with any firearm you have to maintain it. Break it in properly, clean it and oil it. My Marlin is as trouble free as any firearm I have. It shoots well. It has no more plastic on it than a new Ruger. Fact is, go into a shop that has both rifles. Pick them up and look them over. I have the 60SS, the stainless one. Set it next to a new stainless Ruger and you will instantly see the difference. You will wonder how the Marlin can be made so much better (finish) than the Ruger and actually cost LESS. I have both rifles, each for its own reason. I like them both for what they are and what they do. You can't go wrong with either, but in stock factory form the Marlin may well embarrass your 10/22 on the range. |
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I have shot both and have both. The ruger is more customizable but both have been good guns. For the same price I'd probably buy the Ruger. When I bought my marlin, the price difference was somewhere around 50 bucks. They don't come up often but I have seen Marlins in pawn shops for 100 bucks in good shape.
Depends on what you want to do with it, to customize, go with Ruger. for a bare bones shooter, I'd pick a Marlin and maybe do a little trigger work. |
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+1 I bought 2 different older model marlin 60s cheap as project rifles and was very unimpressed with the internals in the receiver seemed very cheap and had feed problems.. Get the 10/22
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get a 10/22. I had a model 60. it was a heap. dirty, jammed a lot, plastic parts. |
| I've got both and both work equally well with the right ammo. My 10/22 will shoot Winchester products accurately all day, but hates Federal bulk and anything Remington. The Marlin eats the Federal by the brick and is most accurate with it. It also proves that Remington is wasted money around here. |
| A Model 60 is a fine hunting rifle as-is. I've never been able to keep a 10-22 in it's "stock" condition. My only gripe about the Model 60 is it only comes with the integral 3/8" rimfire rail, instead of being drilled and tapped to accomodate other sight mounting solutions. |
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A Model 60 is a fine hunting rifle as-is. I've never been able to keep a 10-22 in it's "stock" condition. My only gripe about the Model 60 is it only comes with the integral 3/8" rimfire rail, instead of being drilled and tapped to accomodate other sight mounting solutions. How about a picatinny scope base? |
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I have a Model 60 that I was given, years ago. Maybe 20-ish years ago? I also have a brand new 10/22 that's about a year old, but fired for the first time about a week ago. The Model 60 has always been reliable, accurate, and fun to shoot. Just a great gun, overall. The 10/22 is having some sort of an issue with the slide release lever, and as such, is a jamming POS right now. I'm thinking of buying a 22 for the 7 year old step son, and I'm thinking he'll get a Model 60, just like I did. |
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I have one of each. The 10/22 is reliable, the 60 has ejection problems. A buddy of mine bought a 60. Ejection problems. YMMV. mind does on occasion, but it is over 20 years old and was severely mis-treated by the prevous owner (number of times cleaned could probably be counted on one hand and the whole outside of the gun was covered in pitting) I have a feeling that a few new springs would fix that for me, considering they are probably long past their service life. I wouldn't hesitate to buy a new one and am looking at getting a 795 to keep it company. |
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Go to RimFireCentral.com and research this, What are we, retards?   Sometimes...  (ARFcom has a reputation on most of the boards I've lurked at, and sometimes it lives up down to that.)
Both of my 60's have worked very well (using CCI mini mags and Fed bulk). |
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Quoted: Quoted: Go to RimFireCentral.com and research this, What are we, retards? No. Far from it, but RFC has a wider sample of owners with a more diverse interest in firearms. But like here, there are brand-fans, and those that only see it one way as well. RFC also has much more comprehensive discussion than "well mine shot damn good". More technical, more into modifications, measured accuracy, limitations, appropriate optics, etc, etc. For what it is worth OP, make mine a Marlin. I have a Model 60SSB (stainless with laminate stock). It is accurate, reliable, and holds more rounds than the 10/22. Tube mags also are friendly to speed loaders (your thumbs will thank you), and they are also a little larger stocked. Stock irons on the 60 are better too. I also have a basic 795 and a 39a levergun. Never an issue with any of them. The 60SSB set me back $200 brand new and it is going to get a low-power nikon scope in matching silver in a few weeks, at which point, it will show it's full potential. Trigger has broken-in nicely too over the 400 or so rounds that i have through it. Either way you can't go wrong. I just have a bit of a feeling that the 60 gets a bad rap in the more tactical & military oriented shooter circles because it is a tube mag versus the box mag (and jam-o-matic high-caps) of the ruger, when the Marlin's tube mag actually has some unrealized potential. Oh yeah, the Model 60 also has a last shot hold open feature. Can't remember if the 10/22s have that. Long time since I was using one of those.  |
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I have a Marlin model 60 bought years ago for $64.
I lost track of how many rounds I've put thru it. It's been fun and accurate. I would like a 10/22 mainly for the magazine feature, the feed tube on the 60 is pretty slow to load by hand. Can't really go wrong with a model 60. |
| I have both - rarely shoot the Ruger - shoot the Marlin A LOT and love it. Like my Ruger 22/45 I'm doing an experiment on how long I can go without cleaning - I've probably fired 2K+ rounds trough the Marling without real cleaining - spraying it out with BreakFree on occasion, and the thing keeps going. Accurate, fun to shoot. If I could only have one, it'd be the Marlin. |
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Quoted: I have a Marlin model 60 bought years ago for $64. I lost track of how many rounds I've put thru it. It's been fun and accurate. I would like a 10/22 mainly for the magazine feature, the feed tube on the 60 is pretty slow to load by hand. Can't really go wrong with a model 60. BTW, THIS is how you fix the slow-loading problem  Makes loading 15 rounds VERY fast for $20  |
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Nice, I'll have to look into getting one of those. I don't know about you guys but I can actually load 18 rounds in the tube of my 60 with no problems. So does mine, they are older guns with longer barrels and magazine tubes. mine was made in 1988. If it has a last shot hold open it is post 85. If the serial number starts with between a 60 and 70 that is the year of manufacture. 71 through 99 guns it is the first two digits of the serial number subtracted from 2000 to find the year. |
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A Model 60 is a fine hunting rifle as-is. I've never been able to keep a 10-22 in it's "stock" condition. My only gripe about the Model 60 is it only comes with the integral 3/8" rimfire rail, instead of being drilled and tapped to accomodate other sight mounting solutions. How about a picatinny scope base? I've seen Weaver rails that are similar, and attach to the top of the dovetail with set screws. I would've preferred not having the dovetail in the first place, so I wouldn't have to mount a rail on another rail. The 10/22 ships with a 3/8 dovetail, but it is screwed on and easily replaced with a Weaver rail or see-through scope mounts. |
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I bought a marlin 60 the day I turned 18, over 25 years ago. I always had problems with feeding and mis-fires. The barrel also had to be re-pinned 3 times because it was loose in the reciever. Owned several 10/22's and have had minimal problems with them. I too bought a 60 over 25 years ago. Mine has fed and shot flawlessly. so many rounds. hardly ever cleaned it either. You couldn't pay me enough money for it. all steel, light, just a beautiful little rifle. I have a 1022 that is a wonderful money pit. 
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| The 10/22 and the Marlin 60 each has its place. If you are out hunting the tube magazine is nice as it holds MORE than the 10/22 and the rifle has a different feel to it. If you are at the range and wanting to burn ammo the magazine fed rifle is easier to keep fed. Its all in what you want. Me, I am old and I just have BOTH. If I could only have one I would have to think hard about just what features I wanted more. |
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