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Marlin 60 vs. 795

gravediggergravedigger Member Posts: 945 ✭✭✭✭
edited October 2001 in Ask the Experts
I was asking on the forum a while back about the Marlin 795. Now I'm thinking the 60 semi-auto .22 might be a better choice. Anyone with experience with the 60 or exp. w/ the 60 vs. the 795, I'd like to hear opinions.-Marcus
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  • Der GebirgsjagerDer Gebirgsjager Member Posts: 1,673 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    No experience with the 795, but lots with the 60. Excellent rifle. Once bought a new Ruger 10/22, but was very disappointed with it's out-of-box accuracy. Traded it off and bought a new 60. Great accuracy. Great reliability. The one weakness seems to be the ejector spring which is a dual function spring in that it also powers the lifter. One of the spring's tips acts as the ejector, the extracted case hitting the spring tip and breaking it loose from the bolt face and kicking it out of the gun. After lots of use this spring tip can break off. It's a fairly easy fix for most gunsmiths, but not a novice job. I like my 60 and wouldn't trade it.
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  • jltrentjltrent Member Posts: 9,330 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You can't go wrong with the 60. You can buy them for around $100.00 and are well worth it. I have had one for around 10 years and shot the heck out of it and never had any problems other than I guess with any gun it shoots a lot better with better quality ammo. Myself thou I like the Ruger 10-22 better, but they run around $150.00 and don't know if it is worth the difference.
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  • luger01luger01 Member Posts: 230 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Gravedigger,I still have the Marlin pre-model 60 that my Dad gave me back in 1968. It's had many thousands or (cheap) rounds through it and there has only been one problem in all that time. There is a plastic block in the action that broke on me a few years ago. Went to the local gunsmith who dug one outta his 'spare parts' box. Had the rifle repaired in 20 minutes and it only cost $10 for the repair. There are so many of these little Marlins around that parts are easy to find and they are easy to fix if something does go wrong.I have a Simmons .22 Mag 3-9x scope on mine and it shoots 2" at 100 yards all day long. Heck, I can even use it to his the 350 yard gong at the local club. They have the micro-groove rifling that seems to be great for .22s. I love the Ruger 10/22s, but my old Marlin shoots as well and the 10/22s, and costs less.
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  • just-shootjust-shoot Member Posts: 233 ✭
    edited November -1
    One Big safty feature on the Marlin 60 is that the action will remail 1/2 open after the last shot. This is excellent especially for young shooters, this help in not mistaken a missfire for the last round. You can also load that tube magazine with 15rd as opposed to the 10rd clip on the rugger. But both are good shooters.
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    My 60 swallows even the crummiest ammo around without trouble, even the steel jacketed russian stuff. With cheap CCI blazers and an even cheaper $6.83 Tasco scope, I can put about every shot into a half inch group at 50 yards... though at 100 accuracy begins to drop a bit.
    "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conference in 1899.
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  • shaneshane Member Posts: 882 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Go with the model 60 and you will be happy for years to come!!!!!!!!!
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