I’ve been very pleased with my Marlin 795 & its 10 round single stack mags, using with baby Uplula speed loader is *wonderful*.
I was loaned a 10/22 with the rotary magazine for an Appleseed and I just didn’t like the magazine.
The Marlin is my practice/training long gun because of ammo costs. I like to use 200-250 rounds at each outing and that’s a little out of budget with the AR15.
But for a feeling of security, nothing beats a 12 gauge pump. It’s just a scary piece of hardware. Ran some rifled slugs through it the other day. Zowie, felt like I was ready to hunt elephants.
I like the Marlin model 60 better than the Ruger 10/22. It is more accurate too. Still since the Ruger has a detachable magazine and there are so many accessories for it, I would recommend it over the model 60 for self defense.
For squirrel or coon hunting, I would keep the Marlin model 60
I have a Marlin in .22mag. It is a bolt action and I ran into a clearance sale on the 10 round mags and got 6 of them. The guy who sold it to me also gave me two more mags so I now have a total of 9.
It has an inexpensive Tasco 3x9x32 scope on it. I was going to put a better scope on it but the one whcih came on it has done so well, I have just left it on.
The gun is not fancy, in fact it doesn’t look like it would be reliable as the feed ramp just is too far from the chamber and looks like it would jam. Fortunately it works absolutely flawlessly. Every time I look at that shell so far from the chamber and think it will not work but it does.-—Every Time! And if that is not enough, it is one of the most accurate rifles I have ever owned. If you do your part from a solid rest it will shoot certain brands of ammo consistently into an inch and even better some times.