Posted on 08/19/2018 6:03:33 AM PDT by marktwain
My first gun was a Marlin 60 with the tubular magazine. Paid for it with money earned through mowing lawns when I was 12 (mom made the actual purchase).
I miss that old rifle.
What happened to your Marlin?
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When I joined the military, I left it with my grandma, and she sold it.
Oh man. That’s a bummer. As a gun owner, I can sympathize with you.
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Love the model 60. Everyone should own one.
Great squirrel/other gun. That said, a .22 will do a lot more than many people think.
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Why does the manufacturer of the rifle matter?
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Why does the manufacturer of the rifle matter?
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Some manufacturers leave metal spikes like plow shares where the bullet needs to go and some add jelly beans in the loading dock and some make triggers that fall off and some think no one even worries about the quality of the gun he or she will be shooting. Those companies come from places away from North Save our Souls America. Seriously!!!
I want some of what you’re drinking!
The Marlin model 60 is one of the best .22 rifles especially considering it’s low price.
I once bought a single shot .22 at Woolco for $18. It was an ingenious design being made almost totally of heavy wire except for the barrel and maybe a couple of springs. It was very accurate but needed just a little more to make it acceptable. Probably would only have raised the price a few dollars.
...or the not-often-observed Louisiana one-eyed snake?
People who are interested in guns want to know.
They want to know what works, and what doesn't.
There are a lot of people in the American gun culture. Probably tens of millions of them. Fourteen million Americans self identify as members of the NRA.
I suspect you have professional and personal interests. Pick a technology you are interested in. In a story involving the technology, wouldn't you want to know the make and model of the tech involved?
That thing is more optics than ballistics.
In my state, self defense doesn’t mean just in life-threatening situations. Probably similar in most states. Glad she was armed and not afraid to use it.
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Mark baby, this post does not live up to your quality level.
Most of us would recognize the brand of the rifle on sight. Any major make of rifle would have performed equally well.
There had to be a special reason for stating the make in the title of the article; it is rarely done.
We have hundreds if not thousands of articles posted here every month about the use of a gun that do not mention the manufacturer, and the pertinant facts get across quite well.
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Marlin used what they called “micro-groove” rifling, they are supremely accurate.
I like to collect the ones made between 1980-1985.
Full length 22” barrel and 18 round magazine.
Later they shortened the magazine to 14 rounds and the barrel to 19”.
To get the year of manufacture simply subtract the first two numbers of the serial number from 100.
ie, serial number starts with 19******* was manufactured in 1981.
From 1973 to around 2000 all Marlins used the same serial number system.
I have picked them up at gunshops and on Gunbroker for $100.
Yes, it is a clear deficiency in the information in the articles. I suspect it is because most reporters know little about guns and are not interested in them.
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