marlin model 60 sb

marlin model 60 sb

by Lenox
(shreveport, la)

Marlin model 60

I see marlin model 60 as the ultimate survival rifle as it is proven, sturdy, stainless all weather barrel and has no magazines to lose or get damaged tromping around in a true survival situation. The little rifle is light, semi-automatic and deadly accurate out to 50yds with enough power to kill anything under 20 pounds with a descently placed shot. You can not fail with this rifle and it surprises me to see all the 10/22 fans or all the fans of "clip" fed raw, survival rifles. What happens when you lose or damage the mag?
The Marlin model 60 especially the stainless variant is the only way to go. 15 round fed through a tubular magazine under the barrel. People may say what about when you lose the spring rod for the magazine... Well, you don't and should not remove it to reload you just back it out and drop the rounds through the bullet shaped portal and you have 15 rounds as quick as you can pull the trigger. It is a no brainer to me.

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Oct 23, 2011
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marlin 60
by: Anonymous

i have owned my marlin for a year now and i bought it brand new at wal-mart for 160 dollars. i think that it is a perfect survival rifle for two reasons. 1. is that you can buy an ton of ammo for cheap and keep several thousand rounds in your home for the price of just 100 rounds of regular ammo. it will take down most anything in a survival situation in the mid-west. which being that squirrels and rabbits will be the first of the game to come back to normal population levels in the case of a major incident. 2. as for home defense is is easier for you to convince your wife that you should have a 22 than a huge semi-auto rifle that looks like it just came out of star wars. and even though the 22 doesn't have a lot of stopping power it will keep the bad guys head down with you popping that thing off under semi-auto. making him or they believe that there are more of you than they originally thought. but you will more likely in the event of a engagement will catch him with his pants down when he has to stop and reload and you still have a few rounds left. to me the marlin 60 will be the perfect rifle for survival/home defense and i would recommend having enough marlins on hand for each family member to have their own just in case the bomb does drop. good luck to you all.

Oct 13, 2011
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Best 22 Rifle
by: Anonymous

Have a Marlin model 60. When me and my shooting partners are out hunting, them with their Ruger 10/22's, they always look to me to make the long or difficult (running) shots. Enough said.

Jul 06, 2011
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Stopping power
by: Anonymous

The .22lr has all the power you need. When I was a kid, my best friend's dad (6'5" 240lb) went to collect rent from a tenant and the guy open the door and shot him once in the head with a 22 pistol. He dropped dead on the spot.

Besides that, you could probably even a grizzly if you shoot him 15 times in the head. As fast as you can pull the trigger, thats a lot of lead flying.

Jun 13, 2011
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My Marlin model 60
by: Charles

It holds 15 .22 rounds and is semiautomatic. It's light wheight and has never jammed on me. I have a 3-7 x20mm scope on it. It's good for small game

Apr 10, 2011
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Why under rate the .22
by: Anonymous

I grew up on a trapline & the first deer I shot was with a lowly .22 Model 67 Winchester. Who says they are only capable of taking under 20 lb animals. And with the accuracy and capacity of a Marlin Model 60 plus their reliability, who could ask for more in a small package. I carry a quick loader consting of 6 piece of spaced .22 sized tubing, blocked at the bottom, with a belt clip. My 60 holds 13 and so do the tubes. Sure a lot less epensive than one extra clip. not bulky. does not rattle. And I can reload in under 4 seconds.

Dec 25, 2010
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marlin 60 tubefeed.
by: Anonymous

I own a m60 that holds 18 in the tube. It is an older rifle.The trigger sucks on it but not nearly as much as on my 10/22.The marlin has much better sights also,although i put a scope on the m60 the sights were still much better.I prefer the 18 round tube over the 10 rounds in a 10/22.In a flat out zombie invasion(being brigands or squirels) the marlin is a more substatanal gun. I also have a Marlin model 700 rifle that is mag fed.An interisting varatian sold at big 5 years ago. Steve

Nov 27, 2010
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question
by: Anonymous

their ofering me a marlin 60sb tub fed .22
for 150$ in good condition should i by it ? is the price right?

Oct 28, 2010
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Marlin tube mag makes sence
by: Anthony Twidale

This is something i have been considering for some time now, having owned many .22 rifles over the years featuring both normal mags and tube mags i reckon the tube mag is the way to go for a magerzine fed .22 survival rifle if thats what you think you need.
For a start they generally hold 2 - 3 times as many rounds as a normal mag and will definately by virtue of its inherent design last longer and feed more reliably.
With gloved hands they are infinately easier to reload and the whole thing sits snugly under the barrel unobtrusave and flush providing no sharp edges to catch on.
O.K. you can carry extra normal mags but who wants to carry three five round magerzines in there poket to lose and clatter around when you could have all 15 rounds ready to use then and there.

May 05, 2010
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Survival vs. Combat
by: Garrett

I suspect that those proponents of the magazine fed rifles envision themselves in an extended battle against hostile human/extraterrestrial forces in which having 500 rounds at hand will somehow swing the advantage to their side. The problem with that idea, of course, is that an AR-15 or pump action 12 gauge would be much more ideal in that situation. This leaves the lowly Model 60 in the position of the economical game-getter with plenty of power for living off the land, if not enough to engage hostiles at 200 yards.

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