This also notifies the user when the gun is empty. For use without a scope, the barrel features an adjustable open rear light and a ramp front sight. Micro-Groove rifling uses 16 small lands and grooves rather than 4, 6 or 8 deeper grooves used in most rifles. Glenfield Model 99G - precursor of the Model 60G. Please get rid of that hole in the side that is called a safety. Marlin Model 99M1 - styled to resemble the US Army M1 carbine, with eighteen-inch barrel, handguard, barrel band, nine-shot magazine even with the end of the stock, and receiver sight mounted on the scope grooves. Please enable cookies on your browser and try again. You will be redirected once the validation is complete. All Local Sales are FREE! The 24” barrel should give increased velocities to the heavy 444 slugs. If you … Supplied with sling swivels.

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This model is very rare because of the short production run, and little info is known.

Using Remington "Golden Bullet" High Velocity with 36 grain (2.3 g) plated HP bullet, Wallack, LR. The receiver is grooved for a scope mount. Among his training credits include NRA Instructor, AR-15 armorer, FBI Rifle Instructor, and Officer Low Light Survival Instructor.

The Marlin Model 99 was developed in 1959 by Ewald Nichol. "Sixty Million Guns". The Marlin Model 60, also known as the Marlin Glenfield Model 60, is a semi-automatic rifle that fires the .22 LR rimfire cartridge. He has been featured on several of Outdoor Channel’s Shooting Gallery episodes and on a Downrange TV series. Produced by Remington Arms in Huntsville, Alabama formerly in Mayfield, Kentucky, formerly by Marlin Firearms Company of North Haven, Connecticut, it has been in continuous production since 1960 and the company says it is the most popular rifle of its kind in the world. Originally smooth wood stock, checking was added in 1971. About the author: However, major differences were visible from the exterior. Current model has an automatic "last-shot" bolt hold-open device with an external lever in the front of the trigger guard to release the bolt.
The charging handle is used to load the first round from the magazine and can be retracted and pushed in as a manual bolt hold-open feature. I think the gun looks great!

Non-removable tubular magazine-fed rifles were never subject to the 10 round limit of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban. The 444 Marlin has a six-round tubular magazine reaching the length of the barrel. The Model 60 has been sold in over thirty-five variants, and is one of the fastest-selling sporting rifles ever, as of 1983.[4]. Despite slight design changes since 1960, there is general backwards compatibility of nearly all internal parts.

As you might expect, prices can vary quite a bit depending on location and store. www.marlinfirearms.com is using a security service for protection against online attacks. Marlin Model 989M2 - styled like the 99M1, but with a box magazine. SHOT Show 2020, Has a premium walnut stock and gold fill on the roll marks, otherwise same as base model. Although the Model 60 is one of the least expensive .22 semi-automatic rifles sold, it has the reputation of being one of the most accurate rifles out of the box, with no modifications necessary. Some notable parts that are year-specific are the feed throat mechanisms, magazine tubes, firing pins, and hammers. Marlin Model 99 - this was the first version of the Model 60, offered in a walnut stock, 1959 to 1961, Marlin Model 99DL - Deluxe model with Monte Carlo walnut stock and a butt plate end cap with white line spacer. When disassembled, the trigger guard with trigger and safety remains in the stock. Jeff Cramblit is a world-class competitive shooter having won medals at both the 2012 IPSC World Shotgun Championship in Hungary and more recently the 2017 IPSC World Rifle Championship in Russia. The service requires full cookie support in order to view this website. The anniversary Model 60 has an MSRP 0f $399, and is available now, but only through this year. Glenfield Model 60G - Similar to the 99C, but with a birch stock instead of walnut. They should have made the lever gun available in 45-70 as well. While the classics will always have a place in our hearts, no doubt. In, Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marlin_Model_60&oldid=982724743, Articles lacking reliable references from August 2016, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles needing additional references from August 2016, All articles needing additional references, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2016, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, 60, 60C, 60DL, 60S-CF, 60SB, 60SS, 60SSK, 60SSBL, 600, 37.5 in (953 mm) since mid-1980s, 40.5 in (1029 mm) before mid-1980s, 19 in (483 mm) since mid-1980s, 22 in (559 mm) before mid-1980s, both with Micro-Groove rifling, adjustable open rear, ramp front sight; receiver is grooved for a scope mount, Model 60, the basic rifle (shown in picture), Model 6082, US Cavalry Commemorative version issued in 1982, basic rifle, Model 60C, the basic rifle in a camouflage version, Model 60SN, the basic rifle with a black fiberglass stock, Model 60SB, the rifle in a weather-proof stainless steel version, Model 60DL, the basic rifle in a Monte Carlo walnut stock, Model 60SS, the rifle in a nickel-plated, stainless steel version with a grey/black laminate stock, Model 60SSK, the rifle in a nickel-plated, stainless steel version, with black fiberglass stock, Model 60S-CF, the rifle in a nickel-plated, stainless steel version, with a black carbon-fiber-patterned stock. The receiver is held in the stock by front and rear machine screws through forearm and the trigger guard respectively (later models add a wood screw behind the trigger guard to reinforce the wrist of the stock).

I know owners that have that model who say they never use it when hunting. The rimfire, tube-fed, semi-automatic rifle is chambered for .22 LR only & has Micro-Groove rifling. (The photo above is of the 40.5 inch (1029 mm) version, the rifle having been manufactured in 1982.)

In celebration of providing firearms to its customers since 1870, Marlin has produced a 150-year anniversary edition of two of its iconic rifles. 1961 - 1978, Marlin Model 990 - Deluxe version of the 99C with an American walnut stock. This limited edition lever gun is only available in .444 Marlin, with beautiful C grade walnut stocks. Rifles now are labeled on the barrel with the new location as Huntsville, Alabama USA. The redesigned magazine tube was visibly shorter than the barrel, which is how rifles from this period can be easily identified. The receiver and bolt are both decorated with wonderful engraving, and the receiver has contrasting gold inlay. This move took place in 2016 and 2017. Foleyet Ontario Marlin uses their proprietary Micro-Groove rifling in the Model 60. Glenfield Model 75C - carbine version, same as the Glenfield Model 75 but the 75C has a 14+1 capacity. This had the effect of reducing the length of the rifle from 40.5 to 37.5 inches (1029 to 953 mm). I am a Collector and already have 3 editions of your Marlin Rifles. However, major differences were visible from the exterior. Model 60 150th Anniversary ORDER NO: 70646 | MSRP: $399.00 FIND A DEALER SEARCH. For more details visit Marling Firearms HERE. The Model 60 has a manual "fully open" bolt hold position, activated by pushing the charging handle inwards towards the gun when it is in the fully retracted, open breech position. Warranty: 5-year limited; Safety: Cross-bolt; Prices and Options . The service requires full JavaScript support in order to view this website. During the late-1980s, the capacity of the rifle was reduced to a 15-round maximum limit, to meet New Jersey's firearms law for semi-automatic assault weapons. The anniversary gun is only available through 2020, with an MSRP of $1,899. The other 150-year tribute gun is the venerable Model 60, a. I have the 125th anniversary edition marlin 60 and I’ve been trying to get the 150th edition. The buttstock has a curved pistol grip, with classic checkering on the grip and forend to provide stability to the hold the hard-hitting 444 in case anyone ever wants to shoot the beautiful rifle. This happens to be the same model as my first rifle decades ago and it’s still popular today.

The Model 60 is currently available in nine distinct versions: The production of Marlin Model 60's was moved to Huntsville, Alabama.
Unlike some competing .22 semi-automatic rifles, such as the Ruger 10/22, there are relatively few aftermarket accessories sold for the utilitarian Model 60. The action design is a self-loading, straight blowback operation, with right-side ejection. Came with a supremely durable gold-plated metal trigger instead of the standard polymer trigger, and a stainless steel breech bolt in lieu of the blue steel breech bolt on the Model 60. For more details visit Marling Firearms HERE. The relatively large ammunition capacity is adequate for casual recreational target shooting ("plinking"), plus the low price and ease of handling makes it well-suited as a first rifle by young hunters just learning to use a semi-automatic rifle. This latter feature is a safety feature that locks the bolt half-way open after the last cartridge is fired, thereby allowing the safe inspection of the now-open action. Internally, it was essentially what would become the Model 60 in 1960. Shorter 16" barrel and nine shot mag tube. It has the octogone barrel but the riffling are damaged a bit , It will be a talking piece as it was my father’s favorite gun .Parts are not easy to be found . Model 60 in stainless may last another 150 years.

To close the bolt with the manual bolt hold-open engaged, the charging handle must be pulled out, away from the gun, before the bolt will go forward. The rifle has an easily accessible cross-bolt safety located above the trigger. Can’t wait to get it. Related Tags: It was sold by various retailers until stock ran out, at least until 1982. Historically, there were also other versions that were sold: Other private-label versions were manufactured for Montgomery Ward, Coast to Coast Stores, and Cotter & Company. Receiver was grooved for rimfire tip off scope mounts.