Marlin 60 jamming at random

[sprucansailor]

This weekend my daughter's new Marlin 60 jammed up a few times, seemingly at random. Towards the end of the weekend I watched her and noticed she did not always seat the butt into her shoulder.

Does a Semi-auto rifle operate the same as a pistol and require the firearm to be steady for the semi-auto function to operate correctly or am I just over thinking it?

[762cavalier]

you are overthinking it. .22 semi autos can be finicky about ammo. Try unsing some CCI standard velocity ammo through it and see if that helps try different varieties

This is all assuming you gave the gun a good cleaining before you took it out.

[JAGACIDA]

Did it happen to be the Remington Golden bullet? Known for jams and a major pain when it occurs in a Model 60. My Marlin eats everything well except the gold bullets. The Model 60 will reach a point where it will jam just due to crud, usally takes 500 to 1,000 rounds for that though. Clean it well and change ammo. Have fun with the young'n.

[fed20]

you are overthinking it. .22 semi autos can be finicky about ammo. Try unsing some CCI standard velocity ammo through it and see if that helps try different varieties

This is all assuming you gave the gun a good cleaining before you took it out.

What he said.

I had a similar problem with a brand new model 60. I was using federal from Walmart. Then I switched to CCI. Problem solved. BTW, same thing happened with my 10-22 with same ammo. Switched to CCI with the same result. I had 2 kids shooting side by side. So i know without a doubt it was the ammo. What a difference good ammo makes.

Good Luck!

[sprucansailor]

Remington bulk was the first ammo I ran through it and boy was it ugly! These malfunctions occured while I was using Mini mags.

I thought it might have been a bad batch at first because I experienced two or three fail to fires in my own rifle. I ran them through a second time and they fired.

[762cavalier]

try CCI green tag or standard velocity.

sometimes the HV or the mini mags have too much oomph.

[otteray]

My older Marlin model 60 does not like Remington ammo either. Winchester, CCI, Federal all cycle fine.

[k1dude]

It needs to be broken in a little. My Marlin 60 jammed a bunch using Remington 20 years ago when the rifle was new. The ammo was so dirty it basically jammed the action completely. I pulled the action out and cleaned it thoroughly. Ever since then it's been great. But I also stopped using Remington after cleaning the action. That ammo was filthy.

Once it's broken in you'll be fine. And I suspect it'll begin to eat anything you feed it.

[Dion]

I posted something like this similar some time ago before I sold my 60, and Remington GB's definitely have issues. I also found it to be very inaccurate.

Try a different ammo - Federal Bulk always worked fine.

[orangeusa]

My older Marlin model 60 does not like Remington ammo either. Winchester, CCI, Federal all cycle fine.

I posted something like this similar some time ago before I sold my 60, and Remington GB's definitely have issues. I also found it to be very inaccurate.

Try a different ammo - Federal Bulk always worked fine.

That's the whole point of owning a 22. Low cost ammo. I agree with both above posts - both my Marlins eat Federal with no problems. Remington is 1 FTL per 15.

I'm sure CCI would work fine, but gosh, it's not nearly as inexpensive as Federal.

I'm wondering if your Marlin has factory grease that needs to be cleaned out. I bought one for my daughter, and noticed the gun was cycling slowly. I SHOULD have cleaned it, but poured EEZoX in there and it shot hundreds of rounds without problems.

I have found that Federal (and most other 22LR's) will fail at a 1% rate. I base this from a Ruger 22LR Single Six I had which would PUNCH that round and would not fire. (i.e. not light strikes).

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[livefire]

Lube? I know my 30+ yr old Model 60 requires nothing but graphite (DRY).

I had a bit of a learning curve about that. I always thought she needed to be all lubed up.

A #2 pencil, AFTER you clean her up and dry her real good should satisfy her.

Did I just say that?

Remember to throw a few pencils in your gear bag!

Enjoy your shootin' and teachin'

[orangeusa]

One of mine is pretty old also, but was making the point about NEW guns. It's true of handguns, and 22 rifles... That GOO can mess up almost any semi-auto.

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[Donny1]

Use a little extra lube and shoot the hell out of it. The recoil spring will lighten up and actions surfaces will mate a little better, then it should be fine.

[pilote]

This weekend my daughter's new Marlin 60 jammed up a few times, seemingly at random. Towards the end of the weekend I watched her and noticed she did not always seat the butt into her shoulder.

Does a Semi-auto rifle operate the same as a pistol and require the firearm to be steady for the semi-auto function to operate correctly or am I just over thinking it?

you can put me on the list that you ARE NOT over-thinking..."limp wristing" and loose seating with SOME rimfires can result in recoil jams...i bet if your daughter keeps a firm wrist and shoulder that marlin will "for the most part" not jam again...