Marlin 60 User Manual

SELF-LOADING

Rifle (22 L.R. only)

With Tubular Magazine

IMPORTANT

This manual contains operating, care and maintenance instructions. To
assure safe operation, any user of this firearm must read this manual
carefully. Failure to follow the instructions and warnings in this manual
can cause accidents resulting in injury or death. This manual should
always accompany this firearm, and be transferred with it upon change
of ownership.

The warranty card attached to the cover must be filled out and mailed
within 10 days of purchase.

WARNING: KEEP THIS FIREARM OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN,
UNAUTHORIZED INDIVIDUALS, AND OTHERS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE
SAFE HANDLING OF FIREARMS.

Owner's Manual

WITH 5-YEAR

WARRANTY

LIMITED WARRANTY AND CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP

To insure warranty protection, this card must be completed and mailed within 10

days of purchase.

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(signature of owner)

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Address

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MARLIN'S PERFORMANCE UNDER

THE ABOVE WARRANTY

1. After notice of defect in material and/or workmanship is received by The Marlin Firearms Company, Marlin shall
send instructions for shipment of the firearm; and repairs will be made and the firearm returned within a
reasonable time after the firearm is received. Cost of shipping, insurance charges, etc. involved in returning the
firearm to the company shall be prepaid by the original owner.

2. Cost of parts and labor performed shall be provided without charge by The Marlin Firearms Company.

3. If The Marlin Firearms Company, after receipt of the firearm, determines that the defects in material and/or
workmanship were the result of abuse and/or neglect, or otherwise not covered by the warranty set forth
above, Marlin shall notify such owner to that effect and give an estimate for repair. In such cases, repair, return
shipping and insurance charges, etc. shall be paid by such owner.

4. In the event that The Marlin Firearms Company is unable to make warranty repairs to the firearm, it shall, within
a reasonable time after its receipt, notify the owner to that effect and give him the option either to receive a
replacement of the same model, if then available in its inventory, or to receive a refund, either of which,
if feasible, will be made through the store of purchase.

The Marlin Firearms Company

100 Kenna Drive, North Haven, CT 06473-0905

www.marlinfirearms.com

LIMITED WARRANTY

The Marlin Firearms Company

FIVE YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY AGAINST
DEFECTS IN MATERIAL & WORKMANSHIP

This firearm warranty is good only to the ORIGINAL OWNER who has registered his own­ership with The Marlin Firearms Company at 100 Kenna Drive, North Haven, Connecticut.

WARRANTY and CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP card must be completed and mailed
to The Marlin Firearms Company at the above address WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS of
purchase to insure the protection of the warranty. NOTICE of defect in materials
and/or workmanship must be received by the company WITHIN FIVE (5) YEARS from
the date of purchase.

Normal wear, or damage resulting from neglect, abuse, alteration, or repairs not
made or authorized by The Marlin Firearms Company or use of non-Marlin parts are
not covered by the warranty.

THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS, AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE
OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.

MFC

P.O. Box 248

North Haven, CT 06473-0903

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Before You Use This Firearm

It is very important that you read and
understand this manual before using this
firearm. Warnings should be read and
heeded carefully. Also follow “Marlin's
Guide to Gun Safety” in this manual.

• WARNING: Marlin firearms are designed
and manufactured to handle standard
factory-loaded ammunition which con­forms to SAAMI (Sporting Arms and
Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute Inc.)
standards with dependability and safety.
Due to the many bullet and load options
available, the element of judgement
involved, the skill required, and the fact
that serious injuries have resulted from
dangerous handloads, Marlin does not
make any recommendations with regard
to handloaded ammunition.

•WARNING: Your rifle is shipped com­pletely assembled and should not be
used or disassembled without fully read­ing and understanding the instructions in
this Owner's Manual.

• WARNING: It is a violation of federal law
to alter or deface the serial number of
any firearm.

How to Operate the Safety

• WARNING: Prior to firing, become famil­iar with the operation of the safety by
practicing with the rifle unloaded.

The safety mechanism is a round button
located behind the trigger. To put your rifle
on SAFE, hold it in the normal shooting posi­tion, pointed in a safe direction, and push the
safety button from left to right as far as it will
go. The safety is now on SAFE (See A).

To move the safety to the FIRE position,
push the safety button from right to left as

far as it will go. A red ring around the safe­ty button will be visible when the safety is
in the FIRE position (See B). If the trigger
is pulled with the safety in this position, the
gun will fire.

• WARNING: Never disassemble the safety.
It has been correctly designed, fitted and
tested, and is not reversible. Any mechani­cal device can fail, however, so never rely
on the safety to justify careless handling.
Never use a firearm with a safety that does
not function properly. (See instructions for
factory maintenance in this manual.)

Bolt Hold-Open Features

Automatic “Last Shot”
Bolt Hold-Open Feature

This safety feature is activated when the
last shot in the rifle has been fired (i.e.

Press to release automatic bolt hold-open

C

FIRE (Off Safe) Position

B

SAFE Position

A

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when the magazine, feedthroat, and
chamber are empty). The bolt will stop
about half way to the open position (See
C). With the bolt in this position, you
should visually check to be sure that the
chamber is empty and the orange maga­zine follower is visible in the feedthroat,
indicating that the magazine is empty. To
close the bolt completely, with the safety
on SAFE, and the gun empty, press the
bolt release lever in the front of the trigger
guard (See C). As long as the magazine
remains empty, the automatic bolt hold­open will engage each time the bolt is
pulled all the way back.

Manual Bolt Hold-Open Feature

In addition to the automatic “last shot” bolt
hold-open, which stops the bolt about half
way back, the bolt can also be manually
locked in the fully open position. This
device makes it easy to clean the cham­ber, feedthroat and bore.

First, with the chamber and magazine
empty, pull the charging handle all the way
back, and hold it. Now engage the lock by
pushing the charging handle to the left, in
the direction of the arrow on the back of
the handle (See D & E).

To close the action, pull the charging han­dle out to the right and let it snap forward
(See E1). Then press the bolt release
lever in front of the trigger guard to com­pletely close the bolt.

•WARNING: Releasing the manual bolt
hold-open while the inner magazine is
locked in place and there are cartridges
in the feeding system, will close the bolt
and chamber a cartridge.

• WARNING: When not in use, the safest
possible way to handle your rifle is com-

pletely unloaded, with the action open,
the safety on SAFE, and pointed in a
safe direction.

How to Load

• WARNING: Never attempt to load your
rifle with ammunition that does not meet
the cartridge designation stamped on
the barrel. Use only clean, dry, factory­loaded ammunition which conforms to
industry standards.

•WARNING: Your rifle is a self-loading
.22 caliber designed for .22 Long Rifle
High Velocity cartridges only (not Hyper­Velocity). Shorts, Longs, and Shot car­tridges can be loaded and fired, but
Marlin does not recommend them, as
feeding will not be reliable and damage
or injury may result from their use.

Locking the action open manually

Unlocking the action manually

Action locked fully open

D

E

E1

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•WARNING: Before loading your rifle,
always check the bore and chamber to
be sure they are free of grease, oil or
any other obstruction.

•WARNING: This rifle will not function
properly unless the inner magazine tube
is locked securely in place.

•WARNING: Never add cartridges to a
partially loaded tubular magazine.

• WARNING: The following procedure is the
only recommended method of loading.

Be sure the chamber is empty, the safety
is on SAFE, the bolt is in the “last shot”
automatic hold-open position, and the rifle
is pointed in a safe direction.

To load the magazine, turn the rifle upside
down and, keeping your fingers away from
the muzzle, unlock the inside magazine
tube by turning the knurled locking end
plug (See F). Extract the inside tube from
the outside tube until the loading port is
exposed (See G).

With the muzzle raised, drop Long Rifle
cartridges into the loading port, bullet end
toward the muzzle (See G). When you
have loaded up to 14 cartridges, slide the
tube back in place, turning it slightly to
ease passage over the loaded rounds.
DO NOT FORCE THE TUBE DOWN.
Then rotate the knurled locking end plug
to the locked position.

The inner tube will not lock in place if the
number of cartridges loaded exceeds the
stated magazine capacity.

• WARNING: Your rifle is not designed to
be single-loaded. Always load cartridges
through the magazine as directed above.

With the safety on SAFE and the rifle
pointed in a safe direction, close the bolt
by pressing the bolt release lever in front
of the trigger guard (See C). This should
close the bolt on an empty chamber. Now,
to chamber a cartridge, you must pull the

charging handle all the way back and let
the bolt snap forward again (See H & I).

Unlocking the magazine Loading the magazine

F

G

Pull charging handle all the way back

Let it snap forward

H

I