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Disassembly of the Marlin 60:
My first Marlin 60 was a used one I picked up at a local gun shop for like $100. My first shooting experience was great with it at the range as I had no feeding issues with the recommend ammo I used (CCI Stinger). I had so much fun shooting it the first time that wanted to hook it up with as much accessories as I could find. As with all My guns I practice to clean them after every session at the gun range to ensure that they perform flawlessly when required. My used Marlin 60 did not come with a manual so I had no idea how to clean it until I found a digital copy of the manual online. I removed both screws from the stock and took out the chamber and barrel part. I the stock lies the slide and it's recoil spring and guide rod. Not knowing any better I turn the barrel section upside down and all I heard was the sound of spring jumping out of place and when I looked I saw that the slide,recoil spring and guide rod where out of the housing and on the table top.
No big deal I thought I was going to take that section apart anyway to clean it. So after cleaning and lubbing these parts I decided to put them back in the action housing.
What I did not realize was how fragile the recoil spring was and while trying to place it back in the bolt I bent it ! I tried to straiten it out as best as I could and replaced it and the guide rod back in the bolt. I was really nervous about bending the recoil spring and thought that the rifle would no longer work. After I reassembled it and cocked the bolt I realized it was still working. Whew ! but I was still not too sure if it worked properly so I loaded up 17 rounds in the tuber and and proceeded to pull the bolt back each time until the rounds all ejected on the floor. Seem to work just fine. Until I took the Marlin 60 back to the range again. I loaded up the magazine with 17 rounds and cranked the bolt selecting one in the head and fired. The first round went with out a hitch and then the second round jammed real bad. I cleared and tried again and all i got was jams on the second shots. I took it to my local gun smith and he determined that the damage to the recoil spring was the cause of the jams. This damage had prevented the bolt from going all the way back when propelled by the gas from the bullet explosion (blowback operation) but when I manually cranked the bolt the bullets would feed out with no problem, simply because My arm strength gave more force than the gases from the bullet explosions. I asked if the spring could be fixed and he said he advised against it and that I should just order a new recoil spring and guide rod from Marlin Firearms, so I did. I got the parts in like two weeks and once I installed them carefully this time, My Marlin 60 is now working like new ! I decided to post this because after searching the net for feed related issues with the Marlin 60 I realized that alot of other people made the same mistake. A word of caution replace the recoil spring carefully after each cleaning. While the repairs were not costly (about $14 for the parts) it did cost me valuable fun time with My Marlin 60. If you found this post useful please rate it and leave your comments below.
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