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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: nirvana on October 21, 2007, 04:12:21 PM
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I'm planning on purchasing a rifle sometime soon (hopefully) and was looking at a bolt action Marlin at the local Sportsman's Warehouse. It was $165 ish which is very good considering funds will be cut severely in the next couple of weeks. Anyway, do any of you have recommendations? It's my first gun so something durable in .22 or .17.
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Nothing wrong with Marlin rifles, I prefer my Marlins to my Ruger 10/22s any day of the week. You might want to go out to Cherry Creek (when the snow melts), you can shoot their firearms and maybe it would help you with your decision.
Is it just the rifle for $165? Scope? Case? Any Extras?
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BTW...... Bass Pro and Dicks Sports will beat any price by 5% on in stock items. If they're already lower, Sportsman's Warehouse will do the same! Big5 might also. Do some research and save some $$$$
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I owned a marlin .22 in the early 1970's. Could drive a 16 penny nail at 50 yards into a South Carolina pine. :)
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Savage .17 or .22 with accutrigger. Their around the same price as the marlin with a sweet trigger. Next step would be a cz 452 American with a .50 cent trigger job. You cant go wrong with the 10/22 great for a project gun.
Marlin auto's are pos if you ask me. Their great for the first 100 rounds then after that they will start jamming and are hard to clean. I purchased two different marlins and sold them both after the first day at the range.
I can go on for days.
I really loved shooting .22 during college. One year i shot something like 50k when i lived close to the range.
I own
10/22
Remington 552 speed master
cz 452
rossi pump
marlin lever action
browning auto
2 mkIII hunters with one oko red dot and burris fastfire dot
Winchester auto m 74
buckmark
Looking for a nice suhl to add to the collection.
Any .22 is a great fun gun.
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A .22 Marlin is a great rifle. I can't say anything bad about them. I have 2 Marlin .22's. One lever action and one semiauto. Both are over 40 years old and still work like the first day I fired them.
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I agree with what everyone else has said about the marlin. I have the model 60, a truly reliable firearm.
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Marlin 39's as a group are the most accurate .22's I've ever seen from the factory.
You won't get one for $165 though but it's something to which you can aspire.
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I have one of the Marlin 60 varients. It's my favorite rimfire to shoot heads and shoulders above my Ruger 10/22.
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I've got a Remington tube feeder that has always been a good 22 cal rifle for me. Highly acurate in my estimation and it has open sights. I really enjoy it in a plinking session out away from town.
I don't remember the model number and I've had it for years. I bought it used in a pawn shop for $25.
Mark
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Are the bolt or lever action guns better than the autoloaders? They seem more fun to me. I tried a couple 10/22s last year at a friend's house and really enjoyed them. It'll be another month before I have the funds to get anything though so I have some time to think about it. Thanks for all the input.
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I bought a Marlin 782 .22mag from my father-in-law for $100. It came with a cheap tasco fixed magnification scope and at 50 yards I have literally driven thumbtacks with it.
My nephew was shooting at my empty .270 shells at 25 yards and was hitting them pretty much dead center. I've got a whole bunch of expended .270 casings with nice holes in the centers.
$165 isnt bad, if you can afford it, get it. You wont regret it.
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I researched a lot of .22s and wound up buying a Marlin Model 60 which is great. The Browning SemiAuto is another classic but much more expensive. Also very impressed with the Savage Mark 1 single shot for the purest simple shooting fun.
I had an older model Ruger 10/22 which was fine, but the new Ruger 10/22 Rifle was such a disappointment with its finicky mag release and no bolt lock that I soon got rid of it.
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I have a pair of Marlin 39A's that I bought over 20 years ago. Both are sweet shooting and very accurate. Never had a problem with either gun.:aok
Joker
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Originally posted by storch
I agree with what everyone else has said about the marlin. I have the model 60, a truly reliable firearm.
Guess my Marlin Lever in .22 was a Monday Gun. The breach block wore at the aluminum reciver until it finally refuse to not only eject, but to close.:furious
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send it back they will make it right at no charge. the other marlin I own is the 336 in .30-30 I bagged my first deer with it and many since. I know people pooh pooh the .30-30 as an anaemic cartridge but it is adequate for deer in brush country like we have here in my beloved florida.
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Originally posted by storch
send it back they will make it right at no charge. the other marlin I own is the 336 in .30-30 I bagged my first deer with it and many since. I know people pooh pooh the .30-30 as an anaemic cartridge but it is adequate for deer in brush country like we have here in my beloved florida.
Too late to send it... She went to scrap iron 32 years ago.
I love the 336. Great rifle!
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The Browning SemiAuto is another classic but much more expensive.
I have one. It's a fine rifle.
Charon