My wife just inherited her Grandfather's Model 60. It was made in 1982 - it has the 22" barrel & full-length tube magazine. It's in great shape overall - just a few little nicks & scratches here & there - but - the innards are pretty gunked up, the charging handle moves so stiffly I can barely move it, and my father in law said that some time recently it had a shell stuck in it - he thought sticking at an angle halfway out of the ejection port. Someone was able to get it out somewhere along the line, though.............
I took it to my gunsmith & he's going to give it a good cleaning & checkup. ( I was going to clean it myself, but chickened out after seeing how tiny the parts are & how many little springs there are to deal with)
Are there any particular do's & dont's concerning the Model 60? Any quirks that I should know about? Any recommendations for ammo?
Any thoughts, advice, recommendations from Model 60 owners would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!!
Model 60 info
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Re: Model 60 info
Just clean it, shoot it, and enjoy it. The Model 60 is a pretty simple action that can be cleaned by most anyone without worry. There is not much to go wrong. If you are haveing problems with failure of the case to eject it is more than likey the ejector wire needs to be tweaked into position but that is a very staight forward thing to do. As with most rimfires they have some ammo that shoots better than others. Many people have had good results with Federal bulk 36 grain hollow points sold in the 550 count boxes. I think you will find this rifle to be very reliable, fun and addicting. You will own more of them.
Mals
Mals
Re: Model 60 info
MALS is spot on 
A lot of folks in the days gone by just shot the living daylights out of .22's and NEVER cleaned them...ever.
This actually goes for a LOT of rifles/pistols/shotguns as well...but particularly .22's.
Heck, they were lucky if folks blew the excess crud out of the cylinders on revolvers...LOL
Once you get it cleaned properly, and probably have a few springs & the old buffer replaced it should give you many years of good service.
Field Strip (separate the action & bolt from the housing & clean it, don't fully dissassemble the action) after every range visit/hunting trip.
Don't worry about cleaning out the barrel again for a year or so...until accuracy drops off or if you live in Humid conditions.
This is about as far as the layman needs to go. You can clean it reasonably well in this state.
Here's a nice BEFORE cleaning pic
A lot of folks in the days gone by just shot the living daylights out of .22's and NEVER cleaned them...ever.
This actually goes for a LOT of rifles/pistols/shotguns as well...but particularly .22's.
Heck, they were lucky if folks blew the excess crud out of the cylinders on revolvers...LOL
Once you get it cleaned properly, and probably have a few springs & the old buffer replaced it should give you many years of good service.
Field Strip (separate the action & bolt from the housing & clean it, don't fully dissassemble the action) after every range visit/hunting trip.
Don't worry about cleaning out the barrel again for a year or so...until accuracy drops off or if you live in Humid conditions.
This is about as far as the layman needs to go. You can clean it reasonably well in this state.
Here's a nice BEFORE cleaning pic
It's worse than that...he's dead, Jim. You grab his tricorder, I'll get his wallet.
Re: Model 60 info
Guys, I got it back from the gunsmith & hit the range the other day................the little thing shoots GREAT!!!! Thanks for your thoughts & advice.