Greetings,

This is definitely not a Smith and Wesson but it is an American made .22 rifle (pre-1988 I think). When I was an early teen I recall seeing these Marlins and their tube fed brothers for sale in the K-Mart flyer and a local sporting/hardware flyer for $79.99, $89.99, and then $99.99 as I progressed from 8th grade through high school. Back then they were sold locally with a Tasco .22 scope.

I always wanted one and my Father found a guy who wanted to part with this one last week. The rifle had a Bushnell Sportview 4x scope on it. I traded it out for a Leupold 2x7 that a good friend sold me years ago for next to nothing. The rifle cost me a crisp $100 bill.......

I may have to hunt squirrels again like I did in high school.

Cheers,
Joeygun

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Beautiful wood. Sure don't make them that way anymore. Good deal Joeygun

i like it. right up there with smiths and 1911s, the walnut stocked marlin .22 rifles are some of my favorites. thanks for sharing. lee

Impressive, especially at that price. Good luck with the squirrels. If you miss one, I doubt that it'll be the rifle's fault.

Adams 11 and Lee,

Thanks for the reply, gents...

Adams 11, I like that forum name...I'll bet you well remember these being on sale at W.R. Sterner's for the prices I listed....

Joeygun

Texas Star,

I've missed 'em before...I'll miss 'em again. I just won't tell anyone about the misses

nice...
is it a Marlin 60?
i have been trying to find one for about two months. most at that price look like they have been used as hammers or axes.
very nice squirrel gun

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Basic Model 80 action. It was in production since before WW2 with slight changes all along the way and some different model designations.
Some pre-war models will be branded with the 'Ranger' name.

Good solid rifles. About the only thing that goes wrong is the cartridge guide spring gets bent and the spring wire ejector likewise. Usually the fault of the owner.
The ejector is an easy fix with needle nose pliers and careful repositioning. The cartridge guide spring needs the bbl to be removed from the receiver to be replaced.
Maybe the later production may have done away with these two fragile pieces.

Don't be tempted to remove the spring collar type extractor from the bolt head unless you really need to. They usually bend upon removal and won't snap back on, needing a replacement.
Numrich sells aftermarket replacements IIRC.

If you have the bolt removed from the action for what ever reason, it's easy on some to trip the striker head and drop it to the fired position.
You can't put it back into the action unless it's in the cocked position and it's difficult to pull that smooth bolt head back against the mainspring power.

To easily re-cock it so you can get it back into the receiver, simply place the bolt into the action backwards a half inch or so,,engaging the cocking pin into the receiver groove. Then give the bolt handle a turn and it will re-cock the bolt.

Thanks....

It is a model 780

I will see how much movement my scope has internally. If it doesn't have enough I may try to find some adjustable mounts. I bought my hunting license last night at the big "W" and picked up two boxes of Mini-Mags. I also have some CCI Standards, Remington Cyclones, and WW Wildcats that I will be trying out.

As an aside I'll ask how many prepper-types feel that a .22 could be one of their mainstay firearms. This came up with a friend the other day when we discussed the amount of .22 ammo one could buy for a reasonable amount of money.

Joeygun

My son has one exactly like that. I gave it to him when he was about 8 years old, he's 34 now and has fired thousands of rounds through it. Most recently he's used it to shoot prairie dogs on Iggy's place. It's as accurate now as the day I brought it home, and he loves it. Good find!

Very cool. Doesn't get much better than a nice summer afternoon at the range with the .22.

Clip-fed bolt actions are even better

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Joey, if that rifle has an all number serial number subtract the first 2 numbers from 100 and you'll get the year of manufacture.

Pecos Bill,

Your formula and my math equals a 1985 DOB...thanks!

Wyo, what were the longest shots your son was making that resulted in a clean kill? Just asking as I've never done any hunting like that (prairie dogs specifically) and I am now curious.

Joeygun