Resurrecting Rimfires: Marlin Model 60, Winchester Model 190 and a Western Six

By Mike Searson

Opinion

U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- One of my hobbies is buying broken old guns and fixing them up. Depending on the type of firearm, this can vary between simple fixes to get a gun up and running again to an almost full restoration, and sometimes you discover you “bought a pig in a poke” along the way.

I recently picked up a handful of broken firearms that I repaired within a few weeks.

• Marlin Model 60 (2)
• Winchester Model 190
• Kimel Western Six

I paid the princely sum of $9.99 a piece for them at my local Cabela’s. This store buys more used firearms than all the other stores combined due to the close proximity to California. Usually, gems such as these are only obtained as part of a larger collection. Guys like me come in and pick up these scraps from time to time.

Marlin Model 60 Rifle

It is said by some to be the most prolific 22 rifle in the past 60 years. According to Marlin, they manufactured over 12 million Model 60s in that time period.

I will be honest, I did not grow up shooting these rifles. My first 22 was a Ruger 10/22 with a detachable 10-round rotary magazine in …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand