I got heavy into shooting 45 ACP 1911's (still am) and because I hadn't fired them in a few years prior to selling my CZ452 a couple of years ago I gifted my only other .22 rifle (a older unaltered 10/22 carbine) to a close friends 12 year old son a few years ago which left me with no rimfire rifle......the boy was so happy he started crying which in turn put a lump in my throat.
Anyway, I've reloaded since the mid to late 80's but with components being scarce now like everything else shooting related I started thinking about getting another .22 rifle a few weeks back and what I wanted was a Marlin 60 but I didn't realize that they had become hard to find and more costly when you did run across one in good shape.
I put the word out that I was looking for one and a fella about a one hour drive away contacted me saying that he had a brand new unfired model 60W with the medallion in the stock that says, "Safety, Ethics, Sportsmanship" that he wanted $300.00 for.....we met, it was in mint condition and I bought it.
I've read that you are not supposed to fire HYPER velocity ammo through the rifle because it damages the buffer but all of my ammo either says standard velocity or or high velocity on the box.......is high velocity alright to fire through the rifle ?
I haven't fired the rifle yet and I'll admit that the heavy trigger pull leaves a lot to be desired.
BTW I'm not a forum newbie......I registered here 3-31-2012 as "Big Ike"and forgot my password and after trying six times to reset it, without having any luck, I set up a new account / screen name.
Anyway, I've reloaded since the mid to late 80's but with components being scarce now like everything else shooting related I started thinking about getting another .22 rifle a few weeks back and what I wanted was a Marlin 60 but I didn't realize that they had become hard to find and more costly when you did run across one in good shape.
I put the word out that I was looking for one and a fella about a one hour drive away contacted me saying that he had a brand new unfired model 60W with the medallion in the stock that says, "Safety, Ethics, Sportsmanship" that he wanted $300.00 for.....we met, it was in mint condition and I bought it.
I've read that you are not supposed to fire HYPER velocity ammo through the rifle because it damages the buffer but all of my ammo either says standard velocity or or high velocity on the box.......is high velocity alright to fire through the rifle ?
I haven't fired the rifle yet and I'll admit that the heavy trigger pull leaves a lot to be desired.
BTW I'm not a forum newbie......I registered here 3-31-2012 as "Big Ike"and forgot my password and after trying six times to reset it, without having any luck, I set up a new account / screen name.