{
  "apiVersion": 1,
  "kind": "work-order",
  "purpose": "Taking the firearm apart for a job such as refinishing, and putting it back together to specification.",
  "firearm": {
    "slug": "marlin-model-60",
    "name": "Marlin Model 60",
    "manufacturer": {
      "id": "marlin",
      "name": "Marlin Firearms"
    },
    "category": "rimfire-rifle",
    "action": "blowback",
    "calibers": [
      ".22 Long Rifle"
    ],
    "alsoKnownAs": [
      "Glenfield Model 60",
      "Marlin 60SS"
    ],
    "coversAlso": [
      "Glenfield Model 60",
      "Marlin 60SS, 60SB, and 60C variants"
    ],
    "page": "firearms/marlin-model-60.html",
    "bundle": "api/v1/firearms/marlin-model-60.json",
    "lastUpdated": "2026-10-29"
  },
  "notices": [
    "Marlin Firearms limits owner disassembly: Takedown: barreled action off the stock/trigger assembly, then bolt, charging handle, recoil spring and guide removed. The trigger group is cleaned in solvent, not taken apart.",
    "This work order is written for the Marlin Model 60. It is reported to cover Glenfield Model 60; Marlin 60SS, 60SB, and 60C variants — if the firearm on the bench is one of those, check the torque notes: values do not always carry over.",
    "No torque values are recorded for this firearm. Get them from the manufacturer or a gunsmith; do not estimate."
  ],
  "disclaimer": {
    "headline": "Read this before you use anything here.",
    "points": [
      "This is a guide, not an authority. Entries are compiled from manufacturer manuals, technical manuals, published references, and community knowledge. Some of it comes from sources that are not authoritative, and some of it may simply be wrong.",
      "Always consult the manufacturer's manual for your specific firearm and serial-number range. Manufacturers change designs mid-production without renaming the model. The manual that shipped with your firearm outranks anything on this site.",
      "Consult a licensed gunsmith for anything beyond routine field stripping and cleaning, for any firearm you are unsure about, and for any procedure marked as gunsmith-recommended here.",
      "Treat every firearm as loaded. Verify it is unloaded, with the magazine removed and the chamber physically and visually checked, before any procedure in this database. Point it in a safe direction the entire time.",
      "Disassembly can damage a firearm or injure you. Springs are under tension, parts can launch, and reassembling a firearm incorrectly can make it unsafe to fire in a way that is not obvious from the outside. If a reassembled firearm does not pass a function check, stop and see a gunsmith.",
      "Torque values are shown in two groups. Values from the manufacturer or the issuing military are shown as such, with the document they came from. Values reported by anyone else — parts makers, gunsmithing publishers, articles, forums — are shown separately with who said them, how reliable that source is, and their exact words. Those are not specifications. Confirm any torque value with the manufacturer or a licensed gunsmith before relying on it.",
      "Nothing here is legal advice. Firearms law varies by country, state, and city, and some modifications or configurations are regulated or prohibited. You are responsible for knowing and following the law where you are.",
      "No warranty of any kind. Contributors and maintainers accept no liability for damage, injury, or loss arising from use of this material."
    ],
    "page": "disclaimer.html",
    "legal": {
      "summary": "Legal notice: this material is third-party information compiled from sources of varying reliability and is provided for general informational and educational purposes only. It is not gunsmithing, technical, safety or legal advice, it is not verified or endorsed by any manufacturer, and it must not be taken as fact. Any work on a firearm beyond the routine field stripping described in its own owner's manual should be performed only by a licensed and insured gunsmith. You use this material entirely at your own risk. Fundamental Build LLC and the project's contributors make no warranty of any kind and accept no liability for death, injury, damage or loss arising from its use. Full terms: LEGAL.md.",
      "page": "legal.html",
      "notice": "https://github.com/Fundamental-build-LLC/Pew-Takedown/blob/main/LEGAL.md"
    }
  },
  "sourcing": {
    "confidence": "medium",
    "verification": "community-reviewed"
  },
  "manufacturerDisassembly": {
    "status": "limited",
    "limit": "Takedown: barreled action off the stock/trigger assembly, then bolt, charging handle, recoil spring and guide removed. The trigger group is cleaned in solvent, not taken apart.",
    "statement": "Marlin says further disassembly of the action is not recommended and should only be attempted by a qualified gunsmith or the factory, and warns never to disassemble the safety.",
    "source": {
      "title": "Marlin Owner's Manual, Self-Loading Rifle with Tubular Magazine (manual_22tube_20201222)",
      "publisher": "Marlin Firearms (Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.)",
      "reliability": "primary",
      "url": "https://www.marlinfirearms.com/assets/pdfs/manual_22tube_20201222.pdf",
      "page": "8",
      "pdfPage": 8,
      "pageUrl": "https://www.marlinfirearms.com/assets/pdfs/manual_22tube_20201222.pdf#page=8",
      "quote": "Further disassembly of the action is not recommended and should only be attempted by a qualified gunsmith or the factory."
    }
  },
  "recalls": [],
  "shopTier": {
    "tier": 3,
    "group": "rimfire-rifle",
    "rating": "Pew-Takedown editorial rating (1 easy – 3 hardest), not the manufacturer's",
    "reason": "62 listed parts, but a full strip opens the trigger-guard 'sideplate' group: hammer, hammer spring/strut/bridge, sear, disconnector, cartridge lifter and bolt release with their springs sandwiched between two sideplates held by pin rings, which all have to be held in place together when the second plate goes on. Owners call it a pain; the loose recoil spring also kinks or flies.",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "partCount": {
      "value": 62,
      "kind": "line-items",
      "covers": "Shared 62-row list of the Marlin tube-fed self-loading .22 family, Model 60 column; Marlin also sells the trigger guard group complete",
      "basis": "manufacturer-parts-list",
      "source": {
        "title": "Marlin Owner's Manual, Self-Loading Rifle with Tubular Magazine (manual_22tube_20201222)",
        "publisher": "Marlin Firearms (Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.)",
        "reliability": "primary",
        "url": "https://www.marlinfirearms.com/assets/pdfs/manual_22tube_20201222.pdf",
        "page": "11–12",
        "pdfPage": 11,
        "pageUrl": "https://www.marlinfirearms.com/assets/pdfs/manual_22tube_20201222.pdf#page=11",
        "quote": "62 Trigger Guard Complete"
      }
    },
    "painPoints": [
      {
        "issue": "The trigger guard action is a stack of small parts held between left and right sideplates by C-clips; once it comes apart it is a pain to get back together, with the hammer spring and bridge taking real patience.",
        "during": "reassembly",
        "source": {
          "title": "Glenfield 60 help",
          "publisher": "TNGunOwners.com",
          "reliability": "anecdotal",
          "url": "https://tngunowners.com/forums/topic/31364-glenfield-60-help",
          "page": null,
          "pdfPage": null,
          "pageUrl": null,
          "quote": "There are three \"C\" clips that hold the left and right sideplates together with the parts sandwiched inbetween. It is a pain to reassemble the action but with the diagram and patince you should be able to get it back toghter."
        }
      },
      {
        "issue": "Getting the hammer spring and its bridge seated in the sideplate group takes patience.",
        "during": "reassembly",
        "source": {
          "title": "Glenfield 60 help",
          "publisher": "TNGunOwners.com",
          "reliability": "anecdotal",
          "url": "https://tngunowners.com/forums/topic/31364-glenfield-60-help",
          "page": null,
          "pdfPage": null,
          "pageUrl": null,
          "quote": "Getting the hammer spring in place with the bridge took a lot of patience on my part but I did get it back toether."
        }
      },
      {
        "issue": "The recoil spring is compressed and loose when the bolt is lifted out, and on reassembly it must be supported by hand while compressed onto its guide or it kinks.",
        "during": "both",
        "source": {
          "title": "Marlin Owner's Manual, Self-Loading Rifle with Tubular Magazine (manual_22tube_20201222)",
          "publisher": "Marlin Firearms (Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.)",
          "reliability": "primary",
          "url": "https://www.marlinfirearms.com/assets/pdfs/manual_22tube_20201222.pdf",
          "page": null,
          "pdfPage": null,
          "pageUrl": null,
          "quote": "To prevent kinking the spring, hold breech bolt and recoil spring in one hand and use the other hand to support the spring as shown in P, while compressing spring until guide enters breech bolt."
        }
      },
      {
        "issue": "Owners report bending the recoil spring when compressing it horizontally; the fix is to stand the rifle muzzle up and press the bolt down onto it.",
        "during": "reassembly",
        "source": {
          "title": "Marlin 60/795 recoil spring help",
          "publisher": "Canadian Gun Nutz",
          "reliability": "anecdotal",
          "url": "https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/threads/marlin-60-795-recoil-spring-help.2023372",
          "page": null,
          "pdfPage": null,
          "pageUrl": null,
          "quote": "The first time I attempted to do this, I bent the spring while compressing it into the back of the bolt."
        }
      },
      {
        "issue": "Marlin does not support stripping the action beyond bolt and recoil spring.",
        "during": "both",
        "source": {
          "title": "Marlin Owner's Manual, Self-Loading Rifle with Tubular Magazine (manual_22tube_20201222)",
          "publisher": "Marlin Firearms (Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.)",
          "reliability": "primary",
          "url": "https://www.marlinfirearms.com/assets/pdfs/manual_22tube_20201222.pdf",
          "page": null,
          "pdfPage": null,
          "pageUrl": null,
          "quote": "Further disassembly of the action is not recommended and should only be attempted by a qualified gunsmith or the factory."
        }
      }
    ],
    "minutes": {
      "strip": 45,
      "rebuild": 80,
      "basis": "estimated",
      "note": "Strip of action, bolt, sights and the sideplate trigger group; rebuild far longer than strip because the sideplate sandwich springs must all be held while the second plate and pin rings go on.",
      "source": null
    },
    "stripScope": [
      {
        "assembly": "Stock / takedown",
        "removes": [
          "front and rear takedown screws",
          "stock and trigger guard assembly off the action",
          "assembly post"
        ]
      },
      {
        "assembly": "Receiver",
        "removes": [
          "bolt, charging handle, recoil spring and guide",
          "barrel retaining pin and barrel (bare-receiver jobs)",
          "rear sight base, elevator and leaf; front sight ramp, hood and insert"
        ],
        "tools": [
          "sight pusher / brass drift"
        ]
      },
      {
        "assembly": "Bolt",
        "removes": [
          "firing pin retaining pin and firing pin",
          "extractor pins, extractors and springs"
        ]
      },
      {
        "assembly": "Trigger guard (sideplate group)",
        "removes": [
          "pin rings (C-clips)",
          "right sideplate",
          "hammer, hammer spring, strut, strut bridge and pin",
          "sear and sear spring",
          "disconnector spring",
          "cartridge lifter and roller",
          "ejector lifter spring",
          "bolt release lever"
        ],
        "tools": [
          "snap-ring pliers"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "hardware": {
      "pins": 10,
      "springs": 9,
      "detents": 0,
      "basis": "counted from the manufacturer's parts list (one per key number unless a quantity is given)"
    },
    "specialTools": [
      {
        "tool": "Snap-ring (C-clip) pliers",
        "usedFor": "Sideplate pin rings"
      },
      {
        "tool": "Punch set",
        "usedFor": "Barrel retaining pin and bolt pins"
      },
      {
        "tool": "Sight pusher or brass drift",
        "usedFor": "Dovetail sights"
      }
    ],
    "fitOnRebuild": [
      {
        "check": "Receiver seated rearward in the stock when the takedown screws are tightened",
        "why": "Marlin warns the rifle may not fire if the receiver is not seated fully back.",
        "source": {
          "title": "Marlin Owner's Manual, Self-Loading Rifle with Tubular Magazine (manual_22tube_20201222)",
          "publisher": "Marlin Firearms (Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.)",
          "reliability": "primary",
          "url": "https://www.marlinfirearms.com/assets/pdfs/manual_22tube_20201222.pdf",
          "page": null,
          "pdfPage": null,
          "pageUrl": null,
          "quote": "be sure the receiver is seated as far back in the stock as it will go while"
        }
      },
      {
        "check": "Sight re-zero",
        "why": "Sights removed for coating move the zero.",
        "source": null
      },
      {
        "check": "Function check: safety, trigger/sear release, disconnector and feeding with dummy rounds",
        "why": "Standard after any detail strip; a mis-assembled sear or disconnector can double or fail to fire.",
        "source": null
      }
    ],
    "assessed": "2026-10-29"
  },
  "videos": [],
  "configurations": [],
  "tools": [
    {
      "name": "Flat-blade screwdriver",
      "required": true,
      "usedFor": "The takedown screw securing the action to the stock."
    }
  ],
  "phases": [
    {
      "id": "clear",
      "title": "Clear and make safe",
      "steps": [
        {
          "n": 1,
          "instruction": "Point the muzzle in a safe direction and keep your finger off the trigger."
        },
        {
          "n": 2,
          "instruction": "Engage the safety."
        },
        {
          "n": 3,
          "instruction": "Unlatch and withdraw the inner magazine tube from the front of the outer tube under the barrel.",
          "warning": "Withdraw it under control — the magazine spring is compressed inside.",
          "partsFreed": [
            "Inner magazine tube"
          ]
        },
        {
          "n": 4,
          "instruction": "Tip the rifle so any remaining cartridges roll out of the outer magazine tube, and count them out.",
          "partsFreed": [
            "Cartridges from the magazine tube"
          ]
        },
        {
          "n": 5,
          "instruction": "Cycle the bolt several times to eject any chambered round and confirm nothing further feeds."
        },
        {
          "n": 6,
          "instruction": "Lock or hold the bolt open and inspect the chamber and the magazine tube with a light.",
          "warning": "The chamber AND the tube. A tube magazine can hold a round you cannot see."
        },
        {
          "n": 7,
          "instruction": "Physically confirm the chamber is empty, then remove all live ammunition from the work area."
        }
      ],
      "videos": []
    },
    {
      "id": "disassemble",
      "title": "Disassemble",
      "videos": [],
      "procedures": [
        {
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "title": "Field Strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "configuration": false,
          "steps": [
            {
              "n": 1,
              "instruction": "Complete the Clear and Make Safe procedure."
            },
            {
              "n": 2,
              "instruction": "Remove the takedown screw from the underside of the stock.",
              "tip": "Use a screwdriver that fills the slot.",
              "partsFreed": [
                "Takedown screw"
              ]
            },
            {
              "n": 3,
              "instruction": "Lift the barrelled action up and out of the stock.",
              "partsFreed": [
                "Stock"
              ]
            },
            {
              "n": 4,
              "instruction": "Withdraw the bolt assembly, recoil spring, and guide rearward out of the receiver.",
              "warning": "The recoil spring is not captive. Control it as it comes free.",
              "partsFreed": [
                "Bolt assembly",
                "Recoil spring and guide"
              ]
            },
            {
              "n": 5,
              "instruction": "Clean the chamber, bore, bolt face, and receiver interior. The Model 60 accumulates a great deal of fouling."
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "refinish",
      "title": "Refinish",
      "components": [
        {
          "name": "Takedown screw",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 2
        },
        {
          "name": "Stock",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 3
        },
        {
          "name": "Bolt assembly",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 4
        },
        {
          "name": "Recoil spring and guide",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 4
        }
      ],
      "manufacturerPartsList": {
        "parts": 62,
        "scope": "Shared 62-row list of the Marlin tube-fed self-loading .22 family. Part numbers are from the \"Model 60\" column on p. 12. The 60DL and 60C (p. 12) and the 60SSK, 60SS and 60SB columns (p. 13) are left out."
      },
      "partsDiagrams": [],
      "materials": [
        {
          "component": "Trigger guard",
          "material": "synthetic",
          "finish": null,
          "appliesTo": "pre-Ruger Marlin tube-fed .22 self-loaders (Model 60 family)",
          "note": null,
          "source": {
            "title": "Marlin Owner's Manual, Self-Loading Rifle with Tubular Magazine (manual_22tube_20201222)",
            "publisher": "Marlin Firearms (Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.)",
            "reliability": "primary",
            "url": "https://www.marlinfirearms.com/assets/pdfs/manual_22tube_20201222.pdf",
            "page": null,
            "pdfPage": null,
            "pageUrl": null,
            "quote": "some chemicals may damage the synthetic trigger guard."
          }
        }
      ],
      "note": "The components the procedures above separate. Coating, masking and cure are outside this database; follow your coating system's instructions. A part the manufacturer marks \"factory fit\" should not be swapped or reworked."
    },
    {
      "id": "reassemble",
      "title": "Reassemble",
      "videos": [],
      "procedures": [
        {
          "procedure": "reassembly",
          "title": "Reassembly",
          "configuration": false,
          "steps": [
            {
              "n": 1,
              "instruction": "Insert the recoil spring and guide, then the bolt assembly, into the rear of the receiver and seat them."
            },
            {
              "n": 2,
              "instruction": "Cycle the bolt by hand and confirm it travels freely and returns fully into battery."
            },
            {
              "n": 3,
              "instruction": "Set the barrelled action back into the stock and install the takedown screw.",
              "tip": "Do not overtighten — it can bind the action."
            },
            {
              "n": 4,
              "instruction": "Perform the function check."
            }
          ],
          "instruction": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "torque",
      "title": "Torque",
      "coverage": "none-recorded",
      "manufacturer": [],
      "reported": [],
      "notes": "The manufacturer's documents give no torque value. They say: \"be sure the receiver is seated as far back in the stock as it will go while tightening the takedown screw. Otherwise, the rifle may not fire.\" (Marlin Owner's Manual, Self-Loading Rifle with Tubular Magazine (manual_22tube_20201222), PDF p. 9)"
    },
    {
      "id": "function-check",
      "title": "Function check",
      "checks": [
        "Verify the rifle is unloaded — chamber and magazine — before each step.",
        "Cycle the bolt by hand and confirm it travels smoothly and returns fully into battery.",
        "Cock the action, engage the safety, and press the trigger. The hammer must not fall.",
        "Disengage the safety and press the trigger. The hammer should fall.",
        "Confirm the magazine seats, locks, and releases cleanly.",
        "If the rifle has a last-shot hold-open, confirm it engages when the magazine runs empty."
      ],
      "videos": []
    }
  ],
  "troubleshooting": [],
  "sources": [
    {
      "n": 1,
      "id": null,
      "title": "Marlin Model 60 Owner’s Manual",
      "publisher": "Marlin Firearms Company",
      "reliability": "primary",
      "url": null,
      "accessed": null
    },
    {
      "n": 2,
      "id": "marlin-firearms-sturm-ruger-co-inc-923a50",
      "title": "Marlin Owner's Manual, Self-Loading Rifle with Tubular Magazine (manual_22tube_20201222)",
      "publisher": "Marlin Firearms (Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.)",
      "reliability": "primary",
      "url": "https://www.marlinfirearms.com/assets/pdfs/manual_22tube_20201222.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-09-27"
    },
    {
      "n": 3,
      "id": "tier-6052a8aa",
      "title": "Glenfield 60 help",
      "publisher": "TNGunOwners.com",
      "reliability": "anecdotal",
      "url": "https://tngunowners.com/forums/topic/31364-glenfield-60-help",
      "accessed": "2026-10-29"
    },
    {
      "n": 4,
      "id": "tier-9dd50f69",
      "title": "Marlin 60/795 recoil spring help",
      "publisher": "Canadian Gun Nutz",
      "reliability": "anecdotal",
      "url": "https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/threads/marlin-60-795-recoil-spring-help.2023372",
      "accessed": "2026-10-29"
    }
  ]
}