Marlin model 60 - Manual (Page 4)

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when the magazine, feedthroat, and
chamber are empty). The bolt will stop
about half way to the open position (See
C). With the bolt in this position, you
should visually check to be sure that the
chamber is empty and the orange maga-
zine follower is visible in the feedthroat,
indicating that the magazine is empty. To
close the bolt completely, with the safety
on SAFE, and the gun empty, press the
bolt release lever in the front of the trigger
guard (See C). As long as the magazine
remains empty, the automatic bolt hold-
open will engage each time the bolt is
pulled all the way back.
Manual Bolt Hold-Open Feature
In addition to the automatic “last shot” bolt
hold-open, which stops the bolt about half
way back, the bolt can also be manually
locked in the fully open position. This
device makes it easy to clean the cham-
ber, feedthroat and bore.
First, with the chamber and magazine
empty, pull the charging handle all the way
back, and hold it. Now engage the lock by
pushing the charging handle to the left, in
the direction of the arrow on the back of
the handle (See D & E).
To close the action, pull the charging han-
dle out to the right and let it snap forward
(See E1). Then press the bolt release
lever in front of the trigger guard to com-
pletely close the bolt.
• WARNING: Releasing the manual bolt
hold-open while the inner magazine is
locked in place and there are cartridges
in the feeding system, will close the bolt
and chamber a cartridge.
• WARNING: When not in use, the safest
possible way to handle your rifle is com-
pletely unloaded, with the action open,
the safety on SAFE, and pointed in a
safe direction.
How to Load
• WARNING: Never attempt to load your
rifle with ammunition that does not meet
the cartridge designation stamped on
the barrel. Use only clean, dry, factory-
loaded ammunition which conforms to
industry standards.
• WARNING: Your rifle is a self-loading
.22 caliber designed for .22 Long Rifle
High Velocity cartridges only (not Hyper-
Velocity). Shorts, Longs, and Shot car-
tridges can be loaded and fired, but
Marlin does not recommend them, as
feeding will not be reliable and damage
or injury may result from their use.
Locking the action open manually Unlocking the action manually
Action locked fully open
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E
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