Seems simple enough. I've done this before but it's been years and I needed this refresher. I got an older 60, old enough that it doesn't have the last shot hold open. I cleaned it up and it shot well but being old hard to tell how many rounds have been through it I did a little preventative maintanance and got a new recoil spring and buffer. A new fring pin will be next
@@mattsgaragediy i bet you're more mechanically inclined than me. have t watch a video over 10 times before it sticks. It really a booger to completely break down a 60in detail, side plates off, fying springs lol. The best vid I ever saw on that was done by a 12 year old kid, now I cant find the video, but I found another video by cumberland outdoors that shows it. Ammo wise i'm not picky at all, remington thunderbolts do me just fine
Hi Caleb, I believe so. I dont have one that I can get my hands on but if it looks the same on examination I would be confident trying this process. The firing pins did change and I have had to do a bit of filing on my pin to get the same strike depth. Hope this helps.
What tells you that you need a new firing pin? My model 60 fails to fire about one out of five shells. It seems it’s not denting the primer enough to fire consistently. Is this a firing pin problem?
Hey Doug, there's a couple things I would look at. First your ammo. This past summer I had a box of Winchester 555 that was terrible. So much so that I sent the part box back and got a refund. I would recommend trying some CCI to rule that out. I don't regularly shoot cci MINI Mag but if I suspect I have an ammo problem I use the CCI as a bench mark. Next look at the misfire casing compared to one that has fired, do you have a nice rectangular strike mark on both, if not then I would suspect the firing pin. Another possibility is needing a good clean of the area that the shell sits in when fired, although I have not had this issue I know people who cave had a bid of a build up specifically where the rim of the cartridge stills that caused the shell to not fully seat and led to misfires. Check ammo and cleaning first then Id would move to the firing pin. Hope that helps, let me know how it goes
@@mattsgaragediy Thank you very much! I am seeing very shallow strikes. It’s a very old rifle and has shot not thousands, but tens of thousands of rounds put through it. I’ll clean it good in the area you mentioned, but I’ll also order the part. Is there a source for parts that you recommend. Big game season’s over and I need my .22!😁
@@dougdumbrill7234 Wow, sounds well used. I have put a lot of rounds through mine but not quite those numbers. I buy a lot of parts from Numrich gun parts. I will include a link. May also want to replace the hammer spring at the same time. Happy shooting! www.gunpartscorp.com/gun-manufacturer/marlinglenfield/rifles-marlin/60-new-model
Ok so now I replaced the firing pin, and checked it with a spent case- Nice sharp square dent!👍 Then started testing it using Federal, Automatch, 40 grain ammo. I still have a misfire somewhere in about every 10 rounds.The fired cases have the nice clear dent! The misfires barely show a strike.🥴??? I cleaned the extractors and bolt face when I did the replacement and thought I did it well. Now I’m thinking this may be ammo. But I happened to have just a handful of Remington hollow points with me and they misfired at about the same rate😳. The mystery continues! Now I’m thinking I’ll shoot it in a little bit, then maybe the firing pin spring replacement? What do you think?
PS I recleaned the barrel face and ejector indents. They were actually still fairly dirty. So they may have been preventing a good seat for the cartridge.🤔
I don't personally have a 70 that I can get my hands on but looking at schematics I would say should be virtually the same. I would follow these same steps, just don't force anything. Good luck and let me know how it turns out
Although I have never worked on a 989, from everything I can see comparing images the two I would say yes the process should be virtually identical. Hope that helps
@@mattsgaragediy It helped a lot! I have to take it apart again for another picture for my friend to see if my firing pin is broken... He thinks it is. Thank you!! Now to find a firing pin and rewatch your video 🙏🙏🙏❤️
Excellent, here's a link for a possible replacement, just need to make sure its the right model and varient www.gunpartscorp.com/products/444000a @@rachelharrison3383
@@mattsgaragediy Interesting. It also says for a 70P (older Blued Papoose). Would that firing pin fit a newer stainless 70PSS Papoose? Now that Marlin rimfires are gone parts are really hard to find and I've heard that most of the 7 series Marlin parts are interchangeable.
