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[oldfoneguy]

We have 3 10/22's and 1 60 in the family. Nobody likes the 60, it seems cheap and low quality compared to the 10/22's. Flimsy mags that seldom empty without help, a thin cheap stock with useless and ugly pressed in checkering and no screws stay tight in use. It may just be that one made in the early 80's but because of all these reasons it hasn't been out of the safe since the 90's.
Of course I'm not one to talk because as a teen I had a Squires-Bingham AK22. All the inaccuracy built into an AK in a 22lr. It did have 32 round mags and was lots of fun while it was alive but it literally shot itself to pieces in roughly 10 years. There are still pieces of it on the range somewhere never to be found. The 10/22's that were older than the AK22 are still working fine.

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[micmacman]

We have 3 10/22's and 1 60 in the family. Nobody likes the 60, it seems cheap and low quality compared to the 10/22's. Flimsy mags that seldom empty without help, a thin cheap stock with useless and ugly pressed in checkering and no screws stay tight in use. It may just be that one made in the early 80's but because of all these reasons it hasn't been out of the safe since the 90's.
Of course I'm not one to talk because as a teen I had a Squires-Bingham AK22. All the inaccuracy built into an AK in a 22lr. It did have 32 round mags and was lots of fun while it was alive but it literally shot itself to pieces in roughly 10 years. There are still pieces of it on the range somewhere never to be found. The 10/22's that were older than the AK22 are still working fine.

yu are clearly thinking of a different rifle , the Marlin Model 60 is a tube fed and is arguably one of the most reliable semi auto .22 rifles ever , i owned 10/22 , i kept it for like a year and gave it to my nephew , it just wasnt for me , 10/22 is great if you want to play Barbi dress up with it because they of all the available after market parts , but for the extra money that a pain jane standard 10/22 costs , it makes me yawn

[oldfoneguy]

yu are clearly thinking of a different rifle , the Marlin Model 60 is a tube fed and is arguably one of the most reliable semi auto .22 rifles ever , i owned 10/22 , i kept it for like a year and gave it to my nephew , it just wasnt for me , 10/22 is great if you want to play Barbi dress up with it because they of all the available after market parts , but for the extra money that a pain jane standard 10/22 costs , it makes me yawn

I was wrong it is an older Marlin model 70 which is the same basic rifle with flimsy detachable magazines and it is still a piece of crap.

Obviously Barbie doll dress up is high on your list of daily activities but I have no need for it as I own all the real firearms the dress up kits are designed to mimic. All 3 10/22's are as they came out of the box with the exception of one having Weaver base and rings with a Barska 3x9 scope as a nod to age. 17 new shooters have learned the basics on one of the 3 of these rifles and all are avid and excellent shooters today each with their own 10/22's as part of their collections.
What could be more boring, slow and inefficient than a tube magazine 22? I can't stop yawning thinking about them.

[browningautorifle]

I had a Squires-Bingham AK22.

it literally shot itself to pieces in roughly 10 years. There are still pieces of it on the range somewhere

I had a Squires Bingham model16, sort of looked like an AR...for a minute. Same thing happened to it. I thought I was alone in that way. It never worked right for the original owner and when it failed me I removed the mag for resale and tossed it downrange, shot it to bits with an L1A1. I had forgotten that.

[oldfoneguy]

I had a Squires Bingham model16, sort of looked like an AR...for a minute. Same thing happened to it. I thought I was alone in that way. It never worked right for the original owner and when it failed me I removed the mag for resale and tossed it downrange, shot it to bits with an L1A1. I had forgotten that.

Jim I didn't realize at the time but the receiver was cast pot metal with a sheet metal cover. Lived and learned since then. After about 8 years the barrel could visibility move up and down. With the last shot the barrel fell out, the receiver cover flew off and the top of the block that held the barrel went flying in multiple directions. Back in the late 70's I paid $86 plus tax for it. I sold all the parts except the receiver individually on gunbroker roughly 20 years afterward and netted $486, the 32 rounders brought the most money. Who knew these things had such a following.

[browningautorifle]

the 32 rounders brought the most money.

I had one of the small mags, the whole thing didn't cost me much if anything. I tried to silk purse it to no avail. I saved nothing else from it, I probably got a $20 for the mag.

[Sapper740]

I had a Squires Bingham model16, sort of looked like an AR...for a minute. Same thing happened to it. I thought I was alone in that way. It never worked right for the original owner and when it failed me I removed the mag for resale and tossed it downrange, shot it to bits with an L1A1. I had forgotten that.

I had a Squires Bingham Model 20 once. We called it the 'Mystery rifle' because it was always a mystery how many rounds it would shoot with one depression of the trigger before jamming. My personal best was 7.