22 LR

[pop pop]

My Marlin Mdl 60 22LR  quit cycling Subsonic ammo this morning. Over the past 3 days I have been covered up with gray squirrels. They have cost me about 3,000.00 not counting the inconveniences they have caused in getting repairs done. I have had to close my garage doors because they were attacking the inside of my garage. 

The CCI subsonic is a little softer on the ears but mildly underpowered ammo, and I went to it for the extra quietness is has. The MDL 60 has been cycling it very well only a failure to cycle once in a few weeks. The last 3 days it will not fire 4 rounds without stoppages. I just took it down and cleaned the stuffings out of the brl and chamber and lubed it and left it wet. It seems easier and smother when cycling it by hand now. I haven't cleaned it in several months, and hope that was my problem. I probably have 800 to 1000 rounds through it over a period of 8 months since cleaning. We will see down the road. 

[Whisper]

Are you talking about the CCI Quiet-22 Segmented HP?  I've found those to be highly effective on tree rats, and in a .22 bolt gun they're quieter than my RWS Diana pellet rifle.  I've never tried the ammo in a semiauto but it does seem to burn dirty so I guess it's not surprising if it wouldn't cycle reliably after a while.  Hope the cleaning helps.

[Grayfox54]

Many a troublesome semi-auto .22 has been repaired by nothing more than a good cleaning. 

[1gewehr]

I can't even begin to count how many .22 rifles and pistols I've seen that look like they were never cleaned!  The little Marlin model 60 is a fine rifle, but a bear to clean properly!  I've scored some real bargains on .22s that looked like the bore was worn out, but were just leaded.

[pop pop]

I am using CCI Sub-Sonic 22 LR 40 gr Led H P Small Game ammo. It is just a tad quiter, but this new ammo I just got out says rated at 1050 FPS. That seems to me that it would not be sub-sonic. The old ammo was 36 Gr Lead HP at 750 FPS.  

[Snaveba]

6 hours ago, Whisper said:

Are you talking about the CCI Quiet-22 Segmented HP?  I've found those to be highly effective on tree rats, and in a .22 bolt gun they're quieter than my RWS Diana pellet rifle.  I've never tried the ammo in a semiauto but it does seem to burn dirty so I guess it's not surprising if it wouldn't cycle reliably after a while.  Hope the cleaning helps.

I shoot the CCI Quite in my old pump actions and it is super quiet. Definitely quieter than a pellet gun. With a can it’s stupid quiet. 

[pop pop]

Shot the 22 twice this morning. Missed the same squirrel twice. Rifle did fine but the operator needs to stop rushing the shots. Hope the rifle continues to cycle after the cleaning and lubing and the operator settles down and uses better skills.  

[Erich]

Squirrel - 2

Pop pop - 0

[pop pop]

Your picture is quite funny. I felt the same as the red squirrel looks in the picture. My thought was dang Pop Pop, get it together!

I have 2 pairs of fox squirrels that never bother anything. My problem is the little gray squirrels. Them little rats with long bushy tails are swarming sometimes. Got to thin them down a tad. 

[gregintenn]

3 minutes ago, pop pop said:

Your picture is quite funny. I felt the same as the red squirrel looks in the picture. My thought was dang Pop Pop, get it together!

I have 2 pairs of fox squirrels that never bother anything. My problem is the little gray squirrels. Them little rats with long bushy tails are swarming sometimes. Got to thin them down a tad. 

The more of em I shoot, the more shows up. They chew the wires and fuel lines on my trucks. They lack everything full of nuts. They are a general nuisance, and have costed me some significant money the last couple of years.

[chances R]

I’m a big fan of Hornady clean and lube.  It is a dry lube with no left behind oil to gum things up.  Great for cold weather, especially semi auto shotguns.  I think it may help your problem.

[pop pop]

I used Break Free CLP. If I spray lube I use Remington Graphite based spray lube. it is dry also. This time I just used Gun Oil. The rifle is cycling now. Just needed a good cleaning. The operator needs to watch the trigger jerk. Can't blame that on the Model 60 Marlin. 

[train 45]

On 11/14/2024 at 7:50 AM, pop pop said:

I used Break Free CLP. If I spray lube I use Remington Graphite based spray lube. it is dry also. This time I just used Gun Oil. The rifle is cycling now. Just needed a good cleaning. The operator needs to watch the trigger jerk. Can't blame that on the Model 60 Marlin. 

Used the Break Free for a while till the smell got to me.  Sitting in church one Sunday and I noticed this smell.  I thought,  I recognize that but couldn't remember where from.  It got worse as I got warmer so did the smell.  Then it hit me.  My pistol in my IWB holster was giving off the CLP.  

[pop pop]

train 45, my smeller doesn't work very well now so the smell never gets to me. I know one thing the CLP and oiling has fixed the model 60 Marlin. It is cracking them off well now.

Thankfully, I have thinned them down very well. I am only getting one ever 3 to 4 days now. That is the way I like it. They are not swarming my automobiles now and climbing underneath them like they were a month ago. I am having to thin them about 3 times a year now. When they get overpopulated, they start messing with my garage, cars, RV, and truck. I have had to get all of my vehicles and RV repaired from the damage they do to them. I would estimate around 3,500.00 in the past 3 years not to mention the hassle with loss of use and time it takes to get them repaired. If I keep them thinned, they leave us alone. I don't know anything else we cand do, so I decrease the population from time to time. 

My neighbor says he knows when they get overpopulated also. He has had damage from them, and he thanked me for thinning them.  His wife will not let him shoot them, but she tells him she doesn't like having to fix things around their house. They're both retired and on fixed incomes and needs to be conservative with their money.   

Edited to add; the $3,500. is damage done by the squirrels to my autos and RV. 

Edited Thursday at 12:17 PM by pop pop

[Scotty]

I read this quickly and thought the “estimated 3,500” was amount of squirrels you had taken out. I then proceeded to picture a man I’d never met wearing a Davy Crockett hat next to a Genghis Kahn like pile of rodents just stacked as a warning to the others. Admittedly spent too much time trying to picture what a mound of dead tree rats would be in height in width, caloric intake on an average of 3-4 squirrels a day (factored in a standard 50 week year with two week vacation), how many batches you could make in a crockpot, etc.
 

In other news, I am now officially not impressed with the new brand of coffee I bought after straying from my tried and true of over a decade. Best of luck!

 

 

[tngunclub]

i would try the semi auto version of that ammo to stretch some more reliability out of it just in case? Sounds like it should still be quiet enough.