Well, I found a few extra bucks and I want an accurate autoloader....want to be able to hit a beer can at 50 yards regularly....Marlin 60 will do it, but for whatever reason, I think I want a Remington 552....at today's prices I can buy 3 Marlin 60's for the price of what the Remington will cost (Bud's Gun Shop)....logic says buy the Marlin, but I really want that Remington......What to do? Please help with the Pros and Cons of each choice..........Thanks,
Buy the one you want. If you settle for the other you'll always kick yourself for not getting the one you really want; well if you're like me you will!
No truer words have ever been posted, don't ask me how i know. Get what you want!!!. If it was me i'd get the Marlin, but that's because that's the one i'd want.
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The ol cliché....As with any firearm you want to get the one that "feels the best" in your hands, to do that you might travel around to a few different gun shops. Don't rule out a Ruger 10-22.
Good luck with your search.
I've never liked the Remmington rim fire auto loaders.
I do like the Ruger 10-22 because you can buy anything for them and the Marlin 60 is just a classic
Since they're both made by Remington now, it really doesn't matter. But if you like the idea of easy reloading, go for a Marlin 795 - it's a model 60 with a box magazine instead of a tube. Promag makes a 25-round magazine for it, too.
I have owned the Remington 552, and I own a Marlin 60. If I had to have only the 552, or the Marlin, I would have to choose the Remington. Not because it's more accurate, because it ain't, but because it's so much prettier, and it shoots anything you feed it. But that Remington had better not have a Monty Carlo stock on it!
I'd go with the Remington. Price is always secondary for me. I buy the firearm I will be most happy with years from now. A couple hundred dollars won't make a difference 10 years from now, but a firearm you are not happy with will.
Can't go wrong with either.. However the Remington being able to handle shorts, longs and long rifle ammo is a real plus.. The use of shorts comes in really handy when the game gets a little gun shy toward the end of the season or if you are taking care of a pesky possum in your back yard.. My Bro has one that is super accurate and doesn't care what you feed it.. mix the shorts, long rifle ammo..It doesn't matter so long as the ammo is clean. Dave from Deep South Georgia.. Howdy Y'all...
I just left a pawn shop that has a stainless Model 60 with a nice wood stock that hasn't been beaten up for $179.00. It looked sharp to me. Also fits me much better than do 10/22's.
I have had numerous mdl 60's and given them to family members etc.I like them. But I LOVE my Rem 552 and would never give it away. Just my .02 worth but it's your money of course. You can't go wrong with either.
Okay, I just took the time to look up a Remington 552 Speedmaster to see what the deal really is and after, I'd say go with the Remington. That's a cool looking rifle. While you're enjoying the 552 you can keep your eyes peeled for a good deal on the Model 60.
Me.......I'd get the Marlin 60. It'll do everything as well as the 552 except look Purdy. Nothing wrong with a nice looking gun mind you but I'd get a lot more use out of the plain gun that shoots just as well. I would take a SS model 60 anywhere, the 552......likely not. You could put a pretty nice scope, if so desired, on the 60 and still wouldn't spend 1/2 what the Remington will set you back.........your priorities, your call.
I'd take a 10/22 over either, but given the choice of those two I would take the Marlin. Didn't they refer to the Remington 552 as the "Jam-O-Matic or did they fix that?
Or something completely different, a Ruger 77-22. These are being eliminated from the product line up. They are destined to be a future collectible.
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