I have a marlin 60 stainless , it's a great gun I have never coon hunted with it I do use it squirrel hunting, it's has a longer and thicker barrel so it's heavier. That's why I don't pack it coon hunting.
I also have 2 ruger 10/22 an old one that I got at a gun show 20 years ago and one I bought off a man needin some cash to pay some bills. The old one is a heck of a rifle the new model is cheaper, I do like the bigger mag release though. I do not like the cast or stamped whatever receiver!! But they both shoot great never jam.
I also have a Remington 597 my brother bought for my son. It will jam and once in a while not feed right? But this gun has been givin the worst test it can take and is the one that normally shoots the coon or squirrel or whatever were hunting,(the boy does most the shooting) its much quieter than the ruger and just plain tough. He set it down on the creekbank and it slid down and into the creek. Once I left it in the wood for a week thru 2 snowstorms still always works. Most will say this guns junk and there right mine is its rusty its scratched but(if it don't jam) it will put a bullet in the eye of a possum in the top of a cottonwood
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