Marlin produced a ton of brand labeled model 60s for various retailers, below is a list found online, I am not sure how comprehensive it is, but it is a starting point.
Marlin 60 Submodels:
60 - Base Model - Blued finish, with "Marshield" birch stock
60 C - Camo - Blued finish/Camo Hardwood Stock
60 DLX - Deluxe, first batch of the deluxe model with walnut stock, blued finish.
60 DL - Deluxe - second batch, blued finish, walnut stock
60 FS - Fiber optic Sights - Blued finish/synthetic stock, with fiber optic sights
60 GL - Glenfield Long? - I have heard that this may mean "Glenfield Long", coming from back when Mod 60s were being shortened, this model has an upgraded rear sight, not the stamped steel one, and had "gold" trigger
60 S-CF - Stainless Carbon Fiber - Stainless finish/Carbon Fiber Pattern Synthetic Stock
60 SB - Stainless Barrel - Stainless finish/"Walnut-color stained birch" stock
60 SN - Synthetic - Blued finish/Synthetic Stock
60 SP - American Heritage Limited Edition medallion in stock, gold trigger, 22" barrel and a 14 round capacity
60 SS - Stainless Steel - Stainless finish/Laminate wood stock
60 SSK - Stainless is Super Kool??? - Stainless finish/Synthetic Stock same as the 60S-CF
60 W - WALMART- Sportsmanship Edition - Blued/Walnut, with a Special Ethics medallion in stock, was told this model was sold through Walmart, had straight stock, non-Monte Carlo type, came with "gold" trigger
As far as variants:
Coast to Coast- Model 40 -Unknown details, 2,109 made.
Coast to Coast - Model 550 - Unknown details, 7,065 made total.
Cotter & Company Model 60-50 - Produced from 1968-1970, 2,991 made total.
Cotter & Company Model 601 - Produced from 1979-1982, 12,219 made total.
Cotter & Company West Point GA22- Produced from 1983-1988 (at least), different medallion inlaid in stock each year.
Foremost 6060 - JC Pennys Mod 60, Produced from 1968-1970.
Glenfield 60 - I guess this is just the cheaper name brand Marlin 60 & more plain stock, with a bead front sight
Glenfield 60G - Glenfield - Was told the Brophy book o' Marlins says that a "G" suffix means Glenfield
Glenfield 65 - Mod 60 with a brass outer magazine tube, made for OTASCO, but not marked as such.
Glenfield 75 - Mod 60 with Carbine length barrel and tube magazine ends just past the stock
Glenfield 75C - Carbine - Like the 75, but with a longer magazine.
Glenfield 99G - Glenfield - Was told the Brophy book o' Marlins says that a "G" suffix means Glenfield
Marlin 49 - Marlin 60 with two-piece stock, blued finish
Marlin 5 - Mod 60 sold through Big 5 Sporting Goods
Marlin 600 - Another Mod 60 sold through Big 5, unknown difference from Marlin 5
Marlin 99 - Mod 60 Predecessor - Drilled, not grooved, receiver, ballard rifling instead of newer MicroGroove , otherwise same as Mod 60
Marlin Model 99DL - a fancier version of the Model 99, Produced from 1960-1964, 5,279 produced
Marlin 99M1 - Mod 99 with Stock/Barrel shaped and cut to resemble M1 Carbine of WWII fame
Marlin 99C - Mod 99 with newly introduced MicroGroove rifling, replaced Ballard cut rifling, but still pre-Mod 60
Marlin 990 - Mod 60 with a walnut stock
Marlin 990L - Mod 60 with a laminate stock
Montgomery Wards Western Field Model 50- Unknown details
Otasco Model 65 - Produced in 1968, 44,369 made
Otasco Golden 50 - With a brass outer magazine tube, produced from 1971-1974, 7,576 made total.
Otasco 6060 - Produced in 1978, Diamond Jubilee medallion inlaid in stock
Otasco 6079 - Produced in 1979, American Hunting Tradition medallion inlaid in stock
Otasco 6080 - Produced in 1980, Trail Rider medallion inlaid in stock
Otasco 6081 - Produced in 1981, The Alamo medallion inlaid in stock
Otasco 6082 - Produced in 1982, Cavalry medallion inlaid in stock
Otasco 6083 - Produced in 1983, Wagon Train medallion inlaid in stock
Otasco 6084 - Produced in 1984, Mountain Man medallion inlaid in stock
Otasco 6085 - Produced in 1985, Round Up medallion inlaid in stock
Otasco 6086 - Produced in 1986, Round Up medallion inlaid in stock
Otasco 6087 - Produced in 1987, Long Horn medallion inlaid in stock
Ranger Model 34 - Sears brand Mod 60
Revelation 120 - Mod 60 sold through Western Auto
Woolco Model 75-20 - Produced in 1982, 8,605 made.
Notes regarding the Deluxe model prefix from Marlin employee:
By error the first 200 rifles have a special serial number due to an oops/mistake in the serial # setting in the laser engraving machine. The first 200 rifles only have 3 numeric digits as follows, 60DLX000 thru 200 as compared to 60DL0201 thru 9999. When I programmed the laser software, I was informed we were only going to make 500-1000 of these rifles and took it for granted that the serial # started with 60DLX. At the 200 mark I noticed on the engineering spec sheet the serial number “was supposed to be 60DL0001” not 60DLX001. Since they wanted to now exceed 1000 rifles, there was not enough room for 9 digits. I had to drop the X out of the serial number to make room for the 4 numeric digits for a total of 8 digits. This change was made at the 201th receiver. The new revised serial # never started at 60DL0000, it started at 60DL0201.*
Marlin originally had plans on only selling 1000 but had great feedback from the sales force that sales would be a big hit, so they extended production to higher numbers. There was no 1000 pre-production run, but as stated before it was in Marlins original plans to only run 1000.*It explains how the prefix having "DLX" was only used for the first 200 specimens, while the rest would only include "DL" within the prefix. The former employee informs as to why this is the case..
Yeah, he didn't offer anything beyond what I posted above. But, he was certain that the initially planned one thousand specimens in this anniversary edition (the 200 having DLX in the prefix, and the next 800 having only the DL in the prefix) were made at Marlin's North Haven factory. He was not sure when the exact cut-off was, but it seems sometime after the 1000 mark. I would imagine that the most sought after by Collectors in the future, will be those
first 200 with DLX in their prefix, and then the other 800 North Haven made guns having only the DL in their prefix, which I believe will be pretty sought after as well. They were obviously some of the last Model 60 rifles to come out of that factory, and actually manufactured by the North Haven staff.
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