Marlin 795 thread

[Double_D]

My waiting period is over on 10/1. I got 1000 rds of Aguila High Velocity 40gr. coming in the mail. We'll see how it handles the ammo. I'm slapping on a 4-16x40. This is gonna be my 1st .22

[bigthaiboy]

quick question gentlemen.

I purchased a 795 today and now i need to get some ammo. I was wondering if the 795 liked Centurion HP 38gr ammo or Federal HP 36gr?

Thanks in advance

My 795 works flawlessly on Remington Golden Bullet HPs bulk pack from Walmart. Federal Valu-Pak HPs work pretty good too.

[professionalcoyotehunter]

Has anyone tried the Winchester SS 1320FPS in their 795 Marlin yet?

[Donut]

My 795 works flawlessly on Remington Golden Bullet HPs bulk pack from Walmart. Federal Valu-Pak HPs work pretty good too.

Mine seems to LOVE the Remington.

I've been shooting the Winchester XpertHV a lot , and seems to tolerate those ok as well.

[Capt Jack]

I had a box of 50 Remington Thunderbolts and they shot fine except for one FTE. Manual says those are not on the ok list but they weren't bad for $1.57 at wally world...

Other than that I mostly shoot the Federal Gold Medal Target or Mini Mags which both work great.

[joelberg]

I want to hear from someone who actually put their 795 into a Muzzlelite Bullpup stock.

[dirtnap]

Here is my 795, I did the basic DIY following the R&D precision example. The paint is black and forest green textured Rustoleum(for plastics), and flat black BBQ ceramic paint for the barrel and magazine. The paint on the stock has held up really well and will withstand a good rubbing from a finger nail....with no more prep than a wipe down with a clean cloth. The BBQ paint is not so tough. The cammo pattern is crab grass from the patio. I painted the mag up until the top 1/2" or so, as not to avoid getting paint in the action.

For the texture I used Locktite "marine epoxy" from home depot, the plunger type. When I do this again I will try the "marine tex" as the locktite stuff settled a little too easily. I used an old toothbrush to draw the epoxy upwards to create small bumps for grip and up until the last minute or two of curing it would just settle back down pretty flat. The locktite has a cure time of 50 minutes. I chose that so I could experiment, and play it safe. At the very end I ran a brand new file over the semi hardened epoxy only pressing straight down to create hundreds of small grooves,but the paint filled them all in....too many coats. I did paint the texture before it cured all the way to try and better bond the paint to it, no problems there.

The scope is a BSA 3-9x40 with illuminated center dot(red, green, blue x lvl 123). It was 39.99 at big 5 on sale so I figured WTF, it's better than the 20 year old Tasco that was on there. I removed the front sight, just to make the barrel look like tacticool.



Thats about all I will do to this little guy(maybe a 20.00 bipod or something) The hardest part was the toothbrush epoxy thing, but i did not secure the proper texturing tool before I started so thats my fault...it was the best i had laying around.


Sorry for the dark pics....but the camera phone uploads so much faster and easier than grabbing the DSLR.

[bombadillo]

Just took out the 795 and the marlin 60 and I hate to say it but my 40+ year old 60 just spanked my poor little 795.

[afro]

Well, I've been chasing a tacticool .22lr plinker, but after some money I was expecting to come in isn't, I'm going with a 795. Fingered one today at Big 5, and I like it. I'm going back in a few days to buy it (if it isn't sold!).

[afro]

Also is it likely that Big 5 will honor the sale price ($149.95) if I mention it?

[Capt Jack]

Also is it likely that Big 5 will honor the sale price ($149.95) if I mention it?

It never hurts to ask! Worst they can say is no

[Gigan]

Took my son out to the lytle creek shoot with the 795. Put 400 round thru it with out a prob!

[afro]

Just got back from Big 5. Got the sales price honored (guess it was $159 and not $149, lol). $198.99 after taxes and fees.

Now the waiting game...

[tba02]

Marlin has a $20 rebate for those right now as well.

http://www.marlinfirearms.com/Rebates/rebates_fall2009.asp

http://www.marlinfirearms.com/PDFs/mar_coupon.pdf

[afro]

Yeah, I plan on sending that in once I get it.