Marlin 795 MEGATHREAD Part Deuce

[elx144]

Big 5 had 525 rounds of Blazer 40gr .22 that comes out at 1235fps. I put about 200 rounds through my 795 today and I still haven't had one feed issue. I cleaned the bolt really well and lubed all the moving parts last night. All my .22 shots were at least on paper.

Some of the hits on the paper are 5.56, 5.45, and 9mm. I put up a fresh target after I hit the old one with my shotgun.

[dooodstevenn]

i just did my paperwork for mine today! blued and synthetic for 150 at bass pro, plus tax and fees will pick it up monday the 17th, since i will be working on the weekends any recommendations as to first mods? trigger? sights? if so what brand?

[CharlesV]

Are 795's just fine out of the box or do mods need to be done first? From the Dude vid above the 795 sounds like my Marlin 30-30 which required an action job right out of the box. I want to buy a 795 this month and would like to know whats coming or if i dont have to worry about it. Thanks.

[dooodstevenn]

just watched through the fog city trigger job, mods look really easy, but im not too sure about stoning the sear. worried about accidental discharges. has anyone stonned their sear? if so how much? i would only be willing to take a very little bit off, will that do anything at all?

[elx144]

I think the point of stoning the sear is to remove any imperfections. I figure this would eventually be done with normal use. It would be hard to add metal later on, and there's going to be wear with use. Not removing metal means I wont have to buy new parts as soon. All I've done is oil the sear and fire the gun. Make sure you clean the gun really well before you fire it. The trigger pull will always be hard, but that makes it a good training rifle.

The tech-sights are nice. The rear sights looks a little crooked on the rails, but the sights line up straight. The factory sights will do, but I didn't like the depth of the rear sight notch.

[Chaos47]

No mods "need" to be done. Your 795 will run perfectly fine right out of the box (I would clean it first and get out the gummy packing oil though)

"Dude" as I am sure you have seen is a bit eccentric. They are good videos but he goes a bit overboard imo. Your rifle will run fine without most of the things he does. I posted them because I aim to have the most 795 information together in one place.

I personally have not stoned my sear. No the parts will not wear into this configuration. This is re profiling the angle on the sear. I do not have the correct tools to do it so I skipped it. You have to go very slow and make sure you do not take too much off otherwise yes it may become unsafe.

My trigger is plenty light just from doing the springs and other tuning. I do not have a weight gauge to tell you what it is at though.

[CharlesV]

Ok thanks for that. Looks like the trigger spring is the most helpful thing to do out of the box. I think the heavy spring is intended for beginners in .22. IMO.

I wont do anything else until i shot it quite a bit. Im 50/50 on either a 60 or 795 so I may buy a model 60 at the same time and outfit them differently. We'll see. I dont know.

For cheapie scopes, have shooters settled on one?

[Chaos47]

Heavy triggers are because of lawyers. Yes one of the fastest and easiest things you can do is just straight up remove your trigger return spring. I would also tweak the rest of the springs as per the fogcitytactical videos.

Can't go wrong on a 60 or 795..

No pack leader on scopes. There are lots of threads out there about 22lr scopes so do some looking around.

[inbox485]

I got 2 795's from big 5 a little bit back. Both had the trigger go dead around 100 rounds. Turns out there is a pin that walks out and jams the sear disconnect. Anybody else have this issue, or deal with Marlin for warranty stuff?

[Chaos47]

Never heard of this...

Which pin?
Where is it located? Trigger Guard, Action?
Photos would be helpful!

I have dealt with them for getting replacement magazines it was pretty easy but I am sure it will be a bit harder to send firearms back and forth...

So lets see if we can get them working for you before you have to send them in.

BTW Where are you located? If you are in the IE area I would be happy to look at them.

[CharlesV]

Thanks Chaos.

Your post reminded me of something you could do if you want, thats to boil down discussions and add to the first post the summary facts, like which scopes, which best mods, etc. Then remove the discussions, leaving the bare facts. Eventually the first post contains everything A-Z.

I see a problem in Calguns and an AR-7 forum im on when threads become very long. Newcomers ask the same questions over and over and nobody wants to answer and the newcomers dont want to read 50 pages of a thread to find that one word or one line answer. Since you already started this better idea in the first post, consider seeing the idea through. Alternative is leave things as they are and gleen out facts to eventually have one gigantic Sticky post. Eventually this could be done for all models of guns.

[Chaos47]

That is what I am trying to do with this thread.

The first posts are a distillation of information from the original "Marlin 795 thread" and other resources around the web. As new products or tips are brought up the first posts will be updated to reflect the new information.

[dooodstevenn]

No mods "need" to be done. Your 795 will run perfectly fine right out of the box (I would clean it first and get out the gummy packing oil though)

"Dude" as I am sure you have seen is a bit eccentric. They are good videos but he goes a bit overboard imo. Your rifle will run fine without most of the things he does. I posted them because I aim to have the most 795 information together in one place.

I personally have not stoned my sear. No the parts will not wear into this configuration. This is re profiling the angle on the sear. I do not have the correct tools to do it so I skipped it. You have to go very slow and make sure you do not take too much off otherwise yes it may become unsafe.

My trigger is plenty light just from doing the springs and other tuning. I do not have a weight gauge to tell you what it is at though.

is the packing oil everywhere in the gun? so would it be necessary to take apart the action and clean/lube that too?

[Chaos47]

Its not like there is a ton of it or that its all over the place. But yes there is a thin coat of it which should be removed.

So yes, you should open up the rifle and clean it out. This is generally advisable for any new firearm.

The 795 is modular, the action comes out in one piece.

The action can be taken apart farther but for general cleaning it can be left together and cleaned with a tooth brush.

Flip over the rifle
Unscrew the 2 screws on the trigger guard
Pull off the trigger assembly
While holding the receiver to the stock, flip the rifle over again
Pull the receiver and barrel up from the stock
Put stock to the side
Remove the plastic pin from the rear of the action and receiver
You now have the action module separate and it can be cleaned

You will also remove the bolt and recoil spring and guide at this point.
Take care to not bend the spring when removing and replacing it.

Btw from my experience the 795 likes to be run dry

[dooodstevenn]

completely dry? a little lube? worries me not having lube with metal on metal