Issues with marlin 795...

[1TwistedGimp]

I need some help,
I recently purchased a marlin 795 .22lr and I'm having some light strike issues.

I've run a small variety of ammo through it: american eagle, blazer, cci standard and cci mini mags....

Oddly enough, I'm getting light strikes or failure to completly return to battery on everything except the cci standard.

It only happens on 2 out of 10 shots in both the factory mags I'm using but is quite annoying.

I stripped the rifle and lubed before taking to the range. Can't complain about the accuracy as all shots are within 1" at 50 yrds but would like it to be more reliable per shot than what I'm getting.

The only ammo that I don't seem to have a problem with is the cci standard which is less velocity than anything else I'm putting through it, (weird).

Do I just need to break it in or should I pull the block and polish it?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

1TG

 

[Packman]

Was this going on the whole time you were out there? My model 60 and 795 (same internals, just a different feed system) both run poorly when they're dirty. Try making sure the feed ramp is nice and clean, lube/oil up any pivot points you can get to and make sure the bolt is oiled.

I've also had problems running leadnose rounds. They jam pretty fast. The guns both do pretty well with copper plated or jacketed ammo.

I've never had light strike issues with either, outside of dud ammo that didn't go bang even in my revolver. The failure to return to battery is pretty common for me when the action starts getting dirty, and using leadnose rounds makes it worse.

 

[heavydluxe]

FWIW, we had major issues getting Federal to feed well (stovepiping) and getting Remington Golden Bullets to fire and extract. In my son's 795, Blazer has been the most reliable (zero failures over a thousand rounds) but we're now having to resort to other ammo sources thanks to the shortage.

One thing that seemed to improve our reliabilty was that we sanded out the 'finish' from the inside of the chamber. If you strip down the gun, you'll see that the inner wall of the receiver appears to have been coated with the same black (anodized?) finish that's on the outside. On our gun, you could clearly see where there was friction between the bolt and the coating and there were fragments of the coating in the action.

Once we polished that off, reliability went up with both Federal and Remington though both still had problems. YMMV, but hopefully this might help.

 

[Packman]

heavydluxe,

That's funny, on mine the Federal bulk pack is the best bulk ammo I've tried. The Remington golden bullets work okay, but they tend to jam a little more often than the Federal stuff. More doublefeeds or just a failure to feed into the chamber, not many stovepipes.

The CCI minimags run the best in mine, but I dislike paying for them, and they're hard to find locally these days.

To the OP, I second the motion of making sure the receiver doesn't have excess finish in it. Mine did when I got it. I didn't do anything about it myself, but I've shot enough now that the gun has worn it off anyway, and it does run better now than when I got it.

 

[Inebriated]

Clean it.

Chances are, it's gunked up. If that's not the case, then just call Marlin and have them fix it.

 

[1TwistedGimp]

I'll look at the finish inside, can't remember if it was anodized.
I bought this .22 new and aside from the issue I'm experiencing I really like it.

I honestly can't tell if it is just not returning to battery or if it is light strikes.

This has happened with all BUT the cci standard ammo I've run through it.

I cleaned and oiled before taking to the range to sight in the scope. I did notice a bit of shavings/particulates from factory left in the action but cleaned it out good before reassembly.

I've only put about 150 rounds through it so far using mostly cci mini mag and find it strange that I had no problems with the waxed lead cci standard ammo but problems with everything else...

Thanks for the replies, I'll look at the innards and see if I can do anything to smooth it out.

1/2 in groupings at 50' are great but wish I didn't have to fiddle with the 5th round every time with "premium" ammo. GRRRR

1TG

 

[ford8nr]

1/2 in groupings at 50' are great but wish I didn't have to fiddle with the 5th round every time with "premium" ammo. GRRRR

1/2" at 50 FEET?
Don't own a Marlin so I can't help but from all the raves I hear about them I find it hard to believe you had a jam or are shooting groups bigger than 1/2" at 100 YARDS.

 

[1TwistedGimp]

Ford8nr,

Maybe I just got the one that was supposed to go to the section 8 neighborhood .

When I opened the box it glowed so bright it hurt my eyes

Honestly, I guess I should give it time to break in before I complain too much, with the price of .22 and availability I should have it broke in by the time I turn 50 , (I'm 40 now)

I see some flitz and elbow grease in my future.

1TG

 

[Onmilo]

What was the weather like when you were shooting the gun?
.22 autoloaders are finicky, especially in cold weather.
In winter it is best to run them dry of oil or with just a light bit of grease on the contact points.
In summer, it is best to run them a bit wet with oil for best function.
Then again, ammo can be an issue.
My Model 60 Marlin hacks, chokes, and flat refuses to chamber a lot of the foreign .22 stuff. HTH

 

[FiveInADime]

You need to strip the action of oil. Run these things bone dry and they will keep going and going. I only shot lead RN out of my 795 because I find anything copper washed is less accurate in my gun. I had the occasional jam, stovepipe, FTF, etc with Federal bulk pack in the beginning before I figured out that there should be no lube in the action.

My 795 does very, very well with CCI SV. I've shot in the mid-90's a couple times and high 80's on average on the ten-bull Rimfire Central 50-yard benchrest target. I miss being able to go out and burn a brick of CCI SV every month