{
  "apiVersion": 1,
  "kind": "work-order",
  "purpose": "Taking the firearm apart for a job such as refinishing, and putting it back together to specification.",
  "firearm": {
    "slug": "marlin-795",
    "name": "Marlin Model 795",
    "manufacturer": {
      "id": "marlin",
      "name": "Marlin Firearms"
    },
    "category": "rimfire-rifle",
    "action": "blowback",
    "calibers": [
      ".22 Long Rifle"
    ],
    "alsoKnownAs": [
      "Marlin 70PSS Papoose (related)"
    ],
    "coversAlso": [],
    "page": "firearms/marlin-795.html",
    "bundle": "api/v1/firearms/marlin-795.json",
    "lastUpdated": "2026-10-29"
  },
  "notices": [
    "Marlin Firearms limits owner disassembly: Takedown: action out of the stock, then bolt, charging handle, recoil spring and guide removed. The trigger group is cleaned in solvent, not taken apart.",
    "No torque values are recorded for this firearm. Get them from the manufacturer or a gunsmith; do not estimate."
  ],
  "disclaimer": {
    "headline": "Read this before you use anything here.",
    "points": [
      "This is a guide, not an authority. Entries are compiled from manufacturer manuals, technical manuals, published references, and community knowledge. Some of it comes from sources that are not authoritative, and some of it may simply be wrong.",
      "Always consult the manufacturer's manual for your specific firearm and serial-number range. Manufacturers change designs mid-production without renaming the model. The manual that shipped with your firearm outranks anything on this site.",
      "Consult a licensed gunsmith for anything beyond routine field stripping and cleaning, for any firearm you are unsure about, and for any procedure marked as gunsmith-recommended here.",
      "Treat every firearm as loaded. Verify it is unloaded, with the magazine removed and the chamber physically and visually checked, before any procedure in this database. Point it in a safe direction the entire time.",
      "Disassembly can damage a firearm or injure you. Springs are under tension, parts can launch, and reassembling a firearm incorrectly can make it unsafe to fire in a way that is not obvious from the outside. If a reassembled firearm does not pass a function check, stop and see a gunsmith.",
      "Torque values are shown in two groups. Values from the manufacturer or the issuing military are shown as such, with the document they came from. Values reported by anyone else — parts makers, gunsmithing publishers, articles, forums — are shown separately with who said them, how reliable that source is, and their exact words. Those are not specifications. Confirm any torque value with the manufacturer or a licensed gunsmith before relying on it.",
      "Nothing here is legal advice. Firearms law varies by country, state, and city, and some modifications or configurations are regulated or prohibited. You are responsible for knowing and following the law where you are.",
      "No warranty of any kind. Contributors and maintainers accept no liability for damage, injury, or loss arising from use of this material."
    ],
    "page": "disclaimer.html",
    "legal": {
      "summary": "Legal notice: this material is third-party information compiled from sources of varying reliability and is provided for general informational and educational purposes only. It is not gunsmithing, technical, safety or legal advice, it is not verified or endorsed by any manufacturer, and it must not be taken as fact. Any work on a firearm beyond the routine field stripping described in its own owner's manual should be performed only by a licensed and insured gunsmith. You use this material entirely at your own risk. Fundamental Build LLC and the project's contributors make no warranty of any kind and accept no liability for death, injury, damage or loss arising from its use. Full terms: LEGAL.md.",
      "page": "legal.html",
      "notice": "https://github.com/Fundamental-build-LLC/Pew-Takedown/blob/main/LEGAL.md"
    }
  },
  "sourcing": {
    "confidence": "medium",
    "verification": "community-reviewed"
  },
  "manufacturerDisassembly": {
    "status": "limited",
    "limit": "Takedown: action out of the stock, then bolt, charging handle, recoil spring and guide removed. The trigger group is cleaned in solvent, not taken apart.",
    "statement": "Marlin says further disassembly of the action is not recommended and should only be attempted by a qualified gunsmith or the factory, and warns never to disassemble the safety.",
    "source": {
      "title": "Marlin Owner's Manual, Self-Loading Rimfire Rifle with Clip Magazine (manual_22clip_20201222)",
      "publisher": "Marlin Firearms (Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.)",
      "reliability": "primary",
      "url": "https://www.marlinfirearms.com/assets/pdfs/manual_22clip_20201222.pdf",
      "page": "8",
      "pdfPage": 8,
      "pageUrl": "https://www.marlinfirearms.com/assets/pdfs/manual_22clip_20201222.pdf#page=8",
      "quote": "Further disassembly of the action is not recommended and should only be attempted by a qualified gunsmith or the factory."
    }
  },
  "recalls": [],
  "shopTier": {
    "tier": 2,
    "group": "rimfire-rifle",
    "rating": "Pew-Takedown editorial rating (1 easy – 3 hardest), not the manufacturer's",
    "reason": "53 listed parts with the same Marlin sideplate trigger group as the Model 60 (hammer, strut and bridge, sear and disconnector springs between sideplates on pin rings) plus a magazine latch and last-shot hold-open, but no tube-feed cartridge lifter or bolt-release lever in the stack. Same loose recoil spring. Top of Tier 2.",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "partCount": {
      "value": 53,
      "kind": "line-items",
      "covers": "Shared 53-row list of the Marlin clip-fed self-loading rimfire family, Model 795 column (53 line items)",
      "basis": "manufacturer-parts-list",
      "source": {
        "title": "Marlin Owner's Manual, Self-Loading Rimfire Rifle with Clip Magazine (manual_22clip_20201222)",
        "publisher": "Marlin Firearms (Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.)",
        "reliability": "primary",
        "url": "https://www.marlinfirearms.com/assets/pdfs/manual_22clip_20201222.pdf",
        "page": "11–12",
        "pdfPage": 11,
        "pageUrl": "https://www.marlinfirearms.com/assets/pdfs/manual_22clip_20201222.pdf#page=11",
        "quote": "53 Trigger Guard Complete"
      }
    },
    "painPoints": [
      {
        "issue": "The recoil spring is compressed when the bolt comes out and can fly from the receiver.",
        "during": "both",
        "source": {
          "title": "Marlin Owner's Manual, Self-Loading Rimfire Rifle with Clip Magazine (manual_22clip_20201222)",
          "publisher": "Marlin Firearms (Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.)",
          "reliability": "primary",
          "url": "https://www.marlinfirearms.com/assets/pdfs/manual_22clip_20201222.pdf",
          "page": null,
          "pdfPage": null,
          "pageUrl": null,
          "quote": "Recoil spring is com-"
        }
      },
      {
        "issue": "Owners of the 60 and 795 report bending the recoil spring while compressing it into the bolt on reassembly.",
        "during": "reassembly",
        "source": {
          "title": "Marlin 60/795 recoil spring help",
          "publisher": "Canadian Gun Nutz",
          "reliability": "anecdotal",
          "url": "https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/threads/marlin-60-795-recoil-spring-help.2023372",
          "page": null,
          "pdfPage": null,
          "pageUrl": null,
          "quote": "The first time I attempted to do this, I bent the spring while compressing it into the back of the bolt."
        }
      },
      {
        "issue": "The trigger guard group uses the Marlin sideplate sandwich held by pin rings; owners of the related Model 60 describe it as a pain to reassemble.",
        "during": "reassembly",
        "source": {
          "title": "Glenfield 60 help (Model 60 family)",
          "publisher": "TNGunOwners.com",
          "reliability": "anecdotal",
          "url": "https://tngunowners.com/forums/topic/31364-glenfield-60-help",
          "page": null,
          "pdfPage": null,
          "pageUrl": null,
          "quote": "There are three \"C\" clips that hold the left and right sideplates together with the parts sandwiched inbetween."
        }
      }
    ],
    "minutes": {
      "strip": 40,
      "rebuild": 65,
      "basis": "estimated",
      "note": "As Model 60 but a simpler sideplate stack and a box-magazine latch.",
      "source": null
    },
    "stripScope": [
      {
        "assembly": "Stock / takedown",
        "removes": [
          "front and rear takedown screws",
          "stock and trigger guard assembly off the action",
          "assembly post"
        ]
      },
      {
        "assembly": "Receiver",
        "removes": [
          "bolt, charging handle, recoil spring and guide",
          "barrel retaining pin and barrel (bare-receiver jobs)",
          "rear sight base, elevator and leaf; front sight ramp, hood and insert"
        ],
        "tools": [
          "sight pusher / brass drift"
        ]
      },
      {
        "assembly": "Bolt",
        "removes": [
          "firing pin retaining pin and firing pin",
          "extractor pins, extractors and springs"
        ]
      },
      {
        "assembly": "Trigger guard (sideplate group)",
        "removes": [
          "pin rings (C-clips)",
          "right sideplate",
          "hammer, hammer spring, strut, strut bridge and pin",
          "sear and sear spring",
          "disconnector spring",
          "last-shot hold-open assembly",
          "magazine latch, ejector and pin",
          "detent and detent spring"
        ],
        "tools": [
          "snap-ring pliers"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "hardware": {
      "pins": 12,
      "springs": 8,
      "detents": 2,
      "basis": "counted from the manufacturer's parts list (one per key number unless a quantity is given)"
    },
    "specialTools": [
      {
        "tool": "Snap-ring (C-clip) pliers",
        "usedFor": "Sideplate pin rings"
      },
      {
        "tool": "Punch set",
        "usedFor": "Barrel retaining pin and bolt pins"
      },
      {
        "tool": "Sight pusher or brass drift",
        "usedFor": "Dovetail sights"
      }
    ],
    "fitOnRebuild": [
      {
        "check": "Receiver seated rearward in the stock when the takedown screws are tightened",
        "why": "Shared Marlin self-loader requirement; otherwise the rifle may not fire.",
        "source": null
      },
      {
        "check": "Sight re-zero",
        "why": "Sights removed for coating move the zero.",
        "source": null
      },
      {
        "check": "Function check: safety, trigger/sear release, disconnector and feeding with dummy rounds",
        "why": "Standard after any detail strip; a mis-assembled sear or disconnector can double or fail to fire.",
        "source": null
      }
    ],
    "assessed": "2026-10-29"
  },
  "videos": [],
  "configurations": [],
  "tools": [
    {
      "name": "Flat-blade screwdriver",
      "required": true,
      "usedFor": "The takedown screw securing the action to the stock."
    }
  ],
  "phases": [
    {
      "id": "clear",
      "title": "Clear and make safe",
      "steps": [
        {
          "n": 1,
          "instruction": "Point the muzzle in a safe direction and keep your finger off the trigger."
        },
        {
          "n": 2,
          "instruction": "Engage the safety."
        },
        {
          "n": 3,
          "instruction": "Press the magazine release and remove the magazine.",
          "partsFreed": [
            "Magazine"
          ]
        },
        {
          "n": 4,
          "instruction": "Cycle the bolt several times to eject any chambered round."
        },
        {
          "n": 5,
          "instruction": "Hold the bolt open and inspect the chamber and magazine well with a light.",
          "warning": "Rimfire cases are small and dull. Look and feel."
        },
        {
          "n": 6,
          "instruction": "Remove all live ammunition from the work area."
        }
      ],
      "videos": []
    },
    {
      "id": "disassemble",
      "title": "Disassemble",
      "videos": [],
      "procedures": [
        {
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "title": "Field Strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "configuration": false,
          "steps": [
            {
              "n": 1,
              "instruction": "Complete the Clear and Make Safe procedure."
            },
            {
              "n": 2,
              "instruction": "Remove the takedown screw from the underside of the stock.",
              "partsFreed": [
                "Takedown screw"
              ]
            },
            {
              "n": 3,
              "instruction": "Lift the barrelled action out of the stock.",
              "partsFreed": [
                "Stock"
              ]
            },
            {
              "n": 4,
              "instruction": "Withdraw the bolt assembly, recoil spring, and guide rearward out of the receiver.",
              "warning": "Not captive — control it.",
              "partsFreed": [
                "Bolt assembly",
                "Recoil spring and guide"
              ]
            },
            {
              "n": 5,
              "instruction": "Clean the chamber, bore, bolt face, and receiver interior."
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "refinish",
      "title": "Refinish",
      "components": [
        {
          "name": "Takedown screw",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 2
        },
        {
          "name": "Stock",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 3
        },
        {
          "name": "Bolt assembly",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 4
        },
        {
          "name": "Recoil spring and guide",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 4
        }
      ],
      "manufacturerPartsList": {
        "parts": 53,
        "scope": "Shared 53-row list of the Marlin clip-fed self-loading rimfire family. Part numbers are from the \"Model 795\" column on p. 12. The 795SS and 7000 (p. 12) and the 70PSS and 717M2 (p. 13) columns are left out."
      },
      "partsDiagrams": [],
      "materials": [
        {
          "component": "Trigger guard",
          "material": "synthetic",
          "finish": null,
          "appliesTo": "pre-Ruger Marlin clip-fed .22 self-loaders (Model 795 family)",
          "note": null,
          "source": {
            "title": "Marlin Owner's Manual, Self-Loading Rimfire Rifle with Clip Magazine (manual_22clip_20201222)",
            "publisher": "Marlin Firearms (Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.)",
            "reliability": "primary",
            "url": "https://www.marlinfirearms.com/assets/pdfs/manual_22clip_20201222.pdf",
            "page": null,
            "pdfPage": null,
            "pageUrl": null,
            "quote": "some chemicals may damage the synthetic trigger guard."
          }
        }
      ],
      "note": "The components the procedures above separate. Coating, masking and cure are outside this database; follow your coating system's instructions. A part the manufacturer marks \"factory fit\" should not be swapped or reworked."
    },
    {
      "id": "reassemble",
      "title": "Reassemble",
      "videos": [],
      "procedures": [
        {
          "procedure": "reassembly",
          "title": "Reassembly",
          "configuration": false,
          "steps": [
            {
              "n": 1,
              "instruction": "Insert the recoil spring, guide, and bolt assembly into the receiver and seat them."
            },
            {
              "n": 2,
              "instruction": "Cycle the bolt by hand and confirm free travel and full return to battery."
            },
            {
              "n": 3,
              "instruction": "Set the action into the stock and install the takedown screw without overtightening."
            },
            {
              "n": 4,
              "instruction": "Perform the function check."
            }
          ],
          "instruction": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "torque",
      "title": "Torque",
      "coverage": "none-recorded",
      "manufacturer": [],
      "reported": [],
      "notes": "The manufacturer's documents give no torque value. They say: \"be sure the receiver is seated as far back in the stock as it will go while tightening the takedown screw. Otherwise, the rifle may not fire.\" (Marlin Owner's Manual, Self-Loading Rimfire Rifle with Clip Magazine (manual_22clip_20201222), PDF p. 9) \"Reinstall the trigger guard assembly and tighten takedown screws.\" (Marlin Owner's Manual, Self-Loading Rimfire Rifle with Clip Magazine (manual_22clip_20201222), PDF p. 9)"
    },
    {
      "id": "function-check",
      "title": "Function check",
      "checks": [
        "Verify the rifle is unloaded — chamber and magazine — before each step.",
        "Cycle the bolt by hand and confirm it travels smoothly and returns fully into battery.",
        "Cock the action, engage the safety, and press the trigger. The hammer must not fall.",
        "Disengage the safety and press the trigger. The hammer should fall.",
        "Confirm the magazine seats, locks, and releases cleanly."
      ],
      "videos": []
    }
  ],
  "troubleshooting": [],
  "sources": [
    {
      "n": 1,
      "id": null,
      "title": "Marlin Model 795 Owner’s Manual",
      "publisher": "Marlin Firearms Company",
      "reliability": "primary",
      "url": null,
      "accessed": null
    },
    {
      "n": 2,
      "id": "marlin-firearms-sturm-ruger-co-inc-d33b6e",
      "title": "Marlin Owner's Manual, Self-Loading Rimfire Rifle with Clip Magazine (manual_22clip_20201222)",
      "publisher": "Marlin Firearms (Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.)",
      "reliability": "primary",
      "url": "https://www.marlinfirearms.com/assets/pdfs/manual_22clip_20201222.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-09-27"
    },
    {
      "n": 3,
      "id": "tier-9dd50f69",
      "title": "Marlin 60/795 recoil spring help",
      "publisher": "Canadian Gun Nutz",
      "reliability": "anecdotal",
      "url": "https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/threads/marlin-60-795-recoil-spring-help.2023372",
      "accessed": "2026-10-29"
    },
    {
      "n": 4,
      "id": "tier-6052a8aa",
      "title": "Glenfield 60 help (Model 60 family)",
      "publisher": "TNGunOwners.com",
      "reliability": "anecdotal",
      "url": "https://tngunowners.com/forums/topic/31364-glenfield-60-help",
      "accessed": "2026-10-29"
    }
  ]
}