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Marlin Model 795

• moderate
• Shop tier 2
• medium confidence
• Rimfire Rifle
• rimfire
• blowback
• detachable magazine
• plinker
• requires tools

field strip ~5 min · reassembly ~8 min · detail strip ~25 min

Specifications

Model-specific safety

• A .22 LR round can be fired by a blow to the case rim, not just the centre. Keep ammunition out of the work area.
• A .22 LR case in a chamber is small and dull-coloured and is genuinely easy to miss. Use a light and a finger, every time.
• Mechanically this is a Model 60 fed from a detachable box magazine rather than a tube. Removing the magazine does not clear the chamber — cycle the bolt and check.
• The recoil spring is not captive. Control the bolt assembly when the action comes out.

Under spring tension

• Recoil spring and guide
• Magazine spring
• Hammer spring

Easily lost parts

Recoil spring guide · Trigger group pins

Tools

Shop difficulty

Shop tier 2 Tier 2 — moderate among rimfire rifles, for the full job: strip to the parts that get coated and put it back together working. 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.

Parts: 53 numbered parts (Shared 53-row list of the Marlin clip-fed self-loading rimfire family, Model 795 column (53 line items)), from Marlin Owner's Manual, Self-Loading Rimfire Rifle with Clip Magazine (manual_22clip_20201222) — Marlin Firearms (Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.), p. 11–12 marlinfirearms.com [2].

Bench time: about 40 min to strip, 65 min to rebuild (estimate). As Model 60 but a simpler sideplate stack and a box-magazine latch.

Small parts: 12 pins, 8 springs, 2 detents or plungers (counted from the manufacturer's parts list (one per key number unless a quantity is given))

What comes off for coating

• Stock / takedown: front and rear takedown screws, stock and trigger guard assembly off the action, assembly post
• Receiver: 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 — sight pusher / brass drift
• Bolt: firing pin retaining pin and firing pin, extractor pins, extractors and springs
• Trigger guard (sideplate group): 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 — snap-ring pliers

Special tools

• Snap-ring (C-clip) pliers — Sideplate pin rings
• Punch set — Barrel retaining pin and bolt pins
• Sight pusher or brass drift — Dovetail sights

Known pain points

• The recoil spring is compressed when the bolt comes out and can fly from the receiver. (both)
  Source: Marlin Owner's Manual, Self-Loading Rimfire Rifle with Clip Magazine (manual_22clip_20201222) — Marlin Firearms (Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.) marlinfirearms.com [2] — “Recoil spring is com-”
• Owners of the 60 and 795 report bending the recoil spring while compressing it into the bolt on reassembly. (reassembly)
  Owners report: Marlin 60/795 recoil spring help — Canadian Gun Nutz canadiangunnutz.com [3] — “The first time I attempted to do this, I bent the spring while compressing it into the back of the bolt.”
• 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. (reassembly)
  Owners report: Glenfield 60 help (Model 60 family) — TNGunOwners.com tngunowners.com [4] — “There are three "C" clips that hold the left and right sideplates together with the parts sandwiched inbetween.”

Fit or check on rebuild

• Receiver seated rearward in the stock when the takedown screws are tightened — Shared Marlin self-loader requirement; otherwise the rifle may not fire.
• Sight re-zero — Sights removed for coating move the zero.
• Function check: safety, trigger/sear release, disconnector and feeding with dummy rounds — Standard after any detail strip; a mis-assembled sear or disconnector can double or fail to fire.

This is Pew-Takedown's rating, not the manufacturer's. How tiers are rated. Forum reports are owners' experience, not specifications.

Procedures

Torque specifications

No sourced torque values from the manufacturer are recorded for this firearm. Where a fastener has a specified torque — action screws, scope bases, muzzle devices, barrel nuts — get it from the manufacturer or a gunsmith rather than estimating it.

What the manufacturer does say: 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)

Materials and factory finish

As stated by Marlin Firearms. Prep, masking and cure depend on these; a polymer or aluminium part, a nitrided or anodised finish, and a blued steel part are each a different job. Variants with other finishes may exist — check the maker's page for the exact SKU on the bench.

Parts list

Transcribed from the manufacturer's parts list (Marlin Owner's Manual, Self-Loading Rimfire Rifle with Clip Magazine (manual_22clip_20201222) — Marlin Firearms (Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.), p. 11–12 marlinfirearms.com [2]) — 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.. Key numbers refer to the exploded view in that document.

Function check

• 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.

Maintenance

Lubrication points

• Bolt body sides where it rides in the receiver
• Recoil spring guide
• Hammer and sear pivots

Cleaning notes

Rimfire fouling is waxy and heavy, and .22 LR produces a lot of unburned powder. Clean the chamber and bolt face regularly and keep lubrication light — oil plus unburned powder makes a paste that stops the rifle. Most rimfire reliability complaints trace to a dirty chamber, a tired magazine, or cheap bulk ammunition rather than to the rifle.

Suggested inspection interval: roughly every 500 rounds. This is a general guideline, not a manufacturer specification.

Wear parts to inspect

Extractor and extractor spring · Recoil spring · Magazine follower and feed lips · Firing pin

Common issues

Similar manual of arms

• Marlin Model 60
• Ruger 10/22

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