Ragenarok007
Marksman
I have put about 300 rounds through my Marlin 795 and I had no problem at first. Then after about 200 rounds of American Eagle .22 which might have been a little old, all the sudden I had FTF issues. Now normally I would just blame the ammo, however I ran the unspent rounds back through again and some fired fine and others I had to pull the trigger on several times before they fired. This seems to be getting more and more frequent and take more and more trigger pulls to fire. I also noticed that if I put sideways tension on the trigger as I pull it then the bullet will fire almost every time.
I took the whole gun apart, cleaned it thoroughly, and re-oiled it properly. Its brand new and clean as a whistle and still FTF's. Now I'm going to go get various different brands of ammo to experiment with, but I'm heavily invested in American Eagle brand stockpiles and they work perfectly in all my other guns including the ones handed down to me from my father and grandfather just as the first 200 rounds did in my marlin.
What could cause this issue? I have to assume its mechanical, but I can find no problem with the gun. Anyone have similar issues? Can I modify or replace/upgrade some parts to the rifle to eliminate the problem? I hear that it likes CCI ammo but I hate to be restricted to one seperate brand for this one gun.
Having said that, the Marlin .22 platform is terrific. The price is great and the 795 is a great gun for Appleseed. Its crazy accurate. Properly set up I can pop the heads off of G.I. Joes at 50 yards in a stiff wind every shot.
I took the whole gun apart, cleaned it thoroughly, and re-oiled it properly. Its brand new and clean as a whistle and still FTF's. Now I'm going to go get various different brands of ammo to experiment with, but I'm heavily invested in American Eagle brand stockpiles and they work perfectly in all my other guns including the ones handed down to me from my father and grandfather just as the first 200 rounds did in my marlin.
What could cause this issue? I have to assume its mechanical, but I can find no problem with the gun. Anyone have similar issues? Can I modify or replace/upgrade some parts to the rifle to eliminate the problem? I hear that it likes CCI ammo but I hate to be restricted to one seperate brand for this one gun.
Having said that, the Marlin .22 platform is terrific. The price is great and the 795 is a great gun for Appleseed. Its crazy accurate. Properly set up I can pop the heads off of G.I. Joes at 50 yards in a stiff wind every shot.