Concealed Carry Instructor’s Review of the Marlin 795
So I just went to the desert to try out my new Marlin 795. I picked this little guy up because I wanted the most accurate .22 for the money. I know that I were to go with the Ruger 10/22, I’d end up spending as much on it as I did my sniper rifle. Seemed sort of silly for just a .22. Marlin has a rebate on this rifle for $25 off the original price…still waiting for that to show up in the mail. First I needed to sight in the scope. Just for kicks, I shot 10 rounds of Federal bulk pack. Here’s the result at 25 yards.
Marlin 795 .22 LR Accuracy at 25 yards
I’m pretty sure that those two up top were more my mistake than the firearm’s problem. I was just shooting off the bed rail on my truck.
I also brought some pennies that I had taped up on a cardboard target. A friend said that the .22 probably wouldn’t punch a hole through the penny. This is also at 25 yards.
Accuracy of the Marlin 795 .22 at a penny 25 yards away
The scope I selected is the Bushnell rimfire 3×9 for $30. All in all, I’m rather happy with the accuracy of this rifle. Several people have complained about the trigger pull. I concur that it’s not nearly as nice as my Remington 700 out of the box. There appear to be a lot of folks that have done an aftermarket trigger job on these guys…more to come on that. What do you think? Have you shot one of these?
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The Marlin 795 is a very accurate rifle with good quality ammunition. I have found it to be completely reliable with several brands of ammo. I bought one as a training rifle to provide lower cost practice than an AR. It lives up to expectations. I free floated the barrel and installed a set of TECH Sights so the sight picture was similar to an AR. The stock trigger was okay; not great, but similar to a service grade AR. I purchased additional magazines. I only paid $99 dollars after factory rebate. For that price I got an astonishingly accurate rifle that will shoot one ragged hole at 50 yards. That’s right; one rathole group at 50 yards from a bench – rest with Wolf Match Extra and iron sights! You won’t find many rifles in that price-range capable of that kind of shooting.