Marlin 795 Scratching and Denting Rounds upon cycling.

[yamz]

I just bought my 795, it has yet to be test fired, but upon cycling rounds the bolt catches the next up round and puts some nasty gouges/scratches onto the shell and bullet. Also the bullets are being dented pretty significantly on the feed ramp when they are feed.

That and one of the two extra mags I bought fits so tight I have to force it out much more than the other two, which hurts my fingers. So far I am not very pleased about this highly recommended purchase. I understand I need to fire it first before making a judgement, but I am pretty sure a dent in a round will cause change in accuracy or function.

I am going to call Marlin tomorrow to see what can be done, if I have to Dremel a brand new gun...I don't even know.

[Ithacabuff]

If you cannot get a suggestion here about the problem you might also join the free forum for rimfire shooters known as Rimfire Central (RFC). There are many very savvy people about the Marlin Rimfires. But, since your rifle is brand new have you talked with the selling dealer? Sounds as if you are going to do the obvious thing...call the company. I bought a new 795 in 2009 or around that time. I have not shot it a lot but I really like how it shoots and it seems pretty accurate (I am not a good shooter.). I put laminated wood stock on it and Tech Sights and love it.

[BulletBait]

As hard as I try, I pull the trigger and try to look into chamber area. Before I can see the next bullet in the mag, the first has gone down range and the bolt has closed on the next one. Today I shot my 795 and 7000 using Blazers at 50 yards with the worst of the 10 groups of 5 was 1/2". Federal 550 bulk opened up to 1". Even with that, doubt if there was really much gouging. Feeding from mag to chamber often doesn't function well in slow visual motion.

[Lefty04LevelII]

check your ejector wire for starters. Arrowdodger has a wonderful powerpoint presentation on teardown of the model 60 action (similar to the 795). He also goes over checking of the ejector wire positioning on rimfire central. I don't recall seeing that here at marlin owners.

[JetBlack]

My bolt gun used to do that with new magazines. I used a pair of needle nose pliers to slightly open up the gap on the front edge of the magazine. It is very soft, annealed steel and easy to bend so go a little at a time. I also filed that same part to make it less uncomfortable to load the mags. Rounded off the pokey parts.

[pokey]

Even with that, doubt if there was really much gouging. Feeding from mag to chamber often doesn't function well in slow visual motion.

If there was gouging to your shells, you'd be able to see it on the ejected ones. If it were gouging the bullet, you could see it by ejecting an unfired one.

There have been a couple of posts about this happening to new 795s. The firing pin channel in the bottom of the bolt is very roughly cut. Smoothing this out seems to help a lot (it helped a lot even on my 1996 model 60), but I wouldn't do it to a new gun. You're right to call Marlin. While you have them on the phone, ask them if they've heard of "the internet," because all of the people who use that thing seem to think that all of the new Marlins are junk, and they aren't happy about it. Perhaps they could consider improving the quality of their firearms just a tad?

[pokey]

Rounded off the pokey parts.

Who said you could round off my parts? :/

[JetBlack]

Who said you could round off my parts? :/

LOL! HOLD STILL!!! Do NOT make me chase you with this file, it's for your own good! I am going to count to three.....

LOL!

[Ratdogfink]

Hi
As the bolt goes forward it feeds a round into the chamber, the round still in the mag is forced up under the pressure of the mag spring and the bolt does mark the lead of the round. Also as the bolt moves back and ejects the shot round the top round in the mag is pressing against the bottom of the bolt and this marks it further. The mag is tight in the well, you will get used to putting it in on at the right angle. Shoot the gun to test it. Dented brass may well be you cycling the action and the round not being forced into the chamber quickly enough thus the bolt hits the brass. The proof of the gun is in the firing!
DO NOT DREMEL THE GUN.

[DonB77]

If there was gouging to your shells, you'd be able to see it on the ejected ones. If it were gouging the bullet, you could see it by ejecting an unfired one.

There have been a couple of posts about this happening to new 795s. The firing pin channel in the bottom of the bolt is very roughly cut. Smoothing this out seems to help a lot (it helped a lot even on my 1996 model 60), but I wouldn't do it to a new gun. You're right to call Marlin. While you have them on the phone, ask them if they've heard of "the internet," because all of the people who use that thing seem to think that all of the new Marlins are junk, and they aren't happy about it. Perhaps they could consider improving the quality of their firearms just a tad?

If gouging the round was the whole problem I could live with that, but with my gun every time I have a light firing pin strike resulting in a misfire I can count on the next round in the magazine having gouge marks on it. Are you saying you are smoothing out the groove itself or rounding off the leading corners?