Thread: Marlin 795 feeding problems

Originally Posted by zimmer

The bit I bent (ejector) affected how high the cartridges sat in the mag once the mag was inserted in the gun. It held them down off the mag lips and although the breech bolt still picked them up on the way fwd they wouldn't chamber correctly and ended up crooked and sometimes bent. I bent the ejector somehow whilst reassembling the gun with a new Boyds stock. I tried all sorts - different mags, different ammo, bending the mag lips (always a disaster) and then went back to basics in that the gun had worked perfectly b4 I had it apart.
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So after savage1 never telling me the outcome of this thread I stumbled across it today and gave it a try, BANG ON!
I must have bent it slightly when reassembling the rifle. Took it apart and gave it a tweak and seems to have sold my issues. Was only having problems when down to the last few rounds as the pressure built up in the magazine spring would have been released and not have been enough left to overcome the downward force excreted from the ejector.

Thanks a lot Zimmer