22 Long Riffle?

[ls3mach]

Academy has a 22 Long Riffle for sale for $89. It is a Marlin 795 Semi-Automatic 22LR. Any thoughts? I figured it would be something fun and cheap to shoot. Practice my my aim for nearly no cost. Anyone have one? It is on the main page of their flyer.

http://www.academy.com/index.php?page=catalog&target=weeklyad&pgNum=1&lnksrc=Flash

Thanks all.

 

[ls3mach]

Also they have a 22LR Mossberg 702 Plinkster, it is $10 more. Which is the better of the two?

 

[GlockPaperScissors]

I got the Marlin 795 this morning. You better hurry if you want one. They had this deal a couple weeks ago and they were gone before I made up my mind to get one. Today I was first in line. I haven't fired either model, but I have read slightly better things about the Marlin. For what they are and the price, it's hard to go wrong. I'm really glad I got one.

 

[OK Bowhunter]

Save your money for a Ruger 10-22!

 

[Neil]

Save your money for a Ruger 10-22!

+1. I had a Mossberg 702 Plinkster and got rid of it after one range session. Way too many FTEs. I bought a 10/22 later on and it has proven vastly superior. Never fired a Marlin.

 

[ls3mach]

I went ahead and bought the Marlin yesterday. I took it a few of my other firearms to H&H. I had a blast shootinig the Marlin, not one malfunction, granted I only put down maybe 100 - 200 rounds. I did some reading before I bought it and I can't say that I agree with what is being said here. I found multiple threads on other forums talking about the 10-22 needing to be customized because out of the box it is a sub-par riffle.

This one inparticular struck my fancy.
http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=171319
Almost all gave the Marlin positive reviews. Anyway, I enjoyed shooting it, for the money if it is junk I will just toss it. It was way more dependable than my Remington 1100, but that is another story.

 

[2tothechest]

I got a Marlin 795 in stainless for graduation('95). I would hate to guess the number a rounds I've put through it. I could eat up a brick in a weekend pretty easy. I don't know what it groups like, but I can hit whatever I shot at with it. Probably because I've shot thousands and thousands of rounds through it. I bought a 10-22 a few years ago and sold it soon after. It wasn't a bad gun, but it wasn't my Marlin.

 

[bink98xcab]

ive shot a marlin tube mag style and it shot well, but i still bought another 10/22 next then a charger after that, its just really harder to compete w a 10/22, but then again thats not to say the others are bad in anyway, just a preference for me

 

[Bushman]

The 10/22 is worth every penny. Marlin M60 is the best cheap tube feed rifle in my book. When buying any used .22 check the crown with a flashlight.

 

[Thorgrim]

I'm not trying to be an ass....; we have a rimfire section now.
thanks