So, I finally own a second gun.

[chessplayer]

I bought a marlin 795 at Academy, should I buy a kit and clean it first, or just start shooting?

 

[Texan2]

Hell, grab you a box of 500 22lr and get to blastin!

 

[orbitup]

You'll love having a .22! They are cheap, fun and accurate. Not to mention your shoulder won't hurt if you spend hours shooting it.

 

[Kyle]

Clean the factory goo out of it then go to town! 22s are the greatest guns out there!

 

[Rhino]

Picked up a 795 at Academy AND a 10/22 at Cabelas. Will have fun comparing them.

 

[Mikewood]

By all means. Clean the barrel!!!!
Scrub it 20 passes with a bronze bore brush and a good solvent and then three passes with a jag and three patches.
Repeat 3 times.
After shooting clean as above and make a final pass down the bore with an oily patch.

Congrats on your new gun but guns are like golf clubs. You need a few. You are off to a good start.

 

[Ghostie]

I'm in the same boat as OP, I picked up my second gun (and first rifle) today, Ruger 10/22 from Cabelas. I guess I need to clean it first as well

 

[Texan2]

By all means. Clean the barrel!!!!
Scrub it 20 passes with a bronze bore brush and a good solvent and then three passes with a jag and three patches.
Repeat 3 times.
After shooting clean as above and make a final pass down the bore with an oily patch.

Congrats on your new gun but guns are like golf clubs. You need a few. You are off to a good start.

Damn, you ARE hard core about cleaning a new gun. Barring it coming from a commie country and being covered in cosmoline I would just crank some rounds through it. Unless you are going to use it in the Olympics it aint gonna make much difference.

 

[M. Sage]

I run a solvent patch or two through a new gun, then dry it.

Make sure there isn't anything in the barrel, including oil or grease to keep rust off it. Barrels should be shot when they're dry, not with oil or grease in it. IMO Mikewood's method is rather extreme, though... There won't be any hard core fouling from the factory, just some storage coating and maybe some dust. Get that crap out, and you're good. And it's not going to put up much of a fight...

If Marlin hasn't gone downhill in the decades since they built mine, that thing has the potential to be a very accurate rifle.

 

[matefrio]

Put some Tech-SIGHTS Precision Shooting Accessories on it and a sling and it'll be ready for an appleseed.com training.

 

[Rum Runner]

Nice choice

 

[pretzel]

yeah!---clean it or at least look down the barrel to make sure its not blocked.

 

[zembonez]

Nothing wrong with running a rod down the barrel and giving it a quick cleaning, but some people go WAY overboard with the "cleaning" recommendations. It's more of an obsession than a requirement though.

 

[Pachucko]

I'm still debating about that deal at Academy. You can't beat the price, but going with another 10-22 would make logistics easier.

 

[xstuntman]

Put some Tech-SIGHTS Precision Shooting Accessories on it and a sling and it'll be ready for an appleseed.com training.

Looks great!
Maybe its just me but I think its starting to look an awful lot like an M1 carbine.

 

[TheDan]

lol, yes clean it and more importantly lube it first.

 

[Vaquero]

lol, yes clean it and more importantly lube it first.

That's what she said. LOL!!

 

[TrailDust]

I bought a marlin 795 at Academy, should I buy a kit and clean it first, or just start shooting?

Congratulations on the new purchase! Let us know how your first shooting experience with it panned out.