IMHO the beauty of the 795 is the barrel/accuracy but the plastic stock & trigger guard are the weak points.
I worked a deal with a LGS for @$209 for an unknown number of new 795-LTR earlier this year. I coordinated for a small group going to Project Appleseeds. Think we ended up getting six or seven rifles at that price. Our 795-LTRs came with Nylon GI-type slings and some thought a cotton sling would slip less. Second magazine is great and TechSights are great, although I mounted a scope I already had and ran that for two Appleseeds.
The 795-LTR has a poly stock which seems to get loose here in Florida's sun & heat. When the sling was pulling on the fore end, the stock was pushing on the right side of the barrel. I'm going to try to mod the stock to stiffen the front some and clearance the barrel. If that fails a wood Marlin 60 stock can be modified for use.
Their other weakness is the poly trigger guard that can crack near the rear action screw. Marlin sent me a free replacement guard but I replaced mine with a DIP aluminum guard and trigger, ~$70 I think.
The rifles function well. They do have heavy trigger pulls but ease to work on. Mine was just over 7 lbs and reworked it down to about 4.5 lbs.
The stock butt is a bit slick for me as well and I plan to put on some traction tape or stipple it.
I modified mine to be able to slingshot the bolt in a magazine change. Not necessary but a "feature" for me.
I've polished/buffed the fed ramp, bolt, hammer strike face, other moving parts, and cut a single loop off the hammer spring. I also disabled the mag safety. I relived the stock mag well to ease reloads.
A lot of my mods were just because I could and not because I had to, as the rifle ran fine out of the box.
