Stainz
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A local boat dealer recently got back into the firearm business. He brought his 97 production Camp 45 - still in the original packaging and still 'unfired' - in for sale. I had wanted one years ago when I found a similar new old-stock Camp 9 and bought it. It was fun - but uninteresting despite it's flawless and frugal nature. I had put an FP rear peep and Firesight front sight on it - even had 30rd mags. Shooting then $3.99/50 CCI Blazers... it just got boring and made it into someone else's collection. My wife suprized me with a new AO(Kahr) 1927A1 Thompson two years ago - it was defective and left my collection fairly quickly. I still wanted a .45 ACP carbine...
A month or so back, after a bad day - I came home to find that my wife had bought me that Camp 45. I still haven't shot it - it is still new. The 9 & 45 carbines share the same buffer and recoil spring - perhaps part of the reason that the Camp 45 is known for eating stocks (cracking them). Marlin insists that it is due to loose mounting screws and +P ammo. According to them, it was a great design. In practise, what have others found? Is it reliable? How picky is it as to magazines? Would you shoot only normal strength 230gr FMJ 'ball' ammo, or should I reload 200gr lower power? Or... should I sell it while it still is 'unfired'??
Thanks!
Stainz
A month or so back, after a bad day - I came home to find that my wife had bought me that Camp 45. I still haven't shot it - it is still new. The 9 & 45 carbines share the same buffer and recoil spring - perhaps part of the reason that the Camp 45 is known for eating stocks (cracking them). Marlin insists that it is due to loose mounting screws and +P ammo. According to them, it was a great design. In practise, what have others found? Is it reliable? How picky is it as to magazines? Would you shoot only normal strength 230gr FMJ 'ball' ammo, or should I reload 200gr lower power? Or... should I sell it while it still is 'unfired'??
Thanks!
Stainz
