Marlin Camp 9mm/Choate Folder

[isofluorane]

My dealer took in on trade a nearly new Camp Carbine 9mm with a pretty robust Choate folding stock, the original stock also, plus scope mount and a throwaway scope. Original box, papers, receipt from original purchase. I'll do a search later tonight of this forum, but in a nutshell, is 325 for such a package reasonable? It seems to me I recall there's a part in these guns that is prone to wear, like a recoil buffer or similar? The gun feels great, and I'm having trouble seeing that one could go too far wrong at that price, assuming that a pistol caliber carbine makes any sense (some will think it doesn't, I know). Put another way, if one wanted a fun gun to put a Simmons shotgun scope on and play with, is this particular package at this price a reasonable deal?

 

[rbernie]

Decent price for the package - the folding stock retails for $90 alone. The 9mm version takes S&W 59 hi-cap mags. Conventional wisdom says to upgrade the recoil spring to the Wolff 16lb version.

I just bought a Camp 45 - it's fun. I've added a Williams rear peep/taller Lyman front sight and am waiting for my Wolff delivery.

 

[Moonclip]

Good price, the wood stocks are known for breakage esecially in 45acp I think but the Choate stock should prevent that.

 

[DMK]

It's a good price. I say ditch the scope and put a red dot on it.

The recoil buffer is prone to wear. It's just a little plastic piece that the bolt hits every time it cycles. They are cheap and easy to replace. Buy a couple of them from www.brownells.com and check it everytime you clean it. Consider it part of the routine maintenance.

 

[Dave Markowitz]

Sounds like a good deal on that package.

Another way to reduce wear and tear is to get an extra power Wolff recoil spring. The stock spring is 11 lbs. Putting a 16 lb. spring will soak up a good bit of the energy in the bolt before it whacks the buffer.