Marlin Camp 9

jptatum

May 23, 2014 05:50

Just a quick shot from a few people that own or have owned one......

Good shooter? Reliable? Fun? Expensive parts?


tia for any info.



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  jptatum

  May 23, 2014 05:50

  I am looking to add a Camp 9. I know squat about them and was hoping to gain some knowledge here.
  
  I do know they were discontinued. Was it because of any reliability issues or is there something I should be on the look-out for?
  
  Any particulars ya'll would care to share would be appreciated.

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  charliemeyer007

  May 23, 2014 08:04

  http://www.brownells.com/handgun-parts/recoil-parts/recoil-buffers/marlin-camp-carbine-recoil-buffer-prod42001.aspx

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  competentone

  May 24, 2014 06:55

  quote:Originally posted by jptatum
  How do you know when the buffer needs to be replaced? Is this a do it yourself job?
  
  
  It will be broken -- usually into pieces. Yes, it just "snaps" into place.
  
  I know some have claimed there is some "reputation" for the buffers to break up on the Marlin Camp Carbines. I'm guessing there may have been just a poor run of buffers at some point in the production that led to that reputation. I never had a problem with my buffer and it was quite a few year old when I sold the gun. I did keep a replacement buffer "just in case."

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  thunderbolt

  May 24, 2014 07:43

  I've seen one where the buffer pretty much dissolved, gumming up the action.

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  dfletcher

  May 27, 2014 15:30

  I bought a used Camp 9 a few years back and when shooting it for the first time small fragments of hardened buffer came out of the thing - may have discovered that while I was cleaning it. It's definitely a "do it yourself" project, so long as you can take the thing apart and reassemble. Reassembly is a bit of a PITA.

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  jptatum

  May 28, 2014 05:40

  Thanks for the information. I bought one from brownells yesterday.

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  rufe-snow

  May 28, 2014 12:30

  quote:Originally posted by jptatum
  Thanks for the information. I bought one from brownells yesterday.
  
  
  
  Have all the required tools and reassembly instructions at hand. Before disassembly. Take DFletchers advice to heart. I had one in 45 ACP years ago. Marlin definitely didn't design it to be user friendly. For the average kitchen table hobbyist.

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  jeffb1911

  June 02, 2014 18:42

  Like many "polymers" it is not a good idea to get any gun scrubber or other very aggressive cleaning agent on it, or it may dissolve or otherwise "change" and become very brittle or soft.

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