This Old Gun

[alfsauve]

One of those other shows (and publications) runs a feature called "This Old Gun".   Now I'm not that old and I don't have "that" many guns......(at least I haven't hit the point where I say, "enough"!)   But I'm surprised how many guns I have, or had, show up on the show and the publication.  (American Rifleman.....in case you didn't know.)   And it's not that these are really O L D  guns, most I bought new. I wish I could find a complete list of all the guns they've featured.

This past week they featured the Marlin Camp 9/45.....heck I bought it on a fluke from one of those catalog showroom (Service Merchandise) who was going out of the gun business.    Among those I've seen on the show or in print include

Marlin Camp 9
Winchester 21 shotgun
Winchester 77 22.lr
S&W .32 short breaktop hammerless
H&R 999

Anybody else notice this trend or am I the only senior citizen?

[red364]

Anybody else notice this trend or am I the only senior citizen?

You're not the only one, but you ARE  right up there!     

[Jrlobo]

Maybe us old timers need to ask the NRA for a list? I subscribe to American Hunter, so may not have seen the articles in question, even though many are repeats from the Rifleman mag. Oh well, they don't make them like they used to, eh?

[tombogan03884]

Last month the Magazine had the Savage Model 99.
My Dad has had several over the years . The first center fire rifle I ever shot was a 99 in .300 Sav. He now has one in .308.

[dipisc]

For Tombogan;

     Just a family story of our Savage Mod 99.  My Dad and 2 uncles just got out of the military after WW2. They got home had a wad of back pay in their pockets. They stopped in a "Joe the motorist" store and all 3 bought a Savage Mod 99 in 300sav. for a total of $90.  The problem is that EACH rifle sold for $90. back then.  So they made out and the salesman/kid was fired for his mistake. Back then there was no background check or waiting period and the handwritten sales reciept was always titled "cash".

    Currently, my Dads oldest Grandson has it handed down to him. One Uncles son will never part with his and, the last uncle alive will give it to his only son. 

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[Overload]

This past week they featured the Marlin Camp 9/45.....heck I bought it on a fluke from one of those catalog showroom (Service Merchandise) who was going out of the gun business.    Among those I've seen on the show or in print inclu

What are you experiences with the Marlin Camp?  Is it as poor as the piece makes it out to be?

I have a Camp 45, and I don't shoot it much.  Took it apart once.  ONCE.  I'd rather use a MechTech CCU.

[alfsauve]

What are you experiences with the Marlin Camp?  Is it as poor as the piece makes it out to be?

It's a blowback 9mm with an long barrel and very crude trigger.  Set expectations accordingly.  It is however, robust, inexpensive (was), takes common magazines, is more accurate than a handgun and produces slightly higher velocities.    The only problem was, after 20+ years, the recoil buffer crystallized and shattered into little pieces.   Not expensive to replace ($1-2) and I ordered extra ones (Delrin).  It is exactly what Marlin called it, a camp gun.   Pick off stray dogs or coyotes.   For an urban setting, it's the "pit bull attacking child in the street" gun (a very real possibility in my neighborhood).   It is, in 9mm or 45, what the original Mini-14 was to .223, a throw in the back of the truck in case I need it gun.

[MAUSERMAN]

Ruger had the PC9 and PC4 but they never really took off. I have both and they shoot great and handle well. The only they I liked about the marlin was the fact it was made in .45acp. If Ruger had made a .45 I think the platform would have taken off.

[Walter45Auto]

If somebody'd make a .45 ACP carbine that took GLOCK 21 or preferrably GLOCK 30 mags, (THat was affordable, unlike that KRISS.) I'd buy one.

[tombogan03884]

If somebody'd make a .45 ACP carbine that took GLOCK 21 or preferrably GLOCK 30 mags, (THat was affordable, unlike that KRISS.) I'd buy one.

Does any one offer a conversion for the Mag well ?