For Christmas, I bought my mother a bow. It's something she'd done in high school and has been wanting to get back into.
I took her today to get arrows. Turns out they had to custom make them, so it was going to be a while.
Naturally, I gravitated toward the gun section.
I finally found one...I had been looking for a Marlin Camp 45 for quite a while - ever since they stopped producing them.
This one was priced at $299. The owner had a deal with his wife that he'd set it out on the shelf, and if someone hadn't bought it in a few days, he'd keep it for himself.
He was a good sport about it though
I got it home and found it wouldn't feed. Opened it up, and whoever put it together last didn't know the ramp is spring-loaded and the bullet was hitting the bottom of the barrel - it was jammed against it pretty well. :rolleyes:
I got it apart, took the burrs off the ramp caused by it hitting the barrel, and I haven't had one malfunction since.
I was surprised at the recoil from a .45acp rifle, but it's light and handy, and I suppose the blowback operation is what is jolting me (yes, the buffer is in place).
It's working fine with Hydra-Shoks, and it's kinda' cool to have a rifle that will take my pistol's magazines. Cool redundancy.
It also came with a 'scope base, but I really didn't see the point and took it off.
I do believe this one is a keeper!
Josh
