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The Marlin Camp 9 and .45 are semi-auto rifles which are no longer in production. The 9mm's are somewhat rare,
the .45's are real hard to find. I found my .45 at a gunshow and it was supposed to be unfired. It may have
been, as the buffer was mint. The 9mm that I currently have came from an online auction. The two 9's that I have
owned both shattered the recoil buffers. They were both very close to new and here is my theory: the lubricant that
the gun's are packed in when they left the Marlin factory breaks down the original nylon buffer.
Especially if they have been sitting in the box for years in this lubricant. Both of my 9's shattered the buffer within
the first 20 rounds. As of this writing, my .45 is waiting on a new buffer to show up before I fire it.
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In this picture, you can see what the factory recoil buffer looks llike when it falls out of the bottom of the gun.
I advise changing the buffer out if you own one of these guns. It makes a big mess in the trigger assembly and is difficult
to clean out. Keep "gunscrubber" away from these guns as well. It will damage the plastic lower receiver.
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This is a side by side comparison of the Marlin Camp .45 and 9mm. The .45 is on top. This view is looking
down into the lower receiver as it is mounted in the gun. They share the same wood stock and buffer. They do not,
however, share a recoil spring. They are different weight springs. The hammer spring looks suspiciously like
a 1911 main spring. I put slightly heavier Wolfe springs in both my guns to protect the stock from cracks. These
guns are known for cracking stocks. To dissassemble the gun, just remove the stock, flip the gun over like the
picture below, and remove two pins holding the upper and lower halves of the reciever together. One of the pins has
a head and can only go out one way. The other pin has a spring and will go out either way. BTW, the part that
the hammer spring is pushing up against all the way to the rear is the hammer strut or strut bridge. This is the part
that is very easy to launch and lose if you dissassemble any further. I advise against going any further with dissassembly
unless you have a real good reason to. This part is also difficult to find from any parts supplier. Ask me how
I know!
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In this picture, you can see what a factory original, mint condition, likely never fired buffer looks like. This
one will rest in the spare parts collection.
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