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Otter · 07-01-2005, 01:18 PM

I saw a Marlin 9MM Camp carbine in Cabela's in Hamburg, Pa. a few weeks ago, I had both the 9MM and the .45, liked them both but had to modify the bolt hold open to work from the left side of the receiver like a 1911. I didn't like the stock bolt hold open
which required pushing in on the charging handle, when there was a funtional bolt hold that worked off the empty Magazine. So I modified the magazine bolt hold by milling a slot in the left side of the receiver and installing a knob that I could pust up with my thumb to lock the bolt open. I didn't like the magazine well safety which wouldn't allow the carbine to fire without a magazine in place. Blow back method of operation, no recoil, and loose enough to allow it to operate well after it gummed up.

"Life is too important to be taken seriously,"

07-01-2005, 01:18 PM	#7
Otter Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vermont Posts: 919	I saw a Marlin 9MM Camp carbine in Cabela's in Hamburg, Pa. a few weeks ago, I had both the 9MM and the .45, liked them both but had to modify the bolt hold open to work from the left side of the receiver like a 1911. I didn't like the stock bolt hold open which required pushing in on the charging handle, when there was a funtional bolt hold that worked off the empty Magazine. So I modified the magazine bolt hold by milling a slot in the left side of the receiver and installing a knob that I could pust up with my thumb to lock the bolt open. I didn't like the magazine well safety which wouldn't allow the carbine to fire without a magazine in place. Blow back method of operation, no recoil, and loose enough to allow it to operate well after it gummed up. "Life is too important to be taken seriously," __________________ Life is too important to be taken seriously.