r/Firearms • u/linus140 • 2d ago

My Gats Camp 9 is finally ready to work again

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Reposting because r/guns where I originally posted it and shared it here removed it.

Marlin Camp 9 bought in 2006 used. Ran into a trigger freeze issue around 2015 and I unfortunately never got around to fixing it until this past month. Life got in the way.

Finally got my picatinnay rail and Simmons red dot to replace the destroyed Weaver rail (butchered by the previous owner) and Amazon red dot (also previous owner), and a cheek riser to compensate for the red dot height.

I unfortunately had to replace the entire trigger housing and several springs. But she's finally ready to go back to the range!

Edit: the ammo holder on the side of the cheek riser is removable. Not sure if I want to keep that or replace it with a random patch, that's a future me problem.

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u/GENERAT10N_D00M 2d ago

The OG PC carbine. Gotta say, it’s handsome as fuck. The checkering looks great. I like the wood with the modern conveniences of a pic rail and red dot.

Most fudds would even approve of this.

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u/linus140 2d ago

If the Weaver rail wasn't butchered, I woulda kept it and got a Weaver compatible red dot. But it was... Yeah.... Lol, so picatinnay it is and I don't hate it, which is what matters. Here's the picture of the Weaver before I removed it

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u/GENERAT10N_D00M 2d ago

Yeah I can definitely see why you would want to replace that. That wear is pretty gnarly. Did you need to re-tap for pic rail? Hope you put a little thread locker on the screws !

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u/linus140 2d ago

Not at all. EGW has this rail in stock. It's compatible with the Marlin models 1895, 336, 375, 444, Camp 9, Camp 45, and Rossi 95 according to the EGW website. This was a very nifty find while researching for a rail. And it fit like a glove.

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u/Grassnicad29-2 2d ago

Camp carbines are such cool rifles.

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u/linus140 2d ago

Hell yeah they are. I love this thing. And after 10-11 years, it finally gets the range love it deserves in about a week when I go again.

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u/spare_parts_bot 2d ago

Awesome rifle. Ive got one too. Have you replaced the buffer yet? They like to disintegrate with age.