What's the best .45 carbine?

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I vote for the Marlin Guide gun in 45-70. Or the Winchester in 45 colt for cowboy action shooting. I have no use for pistol caliber carbines. So for me your question is like saying which piece of garbage is the best.
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Many, many years ago someone (H&R?) was making and selling semi-auto Reising carbines in .45 ACP. If I ever run across one in any kind of decent shape again, it's going home with me.

The only gripes I have with the late, lamented Marlin Camp Carbines are the lack of a double-stack option in the .45s and the too-soft recoil spring. The bolt on the one that I shot sure 'whacked' the receiver a good one with every shot. That's the major reason I never bought one, personally.

Given the option to use Witness, Glock, or Para double stack mags and a stronger aftermarket recoil spring, I'd go look for one. If there was one that'd use Thompson or M-3 mags - Boy Howdy!!
 
Given the option to use Witness, Glock, or Para double stack mags and a stronger aftermarket recoil spring, I'd go look for one. If there was one that'd use Thompson or M-3 mags - Boy Howdy!!
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don't have a link, but there is a company that markets an FAL rifle that takes grease gun mags, FYI.
 
Many, many years ago someone (H&R?) was making and selling semi-auto Reising carbines in .45 ACP. If I ever run across one in any kind of decent shape again, it's going home with me.
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My favorite gun shop had one of these a year or so ago. Asking price was $1800.

The only gripes I have with the late, lamented Marlin Camp Carbines are the lack of a double-stack option in the .45s and the too-soft recoil spring. The bolt on the one that I shot sure 'whacked' the receiver a good one with every shot. That's the major reason I never bought one, personally.
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Easy fix for the recoil spring: Get a stronger one from Wolff. I installed a Wolff 16 lb. spring in my Camp 45 and it runs great. It would be cool if I could use Grease Gun or Thompson mags, but the Chip McCormick 10 rounders I have work well.
 
I like my Navy Arms (Rossi) lever action in .45 colt. There's not a lot of .45 ACP options if that's what your refering to, my list of known ones go as followed....

1.) Marlin Camp .45
2.) Valkyrie Arms DeLisle
3.) Feather USA Rav .45
4.)Auto Ordinance (Kahr) Thompson
5.) Beretta CX4 Storm
6.) Mech Tech conversion for glocks and 1911's

hmmm... that's it I think. Never shot a single one of em :) but I hope this helps.
 
mech; There was a person, in Ohio, I believe that would convert Marlin Camp Carbines to take other magazines. I had a 9mm converted to Beretta mags, and a .45 to take S&W's (carried a 4506 as a duty gun) couldn't find his name but will keep looking.
 
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Many, many years ago someone (H&R?) was making and selling semi-auto Reising carbines in .45 ACP. If I ever run across one in any kind of decent shape again, it's going home with me.
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We had a Reising auto at a little get together.
It was a "civilian" full auto that the owner had bought new MANY years ago.
All day the darned thing never emptied a magazine without jamming .

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My Marlin 45 is OK but I favor this one.:)

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FYI - I think that there was a semi auto carbine version of the Reising made around the same time that the Reising SMGs were being made and issued.
 
I think that there was a semi auto carbine version of the Reising made around the same time that the Reising SMGs were being made and issued.
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Yes, you are right. It was the Reising Model 60. It was primarily meant for police use and was almost the same as the Reising Model 50 submachine gun except with a longer barrel and it did not have a full auto feature.
 
.45 carbines

The model 60 Reising was used in training stateside and for railroad
bridge and plant guards in WWII. Writers to the USMC magazine
Leatherneck claim the M60 semi-auto were issued to NCOs at
Guadalcanal and regular marines got the select fire M50 and
paratrooper M55 versions. The salty environment did not agree
with the tight tolerances of the Reising and there was no place for
dirt to go in the action: they rusted up and jammed.

For years though the M60 Reising was the only .45 carbine available.
I have seen several Volunteer Enterprises Commando Arms Mark III,
Mark V and Mark 45 semi-auto .45 tommygun lookalikes but was put
off by the cheap appearance. I have a Auto Ordnance TM1 semi-auto
I bought for 750 and do enjoy shooting it, but eleven pounds empty
it ain't a featherweight.

I have heard that ATF tech branch has allowed folks to rebuild
M50s as M60s with approval of the rebuild plans.
 
I have limited experience with .45 carbines. Ive shot a "thompson" , beretta storm in .45 and an HK USC (civvy UMP)

of all of them I like the USC the best. plus its an HK. They are pricey and Ive seen them for about 1200 dollars. but thats my info on the subject
 
In the For Sale section here a couple of weeks back is a Marlin Camp .45. The seller stated what weight springs to use for +P and .45 Super ammo. That .45 Super should give some impressive velocities with the carbine barrel.
 
Well for real full auto stuff I gotta go with the good ole' Thompson. Big, heavy and pretty unwieldy all things considered but man they are a blast to shoot.

As for semi-auto I like this guy very much. Sheslinger's HK USC with Grease Gun Magazine conversion. It has never missed a beat. The only issue it has is that it requires the "HK slap" in order to strip the first round.

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INTUNE's daughter shooting it.
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M3 Grease Gun. Never had one jam. Worked for me in very bad conditions. Simple. ACcurate for short ranges. Can only fire full auto, but if you learn to control the trigger you can get just one or two shots off. The one gun I was really sorry to have to leave behind.
 
Uzi

Uzi is the easiest one of these to go and actually buy and get parts and mags for.
Also, unstoppable.
The marlin is cool, but I have never actually seen one in a gunshop.
 
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