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This feature segment from a recent episode of American Rifleman TV explores the extraordinary life of John Moses Browning. From his savant-style beginnings—making his brother a gun at the age of only eight years old—to his (honorable) expulsion from high school at 15 for knowing as much as the teacher, to the designs which make his name a mainstay in the home of every firearm enthusiast, Take a step back in time with the experts at American Rifleman, and watch the full segment here.
Through the years, this rifle has suffered the ravages of age and use; the stock had softened below the action, probably from over-oiling, and cracked. When the front action screw snapped in two during a routine zeroing session, it became clear that this old sporter needed a refresh.
Wheelguns are still a viable option for self-defense, offering some real advantages—but keeping them in the fight requires mastering a few tools and techniques.
This Dope Bag review from 1985 delves into one of Marlin’s classics, a blowback-operated repeater in 9 mm known by collectors today as the Camp Carbine.