This short little rifle is a Marlin Camp Carbine in .45 ACP. Yup - it eats a steady diet of .45 ACP rounds, and even accepts the standard magazine from the Colt 1911. This is a great little camping gun, where permitted, and packs enough stopping power for just about all of the dangerous wildlife one might encounter. Yet, becasue it chambers a pistol cartridge, recoil is virtually non-existant (compared to large caliber rifle cartridges). This always gets looks at the range, because it's a short little rifle that leaves nice 1/2 inch holes (with semi-wadcutter ammo) in paper. It's pretty accurate out to 100 yards - after that, the terminal ballistics tend to curve downward due to air friction. This is my answer to the famous Thompson sub-machine gun, which also chambers the .45 ACP.
Sadly, Marlin does not make these anymore.
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